User profile for user: english Imagemaker
english Imagemaker Author
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Eject Button Not working.

Upgraded to snow Leopard, But now the Eject button is not working, The keyboard profile does not show a eject button although its a mac keyboard. The File eject option is grayed out. This is on a mac Pro, Any help would be grateful

Mac Pro, Mac OS X (10.5.6)

Posted on Dec 10, 2009 8:50 AM

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User profile for user: Glenn Carter
Glenn Carter
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Dec 10, 2009 12:58 PM in response to AxL

AxL, what exactly are you trying to Eject? CD? DVD? DATA Disc? HD?

Try these suggestion:

a. CTRL-Click the item on the Desktop and Select "Eject".

b. Reboot the Mac. Hold down the Mouse Button during the startup process. This will force the Optical drive to eject any media inside.

Let us know if this resolves your issue.
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User profile for user: english Imagemaker
english Imagemaker Author
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Dec 10, 2009 2:25 PM in response to english Imagemaker

Hi thank you for all your suggestions so far.
Before I upgrade to Snow leopard to open the cd draw I just pressed the eject key on the keyboard. Now I have to launch itunes to open the draw, Nothing else seems to work?

Is there any reset button to allocate the command back to the eject button?
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User profile for user: AxL
AxL
User level: Level 6
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Dec 10, 2009 3:35 PM in response to english Imagemaker

In order to find where the problem comes from before adventurously trashing any system file, I would like to know whether this problem happens only to one User Account or to all Users?
Also:
Please repair permissions and run a Verify Disk before any further troubleshooting.

In the meanwhile, no need to open iTunes, you can put an Eject button in the status bar.
Just go to
/System/Library/CoreServices/Menu Extras
and doubleclick the Eject.menu icon.
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