iMac (from mid 2010) spits out cd's

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edyta4547 Author

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iMac (from mid 2010) spits out cd's

My iMac (27" from mid 2010) spits out cd's when i put them into the side slot and does not import into iTunes.

iMac 27″, macOS 10.13

Posted on Mar 21, 2021 1:58 AM

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Allan Jones

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Mar 21, 2021 7:52 AM in response to edyta4547

But I forgot to mention that it reads certain discs, but not others

I agree with dialabrain; that sounds like a dirty drive. Most optical "combo" drives have more that one lens, and sometimes only one is affected.

The other reason I suspect "dirty" instead of "failed drive" in your case is that most 2009-2011 iMacs used an optical drive with a "failsafe" gate. If the drive truly fails, the gate deploys to prevent users from continuing to insert more disks and compounding the issue.

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edyta4547 Author

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Mar 21, 2021 3:53 AM in response to dialabrain

I didn't think of that. Thank you. But I forgot to mention that it reads certain discs, but not others. I thought it had to do with old discs, but today i tried to play a new CD i just bought yesterday, and it spit that out as well; yet played an older type of disc bought years ago. So given this info, maybe you have some other suggestion for me? Will be appreciated.

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