Brandon Fairbanks

Q: How force eject disc

i replaced the hard drive in my powerpc mac mini and i put my mac os x 10.4 disc in but it wouldn't boot from the disc, now it won't eject the disc. i tried clicking the mouse but it won't give it back

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Posted on Sep 8, 2012 4:06 PM

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  • by ntklcell,

    ntklcell ntklcell Dec 10, 2014 7:19 PM in response to Kappy
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    Dec 10, 2014 7:19 PM in response to Kappy

    Typing "reboot" at the terminal helped. The disc drive stopped spinning and it ejected when pressing eject button. Thanks so much.

  • by silvio.tocco,

    silvio.tocco silvio.tocco Jan 1, 2015 8:41 AM in response to Kappy
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    Jan 1, 2015 8:41 AM in response to Kappy

    I tried all of the recommended solutions: right/left mouse click upon reboot, writing commands in the Terminal, pressing command button during reboot....nothing worked!!! I finally did stumble upon this link Intel-based Macs: Resetting the System Management Controller (SMC) - Apple Support and did as suggested by Apple: Shut down iMac, unplugged power cord, waited 15-20 seconds, plugged cord back in outlet, pressed power button after 5-15 seconds.....AND......voilà!!! Cd ejected on its own once the OS system rebooted.

  • by HarmonicDreamz,

    HarmonicDreamz HarmonicDreamz Jan 18, 2015 2:14 AM in response to ajFLORIDA88
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    Jan 18, 2015 2:14 AM in response to ajFLORIDA88

    The best thing stays: reboot your computer and then hold the Mousebutton pressed while booting, the disk will be ejected then. Old Jolliet disks stay in the drive while using the machine...

  • by williamfromrk,

    williamfromrk williamfromrk Feb 25, 2015 4:05 AM in response to Brandon Fairbanks
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    Feb 25, 2015 4:05 AM in response to Brandon Fairbanks

    Hold down right-hand mouse click after start-up chime worked! Thank you!

  • by llbixler,

    llbixler llbixler Mar 1, 2015 2:37 PM in response to Kappy
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    Mar 1, 2015 2:37 PM in response to Kappy

    Option # 5 worked. Thank you. 

  • by osama71,

    osama71 osama71 May 8, 2015 9:42 AM in response to ajFLORIDA88
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    May 8, 2015 9:42 AM in response to ajFLORIDA88

    This is the only way it worked for me. My iMac was not booting, no disply, no chime.

    Thanks ajFLORIDA88

  • by rafaelwaa,

    rafaelwaa rafaelwaa May 13, 2015 12:46 PM in response to Mactopman
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    May 13, 2015 12:46 PM in response to Mactopman

    Thanks, it really worked !

  • by maxsat65,

    maxsat65 maxsat65 May 13, 2015 3:43 PM in response to wildcatherder2
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    May 13, 2015 3:43 PM in response to wildcatherder2

    GOOD CALL....just bought an i7 macbook pro used, it had a romance advice cd that would not eject. I ran a business card back and forth the slot, ejected fine next try....thank you very much..

     

    rob/ferts/phx

  • by Enrico Dandolo,

    Enrico Dandolo Enrico Dandolo Jun 13, 2015 12:02 PM in response to jnmaloof
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    Jun 13, 2015 12:02 PM in response to jnmaloof

    Thank you; the only way I managed to eject it was following your advice.

  • by Gkinghrn,

    Gkinghrn Gkinghrn Jun 14, 2015 10:26 AM in response to Enrico Dandolo
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    Jun 14, 2015 10:26 AM in response to Enrico Dandolo

    Been through this a couple of times now.. cause by my kids putting CD's in with paper labels stuck on them... they kind of get 'stuck' due to the tolerances of the MAC drive...

     

    the ONLY way i have found to get this to eject - eject buttons / right mouse clicks etc all fail ..is to let the MAC 'cool' down by pulling the power to it ..leaving t for 10/15 minutes then let it start up..when it gets to the login screen I just leave it ... it keeps trying every few minutes to eject the disk ..after what might seem like an eternity it will eventually force it out.... since it clearly recognises it needs to eject it..it neither loads nor unloads cleanly enough for the mac so it keeps trying to spit it out..

     

    may be of help to some others...

  • by LutzK,

    LutzK LutzK Jun 21, 2015 1:37 AM in response to Brandon Fairbanks
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    Jun 21, 2015 1:37 AM in response to Brandon Fairbanks

    A DVD stuck in my SD didn’t mount and, hence, couldn’t be ejected software-wise.

     

    None of the above helped since I have an external Superdrive on a MacBook Pro with neither mouse nor eject button or key. And the Terminal command suggested wouldn’t work either.

     

    So I figured out the following procedure:

     

    I disconnected the SD (unplugged the USB connection)

    started a disc burning application (in my case Toast)

    gave it a disc burning task (dropped a random picture file)

    pressed the BURN button

    when prompted to connect a disc burner, I connected the SD

    WHILE the SD with the DVD stuck inside was spinning up I repeatedly pressed the EJECT button on the Toast interface...

    and the DVD ejected!

     

    I hope this helps you as much as it did help me.

     

    Cheers

  • by lloydfromnepean,

    lloydfromnepean lloydfromnepean Jun 25, 2015 11:18 AM in response to Mactopman
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    Jun 25, 2015 11:18 AM in response to Mactopman

    Right button worked for me also.

  • by gracetru,

    gracetru gracetru Jun 29, 2015 11:53 PM in response to wildcatherder2
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    Jun 29, 2015 11:53 PM in response to wildcatherder2

    Thanks! Sometimes we overdo the solutions. It was as simple as running a thin piece of paper through the same space though which the CD or DVD is inserted and I was able to eject it!

  • by wasnt_m,

    wasnt_m wasnt_m Jul 7, 2015 4:32 PM in response to jnmaloof
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    Jul 7, 2015 4:32 PM in response to jnmaloof

    Sometimes the simplest solutions are the best,

    thank you jnmaloof.

  • by AngieCorbett,

    AngieCorbett AngieCorbett Jul 29, 2015 2:09 PM in response to Brandon Fairbanks
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    Jul 29, 2015 2:09 PM in response to Brandon Fairbanks

    This just happened to me.  IT IS NOT YOUR SUPERDRIVE!!!  I just copied data to 30 DVD's perfectly, and ran in to a bad disk that wouldn't eject. After spending 1/2 a day trying to figure it out I finally did!!! (command E, power down, turn superdrive upside down, almost used the screwdriver suggestion (LOL))  Hope this helps someone and will save you lot of time!!!  On Macbook Air...Open up FINDER - on the top menu bar go to GO - Scroll down to UTILITIES - double  click - DISK UTILITY - wait for Superdrive to respond - HIGHLIGHT on the left of the screen the CD  - Click EJECT - Good luck!

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