"The device you removed was not properly put away" error when unplugging the Iomega Mini USB drive on a Macintosh

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"The device you removed was not properly put away" error when unplugging the Iomega® Mini USB drive on a Macintosh®
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Unplugging the Iomega® Mini USB drive from a Macintosh® computer results in the follow error message:

This error appears when the Iomega Mini USB drive has been removed without ejecting the disk from the system first. Always follow the steps below before removing the Iomega Mini USB drive.

Locate the disk icon that mounted for the Iomega Mini USB drive.
Drag the disk icon to the trash to eject the disk from the system.
Once the disk has disappeared from the desktop, you can unplug the Iomega Mini USB drive from the USB port.

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