DVDisk will not eject from My IMac

Posted on Aug 26, 2019 7:39 AM

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rkaufmann87

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Posted on Aug 26, 2019 9:58 AM

Please restart the computer while holding down the eject key on the keyboard, this works most of the time.

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Aug 26, 2019 9:58 AM in response to askewcrescent

Please restart the computer while holding down the eject key on the keyboard, this works most of the time.

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