Wont Eject, contains files in use

ugh, mine has the same problem!!!!! first it started flashing orange, yellow, orange, yellow after I tried to synch it to my new computer, then I tried to reset it and now it just keeps flasing orange and says that it cannot be ejected because it contains files that are in use by another application. I am about two seconds from chucking it at the wall, can someone please help?

Mine is doing this now too! Is there a way to fix it?? My shuffle wont' work since i can't disconnect it properly!

I've got same problem, any suggestions? Were you guys able to solve this problem?

HELP!! I'm having the same problem!! My Ipod cannot be ejected because it contains files that are in use by another application. It was working fine till now.....what's going on??? What happens if I disconnect my USB Port from the computer anyway?? Desperate! It's 3am and I don't know what to do!! HELP!

Karen Wicker wrote:
HELP!! I'm having the same problem!! My Ipod cannot be ejected because it contains files that are in use by another application. It was working fine till now.....what's going on??? What happens if I disconnect my USB Port from the computer anyway?? Desperate! It's 3am and I don't know what to do!! HELP!

Not much... you may lose use of that USB port until a reboot. What system is your
computer running, and which version of iTunes are you using? What changes have
you made to your system lately?

Check any anti-virus apps you have and turn them off from scanning the iPod.

I'm having the same problem...has anybody figued it out? My troubles seemed to have started after downloading 8.1...anybody!

I had the same issue. I moved the shuffle from the keyboard usb. I also noticed that Time Machine was running as well. Once it stopped I was able to eject the ipod.

this is very easy to fix,

go into the summary tab of your ipod, then un tick "enable Disk Use"

If you are using mac, close all finder windows
If pc, close all "windows explorer" windows
Turn off disk use...

If you are using mac, close all finder windows
If pc, close all "windows explorer" windows
Turn off disk use...

I've been having the same problem. I had the logic board replaced in my iMac and then had to redo a lot of things (get Time Machine recognized, my iPhoto library on an external drive) and so I figured this was part of that problem.

I have "Disk Usage" NOT enabled. It still won't let me eject the iPod. Plus the screen stays on as long as it's connected. Used to be that it would go dark after a while.

This happens on both of my iPods (nano new gen, iPod Classic 160 GB).

Thanks,

Rahul