Akai MPC5000 Reference Manual page 206

192 Connecting the MPC5000 to Your Computer
To save the data in the computer, select the data and drag and drop it from the removable disk to the Hard Disk. To load the data from the
computer, select the data and drag and drop it from the Hard Disk to the removal media.
06. After you finish the data transfer, select the removable media and drag and drop to the trash can.
When you drag the removal media to the Dock's recycle bin under Mac OS 10.x, the icon will change to the eject icon.
07. Remove the USB cable from the USB jacks of the MPC5000 and the computer.
Note: Make sure that you do Step 06 before disconnecting the USB cable.
08. Remove the USB cable from the USB jacks of the MPC5000 and the Mac.
Note: You can transfer the data between the MPC5000 and the Mac only when the USB page is displayed. You can not
move to another page or mode from USB page unless you disconnect the USB cable.
Note: As of this writing, Macintosh computers do not support soft disconnect of Multiformat USB Devices. In order to
fully disconnect a Multiformat USB drive (including the MPC5000), the USB cable must be physically unplugged.