Sep 01, 2008 Dear Mac Users I have a Mac Mini. Typically you can eject a CD by holding down the mouse button (left button if you have two) for the first 30-seconds (or so) after turning on power to the Mini. You'll need a wired usb mouse to do this.
Today I put a movie DVD into my Mac Mini, but the Finder doesn't show it => the Mac doesn't seem to know it is there.
How can I force an eject?
Note: Booting with all kinds of keys CMD, ALT, Apple or Mouse pressed didn't help either (found that on the net).
ONE MONTH LATER
Today I tried to install Snow Leopard on my Mac Mini.
I inserted the DVD, answered lot's of questions, then, when I expected it to copy files, it gave me the beach ball.
Two hours and a boot later, I noticed that once again the DVD was not recognized/detected in the drive and could not be ejected until I nudged it with my pen knife...
I guess I'll be upgrading some other way ... (the mini is by now solidly out of warranty)
Mac Mini Manual Cd Ejector
Dave M3 Answers
There are a few methods depending on how 'stuck' it is:
Method 1 :Use Disk Utility to eject The first and simplest method, if you only want to unmount a single volume on the disk, is to use Disk Utility, located in Applications/Utilities. In Disk Utility, simply select the volume you want to unmount and click Eject.
Method 2 :Hold Down the mouse button at startup In some cases holding down a connected mouse button at startup will cause a misbehaving optical drive to eject its media.
Method 3: Boot into Open Firmware and eject If you have a Mac that will not startup properly and has a stuck disc, try booting into Open Firmware by holding down Command, Option, O key and F key during startup. After booting into Open Firmware, type the command eject-cd.
Mac Mini Manual Cd Eject Drive
Method 4:Using the Terminal. There are two commands that can be used in the Terminal (located in Applications/Utilities) which can be used to force disk ejection:
Simply type in the above command and press return.
Last resort method (Danger, Will Robinson!):
Also knwon as, Ye olde screwdriver method.
- Turn the CPU upside down and lay itflat on a desk or table. Use aflat-edged knife or small pry bar togently and carefully lift the bottompanel off the unit.
- Use a small Phillips-headscrewdriver to remove the fourscrews at the corners of the large,flat, shiny metal panel directlybelow the bottom panel. Lift off thepanel to expose the CD drive andremove the CD carefully with yourfingers.
- Replace the metal panel and itsscrews, then snap the bottom coverback into place. Reattach all of thecables and boot up the computer.
If you still can't it out using the last method, then you a really, ahem, stuck. Call the fruit company.
;-)
GeneQGeneQThe usual advice is to try the f12 key. And you can find install a menu item to do this by double clicking on System/Library/CoreServices/Menu Extras/Eject.menu.
ONE MONTH LATER
Today I tried to install Snow Leopard on my Mac Mini.
I inserted the DVD, answered lot's of questions, then, when I expected it to copy files, it gave me the beach ball.
Two hours and a boot later, I noticed that once again the DVD was not recognized/detected in the drive and could not be ejected until I nudged it with my pen knife...
I guess I'll be upgrading some other way ... (the mini is by now solidliy out of warranty)
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