Quick Q: "Force Unmount" a Volume?

[dotnina]

A little while ago I installed some software. Days later, the volume still shows up in Finder. Pressing the "eject" button has no effect; I get the error message "Volume could not be found ..." etc.

So, is there a way to "force unmount" a volume, kinda like how there's a "force quit" for applications?

Thanks in advance!

 

[Sun Baked]

Log Out and Back In and/or Restart... if it's something that's hanging in finder, though sometimes a force quit of the Finder may work.

Run Disk First Aid and fsck... if it's something that's messed up in the file system.

 

[dotnina]

Wow, thanks Sun Baked, that worked! I was starting to panic a little, since I had already restarted a few times, quit Finder, that sort of thing. Disk Utility wouldn't open, either ... but now everything works! It seems the fsck cleaned things up.

 

[Sun Baked]

Wow, thanks Sun Baked, that worked! I was starting to panic a little, since I had already restarted a few times, quit Finder, that sort of thing. Disk Utility wouldn't open, either ... but now everything works! It seems the fsck cleaned things up.

Get in a habit of running Disk First Aid/fsck regularly (about once a month) -- should keep the problem/symptom you had from showing up.

Though most people usually don't bother and end up watching the flashing question mark instead -- the worst end of the problem/symptoms.

 

[abhishekit]

Get in a habit of running Disk First Aid/fsck regularly (about once a month) -- should keep the problem/symptom you had from showing up.

Well, the fact that you have to restart it to run fsck makes it a little less appealing as a monthly chore. Though I don't run in every month, but whenever I have to restart due to a software upate (can't remember when was the last time I had to restart for a freeze), I run fsck.