Well yes but I thought the drive must have been damaged, as nothing I tried would eject the CD, including restarting the Mac so it was a great relief when this tip from Sarah worked.
David Griffith -----Original Message----- From: mac-access-boun...@mac-access.net [mailto:mac-access-boun...@mac-access.net] On Behalf Of Josh Gregory Sent: 14 May 2013 23:22 To: Mac OSX & iOS Accessibility Subject: Re: Ejecting a cd or dvd Oh that's sweet! :-) I'm assuming it would only work though if the drive was not damaged. Sent from my iPhone On May 14, 2013, at 6:16 PM, "David Griffith" <d.griff...@btinternet.com> wrote: > Eject a stuck CD. > > -----Original Message----- > From: mac-access-boun...@mac-access.net > [mailto:mac-access-boun...@mac-access.net] On Behalf Of Josh Gregory > Sent: 14 May 2013 23:06 > To: Mac OSX & iOS Accessibility > Subject: Re: Ejecting a cd or dvd > > What does restarting your Mac while holding down the trackpad do? > > Sent from my iPhone > > On May 14, 2013, at 5:39 PM, "David Griffith" > <d.griff...@btinternet.com> > wrote: > >> If a CD will not eject I try the following in order. >> 1. Press command E in finder on the CD Drive. >> 2. If that does not work restart your Mac. >> 3. If that does not work restart your Mac again but this time hold a >> finger down on your Trackpad as the Mac restarts. I think it was >> Sarah who gave me this tip. I had thought, until I tried this method >> on a particularly obstinate CD, that I was going to have to send in >> my iMac in for repair on the CD Drive. Not quite sure why it worked but it did. >> >> >> David Griffith >> >> -----Original Message----- >> From: mac-access-boun...@mac-access.net >> [mailto:mac-access-boun...@mac-access.net] On Behalf Of George Cham >> Sent: 14 May 2013 21:58 >> To: mac-access@mac-access.net >> Subject: Ejecting a cd or dvd >> >> I have a external cd dvd drive. >> When I'm finished using it, I use the eject feature of the Mac. >> The disc does not eject. >> Will the mountin app, That was discussed on the list eject the drive? >> >> Typed with Fleksy >> reply://george.c...@outlook.com >> >> >> >> >> George, >> >> Sent from my iPad >> <--- Mac Access At Mac Access Dot Net ---> >> >> To reply to this post, please address your message to >> mac-access@mac-access.net >> >> You can find an archive of all messages posted to the Mac-Access forum > at >> either the list's own dedicated web archive: >> <http://mail.tft-bbs.co.uk/pipermail/mac-access/index.html> >> or at the public Mail Archive: >> <http://www.mail-archive.com/mac-access@mac-access.net/>. >> Subscribe to the list's RSS feed from: >> <http://www.mail-archive.com/mac-access@mac-access.net/maillist.xml> >> >> As the Mac Access Dot Net administrators, we do our very best to >> ensure that the Mac-Access E-Mal list remains malware, spyware, >> Trojan, virus and worm-free. 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