My IT folks provided a bootable CD to run an emulation on my iMac.
Didn't work properly (froze).
Could not eject CD.
Tried USB mouse holding down mouse button while restarting.
Did not eject CD.
Open to any options.
(Normal mouse & keyboard are wireless)
iMac, Mac OS X (10.7.4), wireless keyboard and mouse
Five ways to eject a stuck CD or DVD from the optical drive
Ejecting the stuck disc can usually be done in one of the following ways:
1. Restart the computer and after the chime press and hold down the left mouse button until the disc ejects.
2. Press the Eject button on your keyboard.
3. Click on the Eject button in the menubar.
4. Press COMMAND-E.
5. 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
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.
Five ways to eject a stuck CD or DVD from the optical drive
Ejecting the stuck disc can usually be done in one of the following ways:
1. Restart the computer and after the chime press and hold down the left mouse button until the disc ejects.
2. Press the Eject button on your keyboard.
3. Click on the Eject button in the menubar.
4. Press COMMAND-E.
5. 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
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.
Thanks,
Tried holding down left mouse button but it did not work
iMac Keyboard is wireless, so I am using standard USB keyboard
Is there an equivalent key or key combination to the eject key on Apple keyboard?
Cannot get to menubar
With non-Apple keyboard, which keys would equate to COMMAND-E?
Cannot get into OS-X, so cannot use Utilities
I will see if I can boot into Single-User Mode
Kept repeating the process of rebooting and holding down mouse button
Eventually (after several attempts), the CD ejected
Thanks for your support
Glad I could help. 🙂
Thanks Kappy.
Just had the same problem with a CD and nothing was working to eject it.
Came to the Community, as one does and the method of going to utilities and entering the line worked at the fourth attempt.
That will teach me not to play promotional CDs.
Thanks again.
joshe.
I tried above helpful suggestions, but without success. After trying restart several times and pressing the mouse, I then tried turning the iMac off completely and then restarted -- pushing down on the mouse. The disk ejected first time. I don't know whether that was a coincidence or turning it off made a difference -- but it worked for me.
Thanks for the tip! 🙂
Thank you Kappy. Your terminal script worked for me!
/usr/bin/drutil eject
Patrick
My thanks for your ways to eject disc.
Still new to the Apple system........learning new things everyday.
Tried all your advice and in the end what freed the DVD was a tap on the top of the computer!!!!
Left mouse click after the chime worked for me. Thanks!!!
Not to butt in here but you may want to copy this an place it in your favorites for later.
If you can't eject a CD or DVD or open the drive tray
Lastly this last one has all the options to eject a stuck CD or DVD.
How do you eject a cd that will not...: Apple Support Communities
DON
None of the above helped me, after an hour of frustration I decided to push something a bit wider into the CD drive, i.e. my kids bus pass holder and it worked 🙂
Cannot eject iMac CD
