Superdrive not showing up on desktop: Drive has power; disk may be stuck inside?

PatiencePie wrote:

I plugged in my Superdrive today and it does not show up on Desktop -- or anywhere else.

When I plug it in, there's a sound, and I can hear the sound of a DVD ready to eject.

So the drive is definitely getting some juice.

I tried rebooting, and changing USB ports -- also holding down the trackpad while restarting, pressing F12 and various recommended keys ... nothing. What is going on here? Is the Superdrive broken? It's a little over a year old -- and barely used. What is the issue and how do I get back my drive?

Please help! Thank you.

verify your settings

Finder>Settings>Sidebar>Locations

Finder>Settings>General>Desktop

if you have disc stuck—

There are many options:

Restart the computer enter reboot at the prompt or shutdown

- restarting hold down the trackpad button

-dragging and dropping the icon for the CD into your trashcan

- Restart the computer and after the chime (older computers) press and hold down the left mouse button until the disc ejects.

- Press the Eject/Esc button on your keyboard.

- Click on the Eject button in the menubar, Finder>File>Eject

- Press Command E

- Open the Terminal application in your Applications/Utilities folder. copy & paste the following:

/usr/bin/drutil eject

a bare drive of any description will not "show' on your mac unless/until it has a valid, Mounted Volume.

the bare hardware should appear in:

 menu > about this Mac > (system report)...

hardware > USB.

it might look like this and you can check to see if it getting enough power:

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