If by any case there is no hole anywhere then k apple. Note your cd drive letter and type it instead of h. Apr 08, 2010 the problem is that on my macbook pro 2010, theres a rubber protection thing around the drive opening and that rubber is so hard that the drive engine simply doesnt have enough force to push the cd through it. Cd, dvd or blu ray disc is going to get stuck in your mac or external optical drive.
Click the finder icon in the dock to open a finder window, then in the finder sidebar, click the. In this quick tip, well go over a bunch of ways to force eject that. You can also drag the cd dvd icon to the trash can which will turn into an eject button. How to force eject a stuck disc computer skills tutorials. How to eject usb devices and memory cards in macos laptop mag. After the chime press and hold the left mouse button until dvd ejects. Read on for all the help you need to eject a cd or dvd from your mac. Mac os x force ejecting a cd university of wisconsin uw. Any external volume connected to your mac shows up on your desktop. Click the finder icon in the dock to open a finder window, then in the finder sidebar, click the eject button next to the disc s name.
How to eject a stuck cd dvd from a macbook pro osxdaily. When a cddvd becomes stuck in your mac, how do you eject the media. Fortunately, there are some simple steps that can be taken to force eject a disc thats stuck. Click and drag the disc drive icon from the desktop into the trash bin. In the event that a disk has become stuck in your macintosh computer, there are several steps you can take to try to force it to eject. While the last few generations of mac dont have cd drives, older macs do, and cds used in these macs can sometimes get stuck or become unresponsive to the eject key. If this is the case, you can try ejecting from within your virtual machine or you can disconnect the cddvd drive from the virtual machine and your macbook should regain control allowing you to eject the disc using the eject button.
You will also find the following sections helpful if a cddvd gets stuck in the drive tray. Mac os x force ejecting a cd this document provides information on force ejecting a cd from your mac. Back in 2009, i wrote this little application, because at the time there was no quick and easy way to eject a cd or dvd from one of those slotloading cddvdroms that one would find in macs and macbooks. Cd, dvd or bluray disc is going to get stuck in your mac or external optical drive.
Today, my sister inserted a music cd into her computer legal merchandise or whatnot, so its not a burned cd the cd never loaded. The computer just made jerking sounds and never recognized the cd. Unlike windows pcs, macs dont allow you to remove cds simply by opening a mediadrive door or ejecting a disc from a slotloading drive. Eject a stuck cddvd from a macbook pro superdrive mac os x. How to eject a cd or dvd from an apple mac 7 steps. Nov 16, 2011 to eject a dvd or disc from a mac book air when you are using a usb superdrive is simple.
Well show you two ways to force your mac to let go. There are several options to eject a cd or dvd when the mac mini fails to boot, but most of them dont work if you do not have a mac keayboard at hand. Press the media eject button on the keyboard, located in the top row of keys. You may experience trouble ejecting a cd from a macbook when the cd is in use or has protection. To use any of these key combinations, press and hold the keys immediately after pressing the power button to turn on your mac, or after your mac begins to restart. Oct 24, 2012 how to eject a stuck cd or dvd from your mac j. The disc drive should eject the disc, and ok appears on the screen when the action is complete. Force eject force ejection eject drive eject unmount drive ejection. To eject a disc from your mac, do any of the following. Find your disc in the left sidebar and click the eject button up top, or rightclick on the disc and select the eject command. So lets follow these steps to find which works for you. The avbryt button is swedish for cancel and to abort the attempted eject, the author must have forgot to translate the button. Press the left mouse key while you restart the mac or as alternative press f12 while the mac is restarted.
You may have noticed a hole next to your superdrive. Sadly, macbook doesnt have eject pinhole function, which is available in many laptops in case cd got stuck, you could insert a pin in the eject pinhole to force eject the cd. Click ok to try and force the disc to eject itself. Instead of resorting to other unsafe methods, you can try the safer forceeject tool, rediscmove, and diskeject, which are famous for ejecting its stuck dvd from macbook, imac, etc. Simple methods to eject cd from macbook pro easy steps. Glenn kunzler oct 24, 2012 while optical discs are swiftly falling out of fashion, especially within apple products, many apple users still own products with optical drives and at some point a disc will probably get stuck in that drive. Sometimes a disc can get stuck inside your beautiful mac. Apr 26, 2017 i fix another macbook pro, this time by bending part of the frame with a putty knife. In fact, macs wont eject discs while theyre in use by an. Nevertheless, there are a set of techniques to eject a cd or dvd from your mac. Bottom of list is devices, check the box for show cds, dvds on desktop. In order to boot your mac from a disk in the cd dvd drive, youll first want to insert disk into the drive, then you can either shut down the mac, or reboot the mac. Drag the cddvd icon to the trash, reboot the mac and hold down the mouse button, or the eject button on your keyboard.
Your computer starts up normally and you see the familiar mac os x desktop. I didnt want to cut the rubber off, and i managed to eject the cd as follows. Download and run rediscmove and it will simply popup a window asking are you sure you want to force the cddvd to eject. Some apple keyboards have an eject key, usually located in the upper right corner of the keyboard. Press and hold the f12 of the function keys from the keyboard until the cd drive pops out.
Use one of these options to quickly and easily get your disc out. Apr 01, 2020 mac startup key combinations learn about the mac features and tools that you can access by holding down one or more keys during startup. It is still inside the laptop and we cannot eject it. Jun 23, 2017 there are many tools available to force your mac superdrive to eject stuck dvd. Nov 27, 2017 the following are some of the best ways to eject cd from macbook pro. Five ways to eject a stuck cd or dvd from the optical drive. Sometimes the vm will actually have control of the superdrive. 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. 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. Apple gave me a dozen different ways to eject a cd dvd and nothing worked. Troubleshooting how to eject a stuck dvd from macbookimac.
Launch apples disk utility application, select the. Your cd dvd writer is jammed and the operating system is not able to recognize it as fully functional. The following options work with a pc keayboard and mouse. To circumvent these problems, you can force eject the cd, which stops the cd from being read and tells the macbook to immediately eject the cd. Cant ejectdismount virtual drive microsoft community. How to eject a stuck cd or dvd from your mac mactrast. Grab a paper clip or anything small in size and insert it into the hole to manually eject the disk. Macbook wont booteject dvdr apple ios os help fix mac. Launch apples disk utility application, select the stuck cd dvd and hit the eject button. We have tried the disc utility program and the cd doesnt show up on the list.
Click on the eject symbol on the menu bar at the top, then select the name of the disc drive. Drag the cd dvd icon to the trash, reboot the mac and hold down the mouse button, or the eject button on your keyboard. Apple gave me a dozen different ways to eject a cddvd and nothing worked. Select the disc you want to eject, then choose file eject disc. Ejecting the stuck disc can usually be done in one of the following ways. Be sure the disc to boot from is actually bootable, most system restore and installation discs are. If you want to insert cd without pressing hard button, you can also try using the following command line, c. The most common way of ejecting a disc on a mac either a cd or a dvd is to drag it into the trash or press the eject button commonly found in the upper right corner of the keyboard. I used a thin but heavy piece of paper and folded it so that it would be about an 1 and 12 wide and about 6 long. Nov 24, 2012 type eject cd without the quotes, and press return. How to eject cd from mac ejecting cd or dvd from a mac. The easiest and safest way to force a volume to eject is to open a new finder window, locate the drive or volume in the lefthand column, rightclick or optionclick the volume, and select eject volume name in the drop down menu. How to get a jammed dvd out of an imac optical drive wired. How to eject a cd on a mac mini with pc keyboard and mouse.
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. Unlike a pc, there is no eject button on the cd drive of a mac. Press the left mouse key while you restart the mac or as alternative press f12 while the mac is. How to forcibly eject a cddvd from a macbook air usb superdrive. 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. Restart the computer and after the chime press and hold down the left mouse button until the disc ejects. Boot the machine holding down the trackpad button to initiate a force eject. Restarted my computer and in about 30 secs out popped the disk. For the really stuck disc, there are some terminal commands you can use to force eject it.
How to force eject a stuck cd or dvd from your mac istore brasil. Top 10 free cddvd burning software for mac solution. Go to the desktop and control click right click on the cddvd icon and choose eject. Mar 23, 2009 apple cd dvd writers must have a hole big enough for a pin to fit through. Eight ways to force eject a disc from your macs optical drive. Drag the icon for the disc that has appeared on your desk top when you tried to play the disc, into the trash and the dvd will eject works everytime 9. You can also drag the cddvd icon to the trash can which will turn into an eject button. To start into os x, type mac boot without the quotes. Will you get your disc out in one piece without having to crack open your mac. Force eject is a handy tool that you should have installed on your computer, since it will quickly get rid of those annoying disks that just refuse to unmount. At some point, theres a chance that a cd, dvd or bluray disc is going to get stuck in your mac or external optical drive.
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