SD card in the cd slot

Thanks all, for all the ideas! My husband and I had the same problem with the SD card stuck in the CD slot and tried all the ideas. It was a bit comforting at least that others had done the same thing! Nothing seemed to work and we were beside ourselves! The SD card seemed to be stuck way into the slot. We even tried vacuuming with no success. Just when we were ready to give up, I decided to search my sewing supplies for something else to try and came out with a long plastic loop turner. Perhaps because it was longer than our other tools, it finally popped out-but it took a few tries. Boy did we cheer! Just wanted to leave others with another possible solution that worked!

This just happened to me and after reading these posts I tilted my computer slightly to the side and used a piece of wire to swipe along the bottom of the drive. The card came out first time. Thanks.

who ever came up with the L shaped bit of card should get a award !! thanks soooooo much !!

BEST SOLUTION EVER!!!!! Thank you, thank you, thank you.

Hi Guys,

I WISH I could use the L-Shaped card trick.. I work in a school and a kid done it for us on behalf of a teacher but didnt tell anyone.. have since put a CD into the drive and realised something is blocking it.. SD Card. Any other tricks rather than taking it apart and trying to shake the drive clear?

Don't take it apart.

If you can't extricate the SD card then a trip to the Apple Store is the next step.

Try the L shaped paperclip, it worked for me when the L shaped card didn't work.

Just happened to us also.

We used a business card and tiltedthe computer towards the ground. Give it a try

New tip!

Just happened to us, first to me a month ago and now to my husband. I got it out the first time using only a needle as it was so close. The second time, L shaped didnt work for us, it was too far as I managed to push it way back before I found this page.

So, I dont know if this tip allready is here, but this worked perfectly for us:

1. Take a thin cd-disc cover made of cardboard.

2. Cut a 4cm wide piece of it so that it forms a loop.

3. Bend the loop wider so that when you push it inside the cd slot it will open.

4. Insert the cardboard -loop to the slot and fish out the card.

Came out with a third try.

Wow, didn't think so many others would do this thing! Tip to use a paper clip is brilliant. Put the iMac on its side and the SD card came out on the third or fourth attempt> Thanks everyone.

I also just did the same thing and am devasted. I was trying to set up my new go pro and accidentally slipped the sd card into the CDdisk slot. I tried the L shaped card and tried gently to move and couldnt feel it and so tried to turn the comuter sideways. I got the card out but appear to have damaged my disk drive so now need to lug in the large iamc in for repairs. Having seen 128,000 people view this blog I think it really is a major design flaw that so many people can do the same thing. For such a tiny card a front view or at least on teh opposite side of the monitor woudl ahve been a sensible option from a design point of view.

L shaped piece of card worked! SO relieved! Thank you everyone!

I've also done the same, eventually got it out by turning the iMac on its side and fishing the card out with a piece of plastic I'd cut into an L shape. Unfortunately it looks like I've damaged the DVD drive in the process though, when I push a disk it just ejects again

This is the final straw for me with the Mac. This is just typical Apple – aesthetics over functionality, yes the iMac is beautifully engineered but it has USB ports that are inaccessible, a 'so called UK' keyboard layout that actually is just US keyboard with the # removed and with £ sign in its place, do Apple not think we use # the in the UK! No numeric keypad, a mouse that is so flat it gives you cramp in your hand. OSX is just different to Windows and by no means better, and of course an SD Card slot 10mm away from a DVD lot in drive! And all this at a premium price, what was I thinking!….back to a functional PC for me.

Just did the same thing, and after looking at the prices my local Apple Certified technician would charge at $100 an hour, we unplugged everything, used a thin L-shape piece of cardboard, turned it upside down, smacked the back a few times,and after about 2-3 minutes, out it came! We then tried both the CD player and putting the memory card in the right spot, and everything worked perfectly!! Thanks for all the advice, it saved us a bundle!

A flat table knife did the trick - thanks so much, it was a great relief to know that I wasn't the only person to do this (and the SD card and CD slot both still work).