macbook air won't recognize superdrive, can't eject bad dvd

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macbook air won't recognize superdrive, can't eject bad dvd

I put what I think is a bad DVD in a superdrive connected to my Macbook Air, M2 2022. Now my laptop doesn't see the superdrive and I can't eject the disk. I tried restarting, restarting holding down the option key and restarting while holding down the mouse/track pad. Nothing ejected the disk. How can I eject the disk?

MacBook Air, macOS 14.6

Posted on Oct 18, 2024 5:45 PM

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Answer 1

Oct 18, 2024 6:15 PM in response to tapbarry

From an older post by Kappy (longtime ASC expert):

Five ways to eject a stuck CD or DVD from the optical drive

Restart the computer and after the chime press and hold down the left mouse button until the disc ejects.
Press the Eject button on your keyboard.
Click on the Eject button in the menubar.
Press COMMAND-E.
If none of the above work try this:

Open the Terminal application in your Utilities folder. At the prompt enter or paste the following:

/usr/bin/drutil eject

then press RETURN.

If this fails then try this: Boot the computer into Single-user Mode. At the prompt enter the same command as used above. To restart the computer enter "reboot" at the prompt without quotes.

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Answer 2

tapbarry Author

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Oct 18, 2024 7:29 PM in response to neuroanatomist

Thanks, but none of that works. The only thing I haven't tried is the last suggestion. I'm a little nervous about that one. The link doesn't work and when I looked it up elsewhere it seemed a bit more complicated.

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