There is no CD icon on my desktop and it doesn't eject.
iMac
There are 2 different problems.
To show your CD on desktop you have to select it under Finder preferences, general table.
Without the icon on desktop you should be able to eject the disc with the related key: does it work ?
I ran into this problem yesterday. CD in drive, but not on desktop. I concluded that the CD was bad.😠
You can hold down the left mouse button then power on your machine. The cd will eventually eject.
There is an eject option in disk utiltiy.
Robert
Check out the following KB Article: http://support.apple.com/kb/TS2288 Troubleshooting a CD-ROM or DVD-ROM Disc That Does Not Appear on the Desktop
I had the same issue. The CD icon didn't show until I opened Disk Utility. I was able to download the files from the disc and eject OK. Thanks for pointing out the DU option.
CD icon doesn't show on desktop
