OS X :: Storage Drive Will Not Eject From MacBook?
Jun 19, 2009
I have a MacBook with a storage drive connected via firewire. All was fine but now suddenly it won't show the contents of the folders and it won't eject. I tried dragging it to the trash, and I also tried the eject arrow in the list of drives. I tried to open Disk Utility, but it just spins. I also tried to throw something else away in the trash, and the trash folder will not take it.
Normally if something like this happened, I would just restart and hope it rights itself, but I don't know if I can do that with a storage drive still attached. (On another occasion, the storage drive got pulled out improperly and luckily I was able to repair it with Disk Utility.)
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Feb 28, 2009
I'm not a total newbie with mac and computers in general, but I cannot get the one and only super drive to eject... yes, I have hit the eject button, it shows the eject icon in the screen and nothing...how can I get the thing to eject?
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Dec 3, 2014
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Mac Pro, OS X Yosemite (10.10)
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Dec 12, 2014
Every time I used a USB drive, I am told that it can't be ejected because a program is using it. Sometimes it says the finder is using it (it shouldn't be: if the finder is using it it is only listing it as a drive). Relaunching the finder using "force quit" doesn't work: it just changes the message to "one or more programs may be using it". Shutting down every single program - none of which are using it anyway. I eventually get a force eject option, which I use, though that comes with a warning that force eject may damage files.Â
Running Yosemite on a late 2010 Air (though I get the same problem on my 2011 Macbook pro).Â
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MacBook Air, OS X Yosemite (10.10.1)
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MacBook Pro
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MacBook Pro (15-inch Early 2011), Mac OS X (10.6.8)
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Sep 14, 2009
This is pretty urgent. I've got a late 2008 15 inch MBP (the one with the express card reader) and I put in a DVD and it wouldn't read it. As it didn't read it, I can't eject it, and this is pretty bad.
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Jun 5, 2014
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MacBook Pro, Mac OS X (10.6.8)
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MacBook Pro
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