i mac has not being accepting any disc for a couple of weeks i need it to work
iMac (27-inch Mid 2011)
I found a lot of people on the internet were complaining about the same issue and discounting the first crazy (so i thought) bit of advice I read I set about reinstalling drivers, rebooting, reinstalling Snow Leopard, PRAM reset, deleting permissions etc etc to no avail. So as a last resort, totally fed up at this point and resigned to buying a new DVD drive / Macbook I remembered the first bit of advice I read.
I took out my Tesco Clubcard, wrapped it in a Vision Express lense cloth, jammed it about 3 cm's in to the optical drive slot and wiggled it about a bit. I couldn't beleive the amount of crud that came out of it. I used the same method with several baby wipes and guess what...
It worked!!!
I can now play all my DVD's and CD's
Wish I'd just done this in the first place.
Matt
Dear MattCurtis777
Thank you SO MUCH. Simple, and it worked. I didn't even remove that much dirt. Now, most of my discs for just fine.
The credit card and baby wipe worked like a charm for me. Mt drive now reads all types of formats again. Thanks for the suggestion.
Unbelievable ... I have tried everything apart from ... classes cleaner on a credit card and stuffed into drive ... wiggled about ... now works perfect!
Thanks mattcurtis777.
Cleaning the Optical Drive with a lens cloth over a credit card helped me too.
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This totally worked for me. I just used an old Food Lion card I had lying around instead. Laughing my a** off right now.
Thank you so much!! I was considering taking my laptop to get fixed which would of costs me heaps! But i tried your trick, and so much dirt and dust came out and once i put my CD in it worked!!! Thank you!!!
Didn't help me despite numerous attempts. Bit apprehensive of doing the baby wipe step, we have had a lot of building work so I expect there is something in there, lots of dust 😟
It worked! I just used my library card and some kitchen towel...I have been mourning the loss of my DVD drive for months! Thank you for helping those like myself with little or o common sense!
Many thanks for this. The lens cloth didn't work but as soon as I wrapped a baby wipe around my library card it worked a treat!
Using a Tesco card and glasses cloth TOTALLY worked! Thank you. Was imagining I'd have to spend a fortune fixing it. Thanks again!
Thank you! This totally worked for me and recommend this method to others!!!
How you lit on that solution baffles me, but after trying it . . . voila! Years of frustration vanished in a wink. Thanks, Patrick.
Legend!!!! I had same issue before I wiped it. It's really helpful!!
I Used my cd disc cleaner (cd disc with a little brush protruding from disc surface), and that also resolved the problem!
OMG! This worked for me also! The eyeglass cleaning cloth, cleaner and the credit card!
dvd and CD drive not working it will not accept any disc
