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Q: superdrive won't eject CD

my cd won't eject out of my macbook air super drive - any suggestions?

MacBook Air, Mac OS X (10.6.7), superdrive

Posted on Jun 24, 2011 7:36 PM

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  • by kitty1,

    kitty1 kitty1 Jun 25, 2011 7:08 AM in response to sctmiller
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    Jun 25, 2011 7:08 AM in response to sctmiller

    thats because on the Macbook Air, there is not a disk hard drive to use

  • by sctmiller,Helpful

    sctmiller sctmiller Jun 26, 2011 8:53 PM in response to sctmiller
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    Jun 26, 2011 8:53 PM in response to sctmiller

    The Macbook AIr super drive is the remote usb attached drive. I have a CD stuck in it and it won't eject. Just wondering if anyone has had the same problem and how they solved it?

  • by slyguy_28,

    slyguy_28 slyguy_28 Jun 26, 2011 9:22 PM in response to sctmiller
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    Jun 26, 2011 9:22 PM in response to sctmiller

    It's never happened to me, but if it did, I'd take the MBA and the SuperDrive back into the Apple Store...

    Sly

  • by sctmiller,

    sctmiller sctmiller Jun 27, 2011 7:44 AM in response to slyguy_28
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    Jun 27, 2011 7:44 AM in response to slyguy_28

    Thanks Sly. I am going past an Apple store today. I was hoping there was some small hole for a paper clip to manually eject or something.

  • by FiveLittleFish,Helpful

    FiveLittleFish FiveLittleFish Jun 28, 2011 1:10 AM in response to sctmiller
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    Jun 28, 2011 1:10 AM in response to sctmiller

    You could try something that sometimes works on MacBooks - leave the drive plugged in and restart the computer. As it boots up, hold the eject key down.

  • by sctmiller,

    sctmiller sctmiller Jun 28, 2011 8:23 AM in response to FiveLittleFish
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    Jun 28, 2011 8:23 AM in response to FiveLittleFish

    Thank you - I did get by an Apple store yesterday and indeed he used asimilar technique. He pushed the click side of the touch pad while turning off the air and out popped the CD - it turns out the unit isfine - there was just something about that Cd (digital photsos) that messed it up as allother DVD's & cd's worked.

    Thanks

  • by juliefromgeneva,Helpful

    juliefromgeneva juliefromgeneva Jun 30, 2011 2:46 PM in response to sctmiller
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    Jun 30, 2011 2:46 PM in response to sctmiller

    I had the same problem.  Additionally, the macbook would not acknowledge the superdrive with this crazy disc in it.  The solution was to power down machine and start it while pressing the F12 key.  The cd was spit out as soon as it powered up again.  I did encounter problems powering down with the superdrive plugged into the USB port.  I unplugged it, powered down, plugged it back in and powered up while pressing the F12. 

  • by Silly rabbit,

    Silly rabbit Silly rabbit Jun 30, 2011 9:37 PM in response to sctmiller
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    Jun 30, 2011 9:37 PM in response to sctmiller

    Solving it is quite easy and you don't need to jump through hoops restarting, holding down keys, visiting the Apple store, etc. Just create a new burn folder (or open Toast if you have it) dump some data in it and press burn. The disc will eject straight away. It is that simple!

  • by jhawkmatt,Helpful

    jhawkmatt jhawkmatt Oct 19, 2012 7:18 AM in response to sctmiller
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    Oct 19, 2012 7:18 AM in response to sctmiller

    Hey guys, I realize this is thread from over a year ago but it is one of the most popular results to come up when you google search it. So, I figured I would throw my 2 cents in.

    I had a problem getting a disc to eject from an external usb superdrive. I had tried EVERYTHING.... boot up with eject button, disc utils, terminal, even tried to plug it into a windows machine and eject it.... nothing.

    Anyway, long story short, I WAS able to get it to eject by turning it upside-down then clicking eject.

    IT WORKED!!!

    I just wanted to update this thread so anybody else had this issue they could add it to the list to try.

    Hope it helps somebody else.

  • by discography,

    discography discography Nov 5, 2012 4:22 PM in response to jhawkmatt
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    Nov 5, 2012 4:22 PM in response to jhawkmatt

    Thank you for sharing - turning the drive upside down works for me to eject, and much more preferable than restarting.

     

    There is certainly a technical issue with this drive.

  • by jhawkmatt,

    jhawkmatt jhawkmatt Nov 14, 2012 1:21 PM in response to discography
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    Nov 14, 2012 1:21 PM in response to discography

    Excellent! That's exactly why I posted that.

    Glad it helped somebody else.

  • by mputzel,

    mputzel mputzel Nov 20, 2012 9:04 PM in response to jhawkmatt
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    Nov 20, 2012 9:04 PM in response to jhawkmatt

    Thank you, jhawkmatt! I tried all the suggestions above yours trying to eject the very first CD I put in the brand new Superdrive. The drive made a lot of noise but refused to eject no matter what--till I turned the drive upside, as you said. That did it. You're right. Apple should have fixed this flaw by now.

  • by Adriana21,

    Adriana21 Adriana21 Jan 2, 2013 9:53 PM in response to jhawkmatt
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    Jan 2, 2013 9:53 PM in response to jhawkmatt

    Thank you so much Jhawkmatt!! You saved me a trip to the Apple store. Turning the drive upside down works!!!

  • by lardelia,

    lardelia lardelia Jan 13, 2013 3:18 PM in response to jhawkmatt
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    Jan 13, 2013 3:18 PM in response to jhawkmatt

    Thanks a lot jhawkmatt! It works for me by turning the superdrive upside down!

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