So Your iPod Won’t Eject?
You’re updating your iPod in iTunes. It finishes and simply says, “iPod Sync Is Complete.” What? No “OK To Disconnect” message?*
What do you do? You click “Eject.” What happens? A message saying something to the effect that your iPod can’t disconnect because files on your iPod are currently being used. What happens next? You keep clicking “Eject” over and over again, of course. Still nothing. Same result.
Here’s the solution.
Open up “My Computer” (for Vista users, that’s “Computer”) and look for your iPod in the list of drives and removable storage. Right-click on it and click “Eject!” And there you go. Ejected iPod. Don’t believe me? Just go back to iTunes and see that you’ve been ejected.
Read a book.
*As a side note, if you have “Enable Disk Use” checked on your iPod screen in iTunes, you will never get the “OK To Disconnect” message. You will have to manually eject your iPod every time you connect it. And don’t just unplug it. You will screw up files on your iPod if you don’t manually click eject every time before you unplug it.
YOU SAVED ME. thank you!
wow, thanks, i’ve been seaerching forever to find the help to this…but
1) how to disable disk use
2) what does enabling or disabling do for my ipod
thanks
Perfect advice. I often get this error message when trying to eject. Previously, if I waited a moment and hit eject again, it would work. But today it gave me that message over and over and when I followed your advice, my ipod was instantly ejected. Thanks!
thanks sooo much
Excellent piece of advice. After stumbling through countless google listings, I found yours and it actually works. Will post a link to this on my blog. Thanks again!
Mark
Sweet! thanks! I really thought I was stuck, seeing my internet explorer was down and itunes kept freezing up, and I couldn’t disconnect my ipod. Thank you so much!!
OMG OMG OMG !!!!!!!!!!!!!!! u saved me dude thx a looot!!it was my bros ipod…he wud haf killed me!!!u r so coool u rok man!thx dude!!! u rok…!and i recommend u plz change d name of the site..k???if u want
I tried to “Eject” and “Safely Remove” via Windows Explorer, and I get the same message. I hate to have to shut down, but I think it may be the only way.
WHY is it sooooo much easier to google the answer than even bother to look in help or on the itunes site.
1000 MILLION thanks….
I feel the same way. I never go to the “Official” site of any product before consulting Google. Blogs always seem to have a solution.
That’s the approach I take with my blog. If I have a problem with something… anything… I find a solution and I publish it. More than likely, the problem hasn’t been solved yet.
And if it has been, I write about it and link to the blog that has solved the problem.
Oh God, thank you so much…I kept trying to eject and I was getting worried. Thought something was wrong with my iPod. Thanks a bunch, iTunes Help is sometimes a bitch to go through.
It works!!!! Thank you. Vic
THANK YOU SOOOOOOOOOO MUCHHHHHHH!!!!! I just bought it and its my 3rd iPod, and I added the songs and then it wouldn’t eject! I was gonna just unplug it, then i stumbled across your advise, THANKS AGAIN, it really helped.
THANKS MAN!!!!!!!!!!!! IT REALLY WORKED!!!!!!!!!!!!!