Disc was not ejected properly...

When trying to burn a disc it corrupted, I ejected and disposed of it. Ever since I am getting the following message popping up every 10 minutes or so:
"The disc was not ejected properly. If possible, always eject the disc before unplugging it or turning it off."
I tried disc utilities, logging in as a different user, writing a new disc, I even dug out the old disc from my rubbish bin and inserted it. It's of no avail. the message keeps popping up regularly as clockwork, for over a week now.
Can anybody help please?

What kind of drive is it. Some drives have problems with Snow Leopard, but I'm not sure if that would be related. If they go to sleep and the system can't access them, it might think they got disconnected.

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On opening after "sleep" I get a pop up saying "disc was not ejected properly etc. Going on for months! How can I get rid of it, please? Peter

On awakening iMac after sleep, I get a pop up saying "The disc was not ejected properly....." etc. Presumably this was a disc of photos or a slideshow I had put onto a disc at some time past. This has been going on for months. I have inserted and ejected thru Finder all the discs I have, and still it persists. Any ideas of how to get rid of it, please?

phillashby, if you just upgraded ML to 10.8.5 then the problem may be caused by a bug in the upgrade. If you look around the forum other people are having the same problem after going to 10.8.5
I recently upgraded to OS 10.8.5 and now when my iMac (late 2012) wakes from sleep I get the error mesage that my Lacie external thunderbolt raid drive has been ejected improperly. Then it reconnects right away. I will stay away from the sleep mode for the moment.

I keep receiving this message "the disc was not ejected properly. if possible, always eject a disk before unplugging it or turning it off"

i keep receiving this message "the disc was not ejected properly. if possible, always eject a disk before unplugging it or turning it off"

I had this problem too, where it seemed I couldn't go eight hours without the Duo drives dropping and getting the "disc was not ejected properly" error message.
I tried the following and so far it seems to have fixed the problem:
In System Preferences > EnergySaver, make sure the setting “Put hard disks to sleep when possible" is unchecked.
I did this only on the Power Adaptor tab, but you might want to uncheck the setting on the Battery tab as well to be safe. (In my case, the Duo drives are unlikely to be attached when I’m running on battery, so I left the setting checked for the Battery tab so that the system can still power down the internal drive.)
Since I made the above change ten days ago, the Duo disks have not dropped, even when I left the system on with the Duo disks connected for a couple of days.
FYI I have the Duo set up with two RAID 1 sets spanning the two drives. I'm using Mavericks 10.9.4.

The disc was not ejected properly

I am getting this error message all the time: The disk was not ejected properly. if possible, always eject a disk before unplugging it or turning it off. I would love to know how to stop this from happening. There is no disc in the drive.
Thanks,

The disc may refer to:
Flash media USB, Firewire, or Thunderbolt connected drive.
Optical disc.
External hard drive
iCloud mounted remote volume - error only appears if the remote volume suddenly disappears due to internet outage.
SD Card in SD card slot.
If you do not drag the icon for the media to the trash to "dismount" it, and either manually pull the plug, the media, or power to the media is lost, then the error will appear. Make sure your all your media is showing up in the Finder, no matter what sort of media you have. Guidelines for doing so are on this tip:
http://discussions.apple.com/docs/DOC-1015

The disc was not ejected properly warning - but nothing was ejected.

I have a 2 year old iMac that has been working great.
I have 3 external HD's attached and everything seems to be working fine.
Just in the last 2 days however, my mac has started randomly poping up the disc not properly ejected warning. This has happened about 4 or 5 times in the last 2 days.
Nothing was unplugged and all the disc's and my mac are on battery backup.
When it happens I always quickly switch to a finder window to verify that all my discs are still on the list and they are.
I would like to figure out what is going on as my first instinct is that one of my externals may be failing and I would like to at least determine which one so I can backup the data on it.
Does anyone have any insight as to how I can figure out which disc is causing the error?

Can't help you, but I seem to be having the same issue too - started about a couple of days ago. Three times so far. I haven't been keeping track of whether or not it's the same HD every time, but will start trying to track the problem.

My disc is not ejected properly. But there is no disc to eject.

I keep getting this dialogue
The disk was not ejected properly. If possible, always eject a disk before unplugging it or turning it off.
But there is no disc to eject. This happens quite a lot.

Do you have any external hard drives attached to your Mac? If so then these are likely spurring the error. Try ejecting and unplugging them to test if they are involved with the error.

Disk was not ejected properly comes up when I start my computer. I'm running 10.7.5 and have not ejected any disks or had problems in the past ejecting.

I can't figure out what disk was not ejected properly. All I have connected is an external HD. How can I find the disk that needs to be ejected?

If your profile is correct and you are still on Tiger (10.4.x) then insert the Tiger Install disc that came with the computer and run Disk Utility and repair Disk Permissions. Also it would be wise to do 2-3 Intel iMac SMC and PRAM resets in a row. They can be a little stubborn so doing several could be what it takes.

Ever since upgrading to Lion I keep getting the error message "disk was not ejected properly."

Ever since upgrading to Lion on my iMac G5 Intel Core 2 Duo, I keep getting the error message "disk was not ejected properly." I have repaired permissions and reformatted my external LaCie 2TB USB hard disk, but the error continues. I use this disk for my Time Machine backups. This always seems to happen when the computer wakes from sleep, but not consistently. The computer was asleep overnight and backed up as soon as it awakend this morning. Two hours later I get the improper ejection message. I have used the same external disk with Snow Leopard (all versions), but never had this error message or problem. This disk has been in use without any problems since February, 2011. Upgrading to Lion is when this problem began. This is the below message (but from online image from Snow Leopard, but Lion message is essentially the same).

I had a similar issue. Mine was with a Seagate GoFlex drive. The solution was to install GoFlex for Mac 1.1.2 which included a 64-bit driver to disable the drives built in sleep timer:
http://www.seagate.com/ww/v/index.jsp?locale=en-US&name=goflex-mac-install-softw are&vgnextoid=77002aaf8cc5d210VgnVCM1000001a48090aRCRD
I document how I discovered this in my blog post:
http://www.innerexception.com/2011/10/tale-of-computing-misery-how-to-fix.html

I unplugged a USB data device without ejecting it properly via 'Finder'. Now whenever I plug in the device I received an error message stating that the 'disk was not ejected properly

Now when I plug in the device I receive an error message stating that the disk was not ejected properly & that next time I connect the 'disk', MAC OS X will attempt to repair any damage to the information on the disk.
It has not repaired.
The data I am trying to import is photos & even when I change to a different SD card I receive the same message.
I am a recent convert from Windows and am new to the MAC way of things.

You can repair the SD card using Disk Utility.
I suggest you copy the photos from your SD card, if you haven't done so already, before using Disk Utility to repair your SD card.

The disk was not ejected properly

I have 3 Seagate 1.5TB external USB drives. Two of which I am using with a MacbookPro 17" first gen. Latest snow leopard. The third one I am tethering to a Dell XPS server. The one attached to the Dell works fine.
On the MBP17 Every now and again (randomly) the disk disappears from finder and I get this dialog:
|
| The disk was not ejected properly. If
| possible, always eject a disk before
| unplugging it or turning it off.
|
| To eject a disk, select it in the finder and choose File
| > Eject. The next time you connect the disk, Mac OS
| X will attempt to repair any damage to the
| information on the disk.
|
| ( OK )
I've replaced one of the drives through Seagate RMA and the same thing happens with the returned/refurbished drive. So, I really don't think there's anything wrong with the drives.
I've tried at least 3 different USB cables of different lengths from different vendors. One is only 1.5feet & gold plated. Still, random ejects. Using the disk attached to an old dual G5 I have... I don't have this problem.
Anyway, I am thus quite leery of using it for anything other than backups. I've never had the problem while actually copying files, only when I'm doing something else (like typing an email, or browsing the net).
I recall having read some older Macbook Pro 17" owners having similar issues with >= 1TB drives on these forums [http://discussions.apple.com/thread.jspa?threadID=2151621&start=120&tstart=0] but no solutions.
If someone can point me to a solution I would be very grateful.
Message was edited by: phpguru

@Gizmolab - Thanks for that reply. It seems like a decent theory. I found Seagate Diagnostics for Mac. It says it's only for drives that have a FireWire800 port. The ones I am using have USB only. I installed it anyway. When I run diagnostics it says no drives found so I cannot diagnose them. I'll see how it goes though, maybe it updated the driver.
To add some more info to this thread... I figured I'd try Disk Utility to manage the drives manually. I've tried dismounting them and also just dragging the volumes to the trash when they are not in use, and using Disk Utility to mount them again when they are needed.
What I've found is that in addition to the drives automagically ejecting themselves (and remounting again automatically about 20 to 30 seconds later)... is that a dismounted drive will automagically mount, too. Okay fine, I'll dismount them and unplug the USB cables, and reattach them when I need them.
Disk Utility reports that there appears to be no problems with the disk... thankfully. While typing this reply, I heard the disk go to sleep and about 3 minutes later it just ejected itself dang it. So Seagate Diagnostics appears to be only for Firewire800 drives.

Has any one come up with a solution to the "the disk was not ejected properly" when using time machine with an iMac and seagate back up drive?

I recently bought an iMac and love it.
Only proplem I have is I keep getting an error message "the disk was not ejected properly"
Everything is backing up fine on my Seagate 2TB external USB drive.
Each time there is access on the seagate and it stops in between needing to back up again I get this message.
Can anyone help?

The drive is malfunctioning.
If the drive has more than one interface (USB, FireWire, Thunderbolt, eSATA), try one of the other interfaces.
Check that the data cable is securely inserted at both ends.
Try a different cable.
If you're connecting the drive through a hub, connect it directly to a built-in port on the Mac.
If you're connecting it directly, try a different port.
Disconnect all other devices on the bus, or as many as possible.
If the drive is bus-powered, but has an AC adapter, connect the adapter.
If the drive doesn't work under any of the above conditions, it has to be replaced. You may be able to salvage the mechanism by removing it from the enclosure and installing it in another one, or in a drive dock.

Since installing OS 10.8 keep getting "This disk was not ejected properly" messages. Why?

Since I installed Mountain Lion (OS 10.8) on my Mac Book Pro (early 2011), I keep getting "This disk was not ejected properly" messages. No yet sure what I do preceeding this occurence. Anyone else have this problem?

I am one of those who had experienced this kind of problem. My former Time Machine disk used to automatically eject itself when my iMac sleeps, hence upon waking up my iMac. i always get the error message that the disk was not properly ejected.
From what I was able to gather from my experience, until the time that I found a workable solution, I think I can say that the problem is most probably caused by the incompatibility of certain external drives with how the iMac operates when on sleep and upon waking up. Some external drives are just not able to cope with how the iMac tries to remount a connected disk after it wakes up from sleep. There are just some external drives that cannot continue to be mounted after the iMac wakes from sleep. There are just some external drives that are not responsive enough. In other words, the existence of the problem lies with the type of external drive you are using.
My former Time Machine disk, the problematic one, was an Imation M300 Apollo 1 TB external disk. It unmounts everytime my iMac went to sleep, but does not remount after waking up the iMac. The disk will continue to be unmounted until I physically remove its USB connector and replug it in the iMac.
I replaced my former Time Machine disk with my current one, a Transcend Storejet 1 TB. And the problem went away. The Transcend disk continue to be mounted after the iMac is woken up even from the longest of sleep. I have even the energy saving option "put the hard disk to sleep..." checked. The Transcend disk comes with a Y cable, i.e. it has two USB connectors, but I only connect the one for both data and power--and it still remains mounted even after waking the iMac from sleep.
The sad realization, however, is that since there are only some external drives that are not able to work with the iMac, no matter how many those some may seem to be, it will be highly unlikely for Apple to itself fix this kind of a problem.
I, therefore, make the following recommendations:
1. Check first if your problematic disk has a firmware upgrade available. In some cases, the firmware upgrade may be enough to make the disk more responsive to the iMac waking up.
2. If there is no firmware upgrade available, check if your power/data USB cable is properly working.
3. If your power/data USB cable is in order, and the problem still persists, I think it is inevitable that you have to replace the problematic disk with a newer one that could respond well with the iMac's wake/sleep operation. With what disk will you replace your problematic one? I can only recommend from my personal experience the Transcend disk I mentioned earlier. You may also search this forum on other brands of disks that may also work.
Regards.

The disk was not ejected properly message

Ever since I started using Mountain Lion, I have been getting a pop-up message "The disk was not ejected properly". I get this frequently, click the OK button on and continue. I do not know what disk it is referring to (I have several USB-connected storage devices) and all seem to be working and accessible. This occurs randomly while I am using the computer and I have not hit any "eject" button or touched any part of my iMac other than the keyboard and touchpad.
This is annoying and I do not know which disk it is referring to, nor how to correct the problem.

I'm having the same issue described here. I'm using a MacBook Air (11-inch, Mid 2011 edition) with a Western Digital My Passport 1 TB drive. I first experienced it with a USB3 capable model. After seeing this error occur, I was able to get the drive replaced by Western Digital, thinking it was a fault with the drive. Well, the replacement arrived today and I plugged it in and started a new Time Capsule backup to it and within a few minutes got the same message.
So I'm starting to think this is an OS issue.
The first seemingly relevant records from the Console start with:
10/18/12 7:51:40.000 PM kernel[0]: disk2s10: device/channel is not attached.
10/18/12 7:51:40.000 PM kernel[0]: [0xffffff800fd88a00](1)/(5) Device not responding
10/18/12 7:51:40.000 PM kernel[0]: disk2s10: media is not present.
10/18/12 7:51:40.000 PM kernel[0]: disk2s10: media is not present.
10/18/12 7:51:40.000 PM kernel[0]: disk2s10: media is not present.
10/18/12 7:51:40.000 PM kernel[0]: jnl: disk2s10: do_jnl_io: strategy err 0x6
10/18/12 7:51:40.000 PM kernel[0]: jnl: disk2s10: write_journal_header: error writing the journal header!
10/18/12 7:51:40.000 PM kernel[0]: disk2s10: media is not present.
10/18/12 7:51:40.000 PM kernel[0]: disk2s10: media is not present.
10/18/12 7:51:40.000 PM kernel[0]: disk2s10: media is not present.
10/18/12 7:51:40.000 PM kernel[0]: disk2s10: media is not present.
10/18/12 7:51:40.000 PM kernel[0]: disk2s10: media is not present.
10/18/12 7:51:40.000 PM kernel[0]: disk2s10: media is not present.
10/18/12 7:51:40.000 PM kernel[0]: disk2s10: media is not present.
10/18/12 7:51:40.000 PM kernel[0]: disk2s10: media is not present.
10/18/12 7:51:40.000 PM kernel[0]: disk2s10: media is not present.
10/18/12 7:51:40.000 PM kernel[0]: disk2s10: media is not present.
10/18/12 7:51:40.000 PM kernel[0]: disk2s10: media is not present.
10/18/12 7:51:40.000 PM kernel[0]: disk2s10: media is not present.
10/18/12 7:51:40.000 PM kernel[0]: disk2s10: media is not present.
10/18/12 7:51:40.000 PM kernel[0]: disk2s10: media is not present.
10/18/12 7:51:40.000 PM kernel[0]: disk2s10: media is not present.
10/18/12 7:51:40.000 PM kernel[0]: disk2s10: media is not present.
10/18/12 7:51:40.000 PM kernel[0]: disk2s10: media is not present.
10/18/12 7:51:40.000 PM kernel[0]: disk2s10: media is not present.
10/18/12 7:51:40.000 PM kernel[0]: disk2s10: media is not present.
10/18/12 7:51:40.000 PM kernel[0]: disk2s10: media is not present.
10/18/12 7:51:40.000 PM kernel[0]: disk2s10: media is not present.
10/18/12 7:51:40.000 PM kernel[0]: disk2s10: media is not present.
10/18/12 7:51:40.000 PM kernel[0]: disk2s10: media is not present.
10/18/12 7:51:40.674 PM com.apple.backupd[8211]: Backup failed because the destination disk was ejected or disconnected unexpectedly!
10/18/12 7:51:40.674 PM com.apple.backupd[8211]: Stopping backup.

Disk was not ejected properly

"The Disk was not ejected properly" this message keeps on coming up and seems to be referring to USB Memory Sticks. No disk had been removed. This is only happening since installing Mountain Lion and is very annoying especially since it keeps on displaying the message again and again.

I've been following this issue for a long time on one of the other Apple forum discussions. A suggestion was made to install an app called Jettison (by St. Clair Software). Since doing this two days ago, I have not seen the infamous "improper ejection" error message. Jettison seems to do, automatically without any effort on my part, exactly what the developer says: "Jettison eliminates the hassle of manually ejecting external drives before you put your MacBook to sleep and remounting them when it wakes."
By automatically unmounting my two external USB drives when the computer goes to sleep, Jettison is eliminating the opportunity for Apple's faulty USB power management system to improperly eject my external drives. As soon as my computer wakes up, Jettison quickly remounts the external drives. And, most importantly, Jettison has NOT caused any conflict with my Time Machine backups or my SuperDuper clone backups (three of which are scheduled to run automatically at 1:00am every night.
See: <http://stclairsoft.com/Jettison/index.html>

USB connection for Android phone "disk was not ejected Properly"

My Macbook Pro OS 10.6 has begun to display "disk was not ejected properly" when I connect my Motorola Photon android phone with USB cable to sync (drop and drag). Now I might be able to connect. Or lately I have the phone icon flash on the laptop screen like it is connecting only to get the error message "the disk was not ejected properly". Sometimes I am in the middle of drop and drag and it happens. Can anyone help?

I would make sure to keep the phone from sleeping and keep it awake for one.
It may be that the iTunes services get in the way too.
I use Samsung Note (tablet and phone) but Windows 8 (better support than 7) on Mac Pro. Which is what this forum is, not notebook but that doesn't seem to matter (half a dozen or more a day think it is)
MacBook Pro
https://discussions.apple.com/community/notebooks/macbook_pro
https://discussions.apple.com/community/mac_os?view=discussions
http://www.apple.com/support/macbookpro
Also mine work better on USB3, though you may not have that if you are running 10.6, in fact you may not have the latest iTunes either (10.7.1 I think currently) which may also want to look at - may require Lioin 10.7.5.
http://www.apple.com/support/itunes

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