Force Eject Network Drive – Mac OS X

You can force eject a Mac network drive (SMB or AFP) if it is hanging on eject. Follow the steps below.

1. Open Terminal. (Applications -> Utilities -> Terminal)

2. Type the following command in Terminal and replace DISK_NAME with name of network drive. Hit return.

diskutil unmountDisk force /Volumes/DISK_NAME

3. Your network drive should force eject within a few seconds.