Bob, This YouTube video shows what I explained before, so might help you. <www.youtube.com/watch?v=n7NYW9Dr448>
Sent from Ronni's iPad On 05/10/2012, at 7:00 PM, Ronni Brown <ro...@mac.com> wrote: > Did you Quit MacXDVD Ripper Pro? Or Force Quit it if it is still running in > the background > To force quit an application, choose Force Quit from the Apple menu (or press > Command-Option-Esc), then choose the unresponsive application in the Force > Quit window, and click Force Quit. > > Optionally, you may be able to Option-right click the application's icon in > the Dock and choose Force Quit from the contextual menu. > > Additionally, you can force quit the front-most application in Mac OS X v10.5 > or later by pressing Command-Option-Shift-Esc for three seconds > > If the disc is spinning it won't come out! > Disrupt the spin: > If you listen carefully, you can probably hear your optical drive powering up > & down over and over again. > As long as the disc spins, it’s not coming out. > The first step is to get your hands on a very thin piece of cardboard or even > a folded business card (so it’s twice as thick). > > Now restart your Mac and hold down the mouse/trackpad button as you poke the > cardboard inside the SuperDrive slot. > The goal is to slip it above the CD or DVD — towards the left side of the > drive — and gently jiggle it around to put pressure on the disc. You might > have to continue this for up to a minute or so, but it often works when all > other methods fail. > > Cheers, > Ronni > > On 05/10/2012, at 6:46 PM, Robert Miller-Eves <bobme...@highway1.com.au> > wrote: > >> OK It's a Movie DVD. "TheBoat that Rocked". I was trying to Make an AVI >> using MacX DVD Ripper Pro. It spent ages "Seeking" and I gave up waiting. >> On 05/10/2012, at 6:36 PM, Ronda Brown <ro...@mac.com> wrote: >> >>> Well we need more details on what the DVD is, and what where you doing with >>> it just prior to trying to Eject the disc? >>> >>> >>> Sent from Ronni's iPad >>> >>> On 05/10/2012, at 6:20 PM, Robert Miller-Eves <bobme...@highway1.com.au> >>> wrote: >>> >>>> I've now tried ALL suggestions but it just keeps reloading! >>>> On 05/10/2012, at 6:13 PM, Ronda Brown <ro...@mac.com> wrote: >>>> >>>>> Hi again Bob, >>>>> >>>>> If the DVD is still stuck in your optical drive. >>>>> >>>>> Open the Terminal in the /Applications/Utilities/ folder and run: >>>>> >>>>> drutil eject >>>>> >>>>> If you are not successful using the terminal command: >>>>> >>>>> Open Disk Utility (located in the same location as the Terminal) >>>>> Locate the misbehaving disk >>>>> Eject the disk from there. >>>>> >>>>> If these options fail, restart your Mac and hold the "Eject" key. >>>>> Cheers, >>>>> Ronni >>>>> Sent from Ronni's iPad >>>>> >>>>> On 05/10/2012, at 6:08 PM, Ronda Brown <ro...@mac.com> wrote: >>>>> >>>>>> We're you using the DVD in DVD Player or some other Application. >>>>>> If so quit DVD Player or other app first. >>>>>> >>>>>> When you tried start up holding the mouse bottom, did you do it this way? >>>>>> Shut down the computer and start up whilst holding down the mouse >>>>>> button. >>>>>> This may take some time, but keep your finger on the mouse button right >>>>>> up until the disc comes out or the log-in screen has appeared. >>>>>> >>>>>> Cheers, >>>>>> Ronni >>>>>> >>>>>> Sent from Ronni's iPad >>>>>> >>>>>> On 05/10/2012, at 5:54 PM, Robert Miller-Eves <bobme...@highway1.com.au> >>>>>> wrote: >>>>>> >>>>>>> HELP! iMac Intel Core i3 OS 10.8.2 DVD. refuses to eject.Tried eject >>>>>>> button several times.Dragged to trash but keeps reloading.. Shut >>>>>>> down/Reboot.Start up holding mouse down. Any ideas? Bob > > -- The WA Macintosh User Group Mailing List -- > Archives - <http://www.wamug.org.au/mailinglist/archives.shtml> > Guidelines - <http://www.wamug.org.au/mailinglist/guidelines.shtml> > Settings & Unsubscribe - > <http://lists.wamug.org.au/listinfo/wamug.org.au-wamug> -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: http://lists.wamug.org.au/pipermail/wamug.org.au-wamug/attachments/20121005/b7543c03/attachment.htm -- The WA Macintosh User Group Mailing List -- Archives - <http://www.wamug.org.au/mailinglist/archives.shtml> Guidelines - <http://www.wamug.org.au/mailinglist/guidelines.shtml> Settings & Unsubscribe - <http://lists.wamug.org.au/listinfo/wamug.org.au-wamug>
