This wikiHow teaches you how to eject a CD from your Mac, as well as how to remove a CD from an unresponsive CD drive. While the last few generations of Mac don't have CD drives, older Macs do, and CDs used in these Macs can sometimes get stuck or become unresponsive to the 'Eject' key. CD stuck in iMac drive I tried putting a blank CD (just about a third of the way in) in while putting a paperclip in the force eject. It came out in about 30 seconds. Not sure the paperclip had anything to do with the success. It was a friend's CD woo, but it was not damaged. Some Apple keyboards have an eject key, usually located in the upper right corner of the keyboard. Press the Eject key to eject the CD or DVD from the drive.; On any keyboard, including those originally designed for use with a Windows PC, press and hold the F12 key until the CD or DVD is ejected from the drive. This may take several seconds. Mar 29, 2019 This wikiHow teaches you how to eject a CD from your Mac, as well as how to remove a CD from an unresponsive CD drive. While the last few generations of Mac don't have CD drives, older Macs do, and CDs used in these Macs can sometimes get stuck or become unresponsive to the 'Eject.
While Apple has slowly phased out optical drives from it’s Mac lineup over the years, you might still have a MacBook or desktop Mac with a disc drive. You might also have an external solution with a CD/DVD/Blu-ray drive.
At some point, there’s a chance that a CD, DVD or Blu-Ray disc is going to get stuck in your Mac or external optical drive. Fortunately, there are some simple steps that can be taken to force eject a disc that’s stuck.
Oct 25, 2009 I put a CD in, and first it didn't even recognize there was a CD in there. So I tried to eject it, but when I pressed the button on my keyboard, it didn't even show the 'eject' icon thing that pops up. So then I tried 'command e' and clicking the 'eject' option from iTunes. I tried the restart thing while holding down my mouse button, but I'm not sure I even did it correctly.
First, try one of these three methods:
- Holding down the eject key
- Drag the disc icon to your Mac’s trash bin
- Right click on the disc icon and select eject
- Press Command > E
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Next, try this method:
- Launch the terminal app and use the following command and then press enter: /usr/bin/drutil eject
If all else fails, you can try these methods:
- Boot your Mac into single-user Mode. At the prompt enter /usr/bin/drutil eject. To restart the computer enter “reboot” at the prompt without the quotation marks.
- Hold down your trackpad button (or your left mouse button) and restart your Mac. Hold the button down until the desktop appears. This will trigger the system to eject your disc before OS X begins loading.
- Shut down the Mac and restart it, then let it sit for 15 minutes. After a short amount of time, the disc may eject itself.
If your disc is still stuck, feel free to contact OWC’s customer support team for further assistance. And if you’re looking to bring optical capabilities back to your workflow, check out OWC’s lineup of optical solutions.
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