@stroughtonsmith I wish there was a middle ground between turning off all caching (as Windows does) and requiring unmount (as macOS does): Maybe they could use caching but flush regularly and somehow show when it is not okay to disconnect (badge on the volume icon, spinner in the menu bar or something similar)? Maybe even keep the cache alive for a while if you disconnected too soon, show an alert, finish writing when reattached?

I don’t know, maybe there is an old-Apple-like solution?