Hello everyone,
I'm actually running OSX 10.9.3 on a mid-2012 macbook air and I have a problem with usb devices that won't eject and stay in my device list until I restart my computer.
I've been having this problem for a few weeks now, and I can't understand why it's doing that.
I've posted a picture showing the devices remaining in the list...
Any Idea??
Launch the Console application in any of the following ways:
☞ Enter the first few letters of its name into a Spotlight search. Select it in the results (it should be at the top.)
☞ In the Finder, select Go ▹ Utilities from the menu bar, or press the key combination shift-command-U. The application is in the folder that opens.
☞ Open LaunchPad. Click Utilities, then Console in the icon grid.
The title of the Console window should be All Messages. If it isn't, select
SYSTEM LOG QUERIES ▹ All Messages
from the log list on the left. If you don't see that list, select
View ▹ Show Log List
from the menu bar at the top of the screen.Click the Clear Display icon in the toolbar. Then try the action that you're having trouble with again. Select any messages that appear in the Console window. Copy them to the Clipboard by pressing the key combination command-C. Paste into a reply to this message by pressing command-V.
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01/07/2014 09:55:09,000 kernel[0]: disk1s2: media is not present.
01/07/2014 09:55:09,000 kernel[0]: hfs: err 6 reading VH blk (vol=SEAGATE)
01/07/2014 09:55:10,000 kernel[0]: disk1s2: media is not present.
01/07/2014 09:55:10,000 kernel[0]: hfs: err 6 reading VH blk (vol=SEAGATE)
01/07/2014 09:55:18,000 kernel[0]: disk1s2: media is not present.
01/07/2014 09:55:18,000 kernel[0]: hfs: err 6 reading VH blk (vol=SEAGATE)
01/07/2014 09:55:18,000 kernel[0]: disk1s2: media is not present.
01/07/2014 09:55:18,000 kernel[0]: hfs: err 6 reading VH blk (vol=SEAGATE)
01/07/2014 09:55:39,172 fseventsd[71]: Events arrived for /Volumes/EOS_DIGITAL after an unmount request! Re-initializing.
01/07/2014 09:55:39,173 fseventsd[71]: creating a dls for /Volumes/EOS_DIGITAL but it already has one...
01/07/2014 09:55:48,000 kernel[0]: disk1s2: media is not present.
01/07/2014 09:55:48,000 kernel[0]: hfs: err 6 reading VH blk (vol=SEAGATE)
01/07/2014 09:56:09,583 fseventsd[71]: Events arrived for /Volumes/EOS_DIGITAL after an unmount request! Re-initializing.
01/07/2014 09:56:09,583 fseventsd[71]: creating a dls for /Volumes/EOS_DIGITAL but it already has one...
01/07/2014 09:56:18,000 kernel[0]: disk1s2: media is not present.
01/07/2014 09:56:18,000 kernel[0]: hfs: err 6 reading VH blk (vol=SEAGATE)
And now I can't even eject dmg's...
If you are connecting the drives through a hub, connect them to a built-in port, one at a time, and test. Try a different cable. If there's no change, the machine needs to be serviced.
It's doing the same thing with the sd port... I think it's a software problem... Do you think a re-install of the system would fix it?
Doubtful, but you can try.
Should I mention that I'm pretty sure this started to happen when I bought and installed optimusb from the appstore?
I did a re-install of OS X and my problem has been solved... So I'm sure now that OptimUSB is what caused the problem!
Problem solved
USB devices won't eject, even when forcing
