Ejecting a USB device

MultipointServer 2012:
Is it possible to eject USB devices without administrator rights from a staion hub on MultipointServer 2012.
The Safely Remove Hardware Function allways requires admin rights from the user??

I don't even see the icon for safely removing hardware. My patrons are a bit nervous about just pulling their thumb drives out.
Peggy Thrasher

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How do properly eject a USB device from a mac mini?

Ejecting in Mac OS X:
1. Drag it to the Trash in the dock (it will turn to an "Eject" icon)
2. Right click and choose "Eject"
3. Click it once and click File>Eject from thre Finder menu
4. Click it once and press Cmd+E
5. If your keyboard has an Eject" key (usually located above the "Delete" (a.k.a backspace) key, you can Eject media from the optical drive with that
ANY files or apps opened or running from the external drive MUST be closed BEFORE you can eject it.

Can't Eject USB Devices

I just loaded Leopard on a Mac Mini. Now I cannot eject any USB device, such as thumb drive, camera, etc.. Anyone else have this problem? or know how to eject without just pulling out the device and getting an error?

I had the same problem with kingston microSD inside the USB adaptor. I couldn't eject it. Leopard (10.5.2) would complain that it is in use and for me to quit the applications. In some instances, the Finder would just disappear and I have to launch it again. Ejecting from the arrow didn't work. Ejecting using command-E didn't work. Ejecting right clicking on the desktop icon didn't work.
Then, I open the Terminal, and type the following command :
% sudo umount -f /Volumes/<nameof_yourdevice>
-f = force
And, it got ejected without crashing the Finder. I hope this helps.
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Is this a way to eject my usb?

I clicked on file, then open and my usb port appeared in the list. I then clicked on the arrow which disappeared. Is this a way to eject my usb device?

Cliicking the up-arrow will unmount a disk (see image from Finder). Also dragging the name of the USB drive into the trash-icon will unmount.

Windows recognizes USB device but neither it nor iTunes recognize iPod

I just got a iPod shuffle this morning and tried to install it. When I first installed the software and restarted, I plugged in the shuffle, iTunes opened, and the iPod appeared on the iTunes menu. Immediately thereafter, however, a message popped up on my screen informing that Windows had recognized new hardware, installed it, but needed to restart. I restarted. Since then I have not been able to get iTunes to recognize the iPod shuffle. I have uninstalled and reinstalled the iPod software and iTunes several times, and followed all the tutorials I could on the website. Now I am actually afraid I have messed something up by deleting the uninstall file for iTunes somehow... so I can't seem to uninstall or reinstall anymore.
Anyway, regardless, I wouldn't care about uninstalling iTunes again if it would just recognize the shuffle.
I should also add that when the iPod is plugged in, the iPod blinks with the Amber light (signifying disk mode??) and Windows still recognizes a USB device... If I go to device management it even called it an "Apple iPod Device" but I can't seem to get any other recognition of it.
Dell Windows 2000

Did you ever get an answer?
My Shuffle is flashing Amber/Green (Disk Mode).
I tried removing then reinstalling iTunes and the iPod
updater. I start the updater then plug in the Shuffle.
Windows recognizes the Apple iPod USB Device. Then
everything freezes. The updater freezes. If I use
task manager to kill the process, I still can't eject
the USB device from Windows. If I try to shut down,
the computer hangs. I have to hard reboot the system.
This is a catch-22. How do you use the updater if the
computer doesn't really recognize the Shuffle? By the
way the same thing happens if I try to use the updater
from my laptop.
I just got a iPod shuffle this morning and tried to
install it. When I first installed the software and
restarted, I plugged in the shuffle, iTunes opened,
and the iPod appeared on the iTunes menu. Immediately
thereafter, however, a message popped up on my screen
informing that Windows had recognized new hardware,
installed it, but needed to restart. I restarted.
Since then I have not been able to get iTunes to
recognize the iPod shuffle. I have uninstalled and
reinstalled the iPod software and iTunes several
times, and followed all the tutorials I could on the
website. Now I am actually afraid I have messed
something up by deleting the uninstall file for
iTunes somehow... so I can't seem to uninstall or
reinstall anymore.
Anyway, regardless, I wouldn't care about
uninstalling iTunes again if it would just recognize
the shuffle.
I should also add that when the iPod is plugged in,
the iPod blinks with the Amber light (signifying disk
mode??) and Windows still recognizes a USB device...
If I go to device management it even called it an
"Apple iPod Device" but I can't seem to get any other
recognition of it.
Dell Windows 2000
Dell Windows 2000

Ejecting iPod causes other USB devices to be ejected at the same time.

When ejecting an iPod Nano 4g from iTunes under Windows Vista, all other USB devices attached to the computer are also ejected at the same time (external hard drives, thumb drives, scanners, etc.). Is there a way to prevent this from happening?

Express is slow ethernet.. 10/100 only. The max speed of any connection to a USB hard disk is limited severely by the 100mbit..
USB is always slow btw.. This is actually a poor way to share a drive. A cheap NAS.. ie ethernet to Sata directly is far far superior and a single disk NAS can be had cheaply.. you will never get close with USB in network situations.
If you use a hub though, you can plug multiple disks into an Extreme.. I guess the network speed is at least no worse than the USB hub -- ethernet devices which are lousy as a whole.
Never forget you have the fastest ethernet adapters and fastest possible connectors already on computers on the network.. people are so utterly mesmerized by NAS they forget.. a FW800 or better USB3 if you have a newer computer shared to the network from a computer has much higher throughput and is much cheaper than even the very low end network stand alone boxes.

Error message on ejecting USB device even when ejecting properly

I always click on the eject symbol in Finder before removing a usb device but I usually still get the message that the device was not removed correctly and damage may occur. I have also gotten the message when using Eject from the Menu. Anyone else have this issue? This has happened in 3 different OS versions, not just the new one.

You're writing of the Sidebar on a Finder window, right? If so then, yes, that should unmount the drive. But if you have your Finder preferences set up to display drives on your Desktop, try dragging the HD icon to the Trash. It may stall for a few seconds but the drive should be properly unmounted. If you still get the 'drive was not properly ejected...' errors, I don't know what to tell you....
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Excessive disk I/O after ejecting external storage device (USB, firewire)

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I've noticed a problem in my macbook pro that every times after I ejected a storage device, say SanDisk through a USB 2.0 card reader, I found about 20G+ bytes were wrote on the start disk. The excessive disk I/O brought the performance to its knees, and I can only recover it by reboot the computer. It looks like the data written on the disk were gone after reboot. Is there a way I can trace what has been written?
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Jovahn,
Welcome to the Apple Discussions!
Unfortunately, external USB drives are not well supported on PPC Macs such as the eMac (later Intel CPU Macs do have better support for USB external USB drives, including booting). Regrettably, if the USB drive manufacturer doesn't have decent Mac drivers available, I don't know of a real fix, short of selling the USB drive and picking up a Firewire one. Or, pick up a Firewire enclosure, which is fairly cheap, and put the actual hard drive from the external USB enclosure in the Firewire enclosure --- PT: HD drive replacement tips should provide some good pointers.

How to eject a usb connected disk from a time capsule device

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That is because you installed a later version.. without realising that later versions removed all the useful tools.. but look much prettier..
Don't you want pretty.. if you want useful.. try this.
How to load 5.6 into Lion or ML.
1. Download 5.6 for Lion.
http://support.apple.com/kb/DL1482
Install directly into Lion you are done.
For ML, click to open the dmg but do not attempt to install the pkg.. it won't work anyway.
2. Download and install unpkg.
http://www.timdoug.com/unpkg/
Run unpkg on the desktop.. it is very simple.. drag the AirPortUtility56.pkg file over to unpkg.. and it will create a new directory of the same name on the desktop.. drill down.. applications utilities .. there lo and behold is Airport utility 5.6 .. drag it to your main utilities directory or just run it from current location.
You cannot uninstall 6.1 (now 6.2 if you updated) so don't try.. and you cannot or should not run them both at the same time.. so just ignore the toyland version.. the plastic hammer.. and start using 5.6.. a real tool.
For screen shots see this post.
https://discussions.apple.com/thread/4668746?tstart=0

IPod Shuffle 4G no Sync-Problem: Ejects USB device

Hello,
i got an iPod Shuffle (4. Gen) with some strange behavior.
I connect it to my laptop or pc (Windows 7) and then i try to sync music with iTunes.
It syncs about 30-150 songs and then i hear the "Eject-Sound" of usb devices
from Windows and i got an Error message from iTunes that "not all objects could
be transferred to the iPod. The iPod itself then is not listed in iTunes anymore.
If I then plug out the iPod and want to listen to the music which it should have been
transferred to the iPod it says: "Please use iTunes to sync music to this iPod"
Plugging it in again theres the windows dialog if i want to "check and repair this device"
Starting iTunes it says that all the space is free on the iPod.
Somethimes I hear the sound from windows for the eject usb media permanent
and cant copy anything to the ipod. I also tried "restore ipod" via iTunes several times
but without success, problems exists further.
I think, that perhaps the flash memory of the iPod is defective or something which
has to do with the transfer process.
I got another iPod (4. Gen) which works without any problems, with the same cable.
So it must be something wrong with this iPod.
The iPod is like 10 months old and in warranty.
Should i send it in to Apple? I think this is a hardware problem....
with kind regards

You've ruled out a bad cable, a bad USB port on computer, and a software problem on the computer, because your other shuffle works fine. And a Restore does not help. That pretty much says the cause is a hardware problem on the shuffle.
So, if it's under warranty, definitely have it checked by a tech before the year is up. If you have an Apple Store nearby, you can do so at the store's Genius Bar. You can make a reservation at the store's web page (not required but it may save you waiting time)
http://www.apple.com/retail/

TS1369 Hello! I have an Ipod Shuffle 2nd Generation and it is not recognized by my Windows 8 based laptop. An error message of 'USB device not recognized' is shown. I have the latest ITunes version installed, and tested the dock in other pc's.

Hello!
I have a problem connecting my Ipod Shuffle 2nd generation to my Windows 8 based laptop. The computer doesn't recognize the Ipod and issues an error message saying 'USB device not recognized'. I tried uninstaling ITunes(latest version) and all other Apple software and reinstaling it back again, checked my USB hubs in the 'Device Manager' section of the Control Panel, you name it.
I could really use some help solving this.
I've turned to the troubleshooting section in Apple Support but it has nothing concerning situations in wich the device isn't even shown in the 'My Computer' folder.
Help a brother out, will you???

Found a solution in another forum http://en.kioskea.net/forum/affich-63733-ipod-not-detected-on-computer (a few posts down).
It was for an IPOD so you can see those details in the link.
Found how to reset a shuffle and inserted it into these instructions - did not have to follow his last steps.
- Turn off computer.
- Plug Shuffle into usb.
- Then you must reset your shuffle
To reset iPod shuffle:
Disconnect iPod shuffle from the computer (if connected).
Move the switch on the iPod shuffle to the OFF position. Note that when iPod shuffle is off, the green stripe by the switch is not visible
Disconnect iPod shuffle from the computer (if connected).
Move the switch on the iPod shuffle to the OFF position. Note that when iPod shuffle is off, the green stripe by the switch is not visible.
- Start computer and it should install the usb driver for the ipod automatically.
- Your i pod will say do not unplug so don't. then open itunes and it will be there.
I did not have to do these thing below – did not get error message and shuffle was displayed in Itunes. / LMc
Just remember to not only eject ipod from itunes but stop usb.
Go to the program icons near the clock and right click the usb icon and "safely remove hardware" will appear and click it.
Stop it and select "apple ipod".

USB device drawing too much power error message

When I try to plug my iPod into my computer to charge or update my music, I get an error message that says, " Because a USB device was drawing too much power from your computer, one or more of your USB devices have been disabled." I've tried this while my computer was plugged in and not plugged in and it still gives me the same message. My computer is completely new, I've only had it about 2 weeks, my iPod is about 3 years old, but the actual iPod works great. It's just the USB cord that is giving me a problem. What is wrong and how can I fix it?

My only option is to click "ok." It has already ejected the USB connection, so I don't really have any other choice. Here is the complete text of the message:
"Because a USB device was drawing too much power from your computer, one or more of your USB devices have been disabled
To prevent damaging your computer, the USB device drawing too much power has been disabled. Other devices may have also been disabled. When you disconnect the device drawing too much power, your other USB devices will be enabled again."

"USB Device Not Recognized" -- iPod Not Recognized.

"One of the USB devices attached to this computer has malfunctioned, and Windows does not recognize it."
I get this error message everytime I connect my ipod. It just started doing this, it used to work perfectly fine. I uninstalled and reinstalled itunes and quicktime. I restarted and everything and then i connected the ipod first it went to connected and then it ejected a second later. Odd, I disconnected restarted the iPod then connected, now i get the above error. I tried all of the docs I could find but nothing seems to be working, it won't recognize so i can't restore it and I can't even charge it now. Though it works on my roommates computer just fine?
Message was edited by: Steels

I have this EXACT same problem. And my ports are definitely 2.0 USB. I've uninstalled and installed all the iPod, iTunes and Quicktime components at least 4 times. I've reset the iPod. I've read everything I can get my hands on... nuthin'... nada...
Can anyone help?

One of the usb devices attached to this computer has malfunctioned, and Windows does not recognize it. For assistance in solving this problem, click this message.

I connected my sons Ipod Touch to my pc and it worked fine. Now, when I try to connect my iPad the following message comes up: One of the usb devices attached to this computer has malfunctioned, and Windows does not recognize it. For assistance in solving this problem, click this message.
I checked the cable. It surely is not the cable. If I connect the iPod again it works fine. If I use the same cable with my pc and ipad at work or my other son’s laptop, it is working perfectly. It is only on my laptop where the iPod was connected. Something tells me it got something to do with the drivers that went corrupt or something when I connected the iPod.
I searched the internet and I see a lot of people gets this message. Still no solved answers yet. Is there a place where I can download the drivers again or any other suggestions?
Windows 7 and iPad 2
Kind regards,

I was hoping it would be something like a USB device conflict, but now the shuffle is the only thing connected...
This article was one of the ones you linked to above in your initial post
http://support.apple.com/kb/TS1369
Under Part 9. Verify that USB drivers are installed, did you try the steps in If only "Unknown Device" appears? That appears to be your situation.
Also, you said that the shuffle initially worked well enough to do a sync, then it had the same problem again. If you can get it to work again initially, before doing anything else, try the following. Select the shuffle in the iTunes sidebar, under DEVICES. Over to the right, go to the Summary tab. By default, the checkbox for Enable disk use should be unchecked. If so, check it and Apply the change. See if that makes any difference.
(If Enable disk use was already checked, try unchecking it and Apply the change. Basically, set it the "other way" and see if there is any improvement.)
NOTE: When disk use is enabled, you have to eject the iPod in iTunes before disconnecting it physically.
If the disk use change makes a difference, that may provide a clue about the actual cause.

Using iPod shuffle 4th generation for first time and receiving the error : one of the USB devices attached to this computer has malfunctioned, and windows does not recognize it. For assistance in solving this problem, click this message

Using iPod shuffle 4th generation for first time and receiving the error : one of the USB devices attached to this computer has malfunctioned, and windows does not recognize it. For assistance in solving this problem, click this message.
Using win 7 and latest iTunes [10.6.3]. Have already gone through below links and did not find any solution.
http://support.apple.com/kb/HT2292
http://support.apple.com/kb/TS1369
http://support.apple.com/kb/HT1923
http://en.kioskea.net/forum/affich-17997-ipod-not-detected

I was hoping it would be something like a USB device conflict, but now the shuffle is the only thing connected...
This article was one of the ones you linked to above in your initial post
http://support.apple.com/kb/TS1369
Under Part 9. Verify that USB drivers are installed, did you try the steps in If only "Unknown Device" appears? That appears to be your situation.
Also, you said that the shuffle initially worked well enough to do a sync, then it had the same problem again. If you can get it to work again initially, before doing anything else, try the following. Select the shuffle in the iTunes sidebar, under DEVICES. Over to the right, go to the Summary tab. By default, the checkbox for Enable disk use should be unchecked. If so, check it and Apply the change. See if that makes any difference.
(If Enable disk use was already checked, try unchecking it and Apply the change. Basically, set it the "other way" and see if there is any improvement.)
NOTE: When disk use is enabled, you have to eject the iPod in iTunes before disconnecting it physically.
If the disk use change makes a difference, that may provide a clue about the actual cause.

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