lovern112 Author

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DVD stuck

I have a disc stuck in my external drive. I have a new iMac and when I placed the DVD in the player it sounded like it was going to start, but the icon never showed on my desktop and now I can't eject the DVD. I have tried the eject button and command E, but nothing seems to work. How can I get the DVD out of my drive?

Posted on Sep 8, 2020 3:38 PM

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Sep 8, 2020 3:40 PM in response to lovern112

Try holding down the mouse button while restarting your iMac.

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lovern112 Author

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Sep 8, 2020 3:44 PM in response to dialabrain

Brilliant! It worked. Thank you.

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Sep 8, 2020 3:45 PM in response to lovern112

You're welcome.

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