Alan Musgrave

Q: "Disk Not Ejected Properly" error after El Capitan

It's back ... Had the same problem for a few months after installing Yosemite ... but it eventually went away.

 

Now getting this error after installing El Capitan last week. Problem surfaces after my iMac sleeps.

 

Using a Lacie 2TB external on USB3 for Time Machine.

 

If anyone has ideas, similar problem or a fix, please help ... thks.

iMac, OS X El Capitan (10.11)

Posted on Oct 6, 2015 12:24 PM

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  • by drdawnmac,

    drdawnmac drdawnmac Dec 10, 2015 7:31 AM in response to Alan Musgrave
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    Dec 10, 2015 7:31 AM in response to Alan Musgrave

    Aargh. Updated last night and things seemed to be improved. But just got back to my computer, woke it up from sleep, and saw that familiar "Disk not ejected properly" error. Sigh.

  • by Flashymcbashee,

    Flashymcbashee Flashymcbashee Dec 10, 2015 7:35 AM in response to Alan Musgrave
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    Dec 10, 2015 7:35 AM in response to Alan Musgrave

    Bizarrely I discovered that if I linked my HD via a hub (I mean the HD which was originally causing the problem)  it worked perfectly, but connecting it directly it was (not ejected properly every time, immediately.  I have updated this morning to 10.11.2, and it's still the same. Disk not ejected properly if I connect it direct, but fine if I connect through the hub. I have just connected the old one directly, and the same as before, it is working fine. I don't understand how a small old hard drive is doing fine, but a new bigger one is causing problems. But the update certainly hasn't changed anything for me

  • by Alan Musgrave,

    Alan Musgrave Alan Musgrave Dec 10, 2015 7:36 AM in response to drdawnmac
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    Dec 10, 2015 7:36 AM in response to drdawnmac

    So far so good here. Second night after updating and no disk eject errors yet.  No keyboard or mouse wakeup problems either. 

  • by Flashymcbashee,

    Flashymcbashee Flashymcbashee Dec 10, 2015 7:42 AM in response to Flashymcbashee
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    Dec 10, 2015 7:42 AM in response to Flashymcbashee

    I take back my last comment! Now the old HD has "not ejected properly" So the update has made matters worse for me. ! will try that in the hub now.

  • by Alan Musgrave,

    Alan Musgrave Alan Musgrave Dec 11, 2015 9:41 AM in response to Flashymcbashee
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    Dec 11, 2015 9:41 AM in response to Flashymcbashee

    Woke up to a "disk eject" error this morning. It's my first since updating. So 1 error after 3 nights.

    My Lacie hard drive is plugged in direct to a USB on my 2013 iMac so not a hub issue. I'll report back if things get worse or better 

  • by Meska,

    Meska Meska Dec 11, 2015 10:38 AM in response to Alan Musgrave
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    Dec 11, 2015 10:38 AM in response to Alan Musgrave

    Have done everything in this thread, and still no joy. System updates, switching ports (hub has it's own power), zapping PRAM etc etc... Issue still occurs after sleep process. Got so used to it now, i'm almost past it. One thing that is consistent, only became apparent when updating to El Cap. Fed up of submitting feedback, as this issue is still not being fixed over the various betas of El Cap. I read somewhere that it could be related to Time Machine, but who knows.

  • by drdawnmac,

    drdawnmac drdawnmac Dec 11, 2015 10:43 AM in response to Meska
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    Dec 11, 2015 10:43 AM in response to Meska

    I am with you. Tried everything - no help. I am frustrated because this is the disk I use for Time Machine and it won't even mount on my desktop unless I have everything powered down, I turn on the drive first, then boot the mac. Then I run Time Machine manually - on demand. Not a great solution.

     

    Sure would be nice to get this fixed. I hate to spend money on another drive hoping it will work, only to find out it has the same issue.

  • by Meska,

    Meska Meska Dec 11, 2015 10:48 AM in response to drdawnmac
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    Dec 11, 2015 10:48 AM in response to drdawnmac

    Another issue I have, not sure if it's linked to this but after restarting, El Cap just hangs on startup unless i unplug the USB hub with all its' peripherals. I switch off then on again, it boots and once on desktop, i plug the USB hub back in and the volumes mount. There is something definitely broken within the USB connectivity for external drives on El Capitan.

  • by bearoness,

    bearoness bearoness Dec 11, 2015 1:00 PM in response to drdawnmac
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    Dec 11, 2015 1:00 PM in response to drdawnmac

    That's interesting.... because I have two WD Passport drives; one of them is ejected, but the other, which is for Time Machine backups, doesn't.  My machine is set to only turn the display off, but not go to sleep, so I assume it's backing itself up around the clock.  I'm so frustrated, because my Windows machines have always been the ones that make me furious, but now it's the Macs.  I've also had problems trying to copy PDFs to my iPad through either iTunes or iBooks, and my iPhone can't decide whether it wants to use the music I synched to it, or my iTunes Match library.  <sigh>

  • by Alan Musgrave,

    Alan Musgrave Alan Musgrave Dec 11, 2015 2:10 PM in response to bearoness
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    Dec 11, 2015 2:10 PM in response to bearoness

    The only time I've seen the "disk eject" error is after my iMac has been asleep. Usually after awaking overnight.  No errors as long as it is awake. Was hoping for a fix with the update that was delivered this week. It appears to still be a problem.

  • by alisonfromulverston,

    alisonfromulverston alisonfromulverston Dec 11, 2015 2:06 PM in response to Alan Musgrave
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    Dec 11, 2015 2:06 PM in response to Alan Musgrave

    Is there another update due, or do you mean 10.11.2. Because mine has been worse since updating to 10.11.2. It completely ****red one of my HDs, so I had to erase and reformat it, and now it won;t accept it at all. That was the one which it WAS accepting before the update to 10.11.2.

  • by Alan Musgrave,

    Alan Musgrave Alan Musgrave Dec 11, 2015 2:09 PM in response to alisonfromulverston
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    Dec 11, 2015 2:09 PM in response to alisonfromulverston

    10.11.2.  So far has been better for me, but got an error this morning .. so we'll see.

  • by Alan Musgrave,

    Alan Musgrave Alan Musgrave Dec 13, 2015 8:33 PM in response to Alan Musgrave
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    Dec 13, 2015 8:33 PM in response to Alan Musgrave

    I've now experienced a few more of these errors ... so i would say the problem continues without a fix 

  • by bearoness,

    bearoness bearoness Dec 13, 2015 10:14 PM in response to Alan Musgrave
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    Dec 13, 2015 10:14 PM in response to Alan Musgrave

    Yep, same here.  Made it through the first night okay, but disk was ejected the following morning.  I'm going to try the hub, to see if that helps, but otherwise, I may use my PC for everything else.  I'm so disappointed; the "it just works" thing isn't true anymore.

  • by brofather,

    brofather brofather Dec 14, 2015 12:15 AM in response to Topher Kessler
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    Dec 14, 2015 12:15 AM in response to Topher Kessler

    I have a Lacie quadra d2 that will not mount on my imac with el captain 10.11.2. I changed the power supply, it does not show on disk utilities, it gives me:

    Unknown Device:

     

      Maximum Speed: Up to 800 Mb/sec

      Connection Speed: Unknown

     

    on my firewire screen.

     

    years of work on here!

    HELP!!!!!!!!

     

    BROFATHER

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