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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Bought recently a new macbook pro 13 inch with Retina display with 120 GB flash drive.
Connected a non-apple CD drive to my macbook and after that started receiving this message: "Because a USB device was drawing too much power from your computer, one or more of your USB devices have been disabled."
initially I was receiving this message after I switch on my macbook but now after every 30 seconds this message pops up although I never connected anything to my macbook through its USB ports.
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Error message on ejecting USB device even when ejecting properly

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