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.
- Open Terminal. (Applications -> Utilities -> Terminal)
- Type the following command in Terminal and replace DISK_NAME with name of network drive. Hit return.
diskutil unmountDisk force /Volumes/DISK_NAME
- Your network drive should force eject within a few seconds.
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It still failed to unmount for me as well
....and what do you do when this fails?