cd won't eject from macbook ?

Try restarting while holding the trackpad button down, if that doesn't do it open Terminal (it's in your Utilities folder) and type drutil eject

Does the CD/DVD start to come out and then gets sucked back in and reappears on the desktop? I had that happen with a MacBook. It turned out that the metal case behind the plastic cover above the slot was slightly bent down. When the CD tried to eject it would hit the metal and get pulled back in. Putting a flat blade screwdriver in the slot and gently twisting it to move the metal case up allowed it to eject. Don't put it in too far you only want to bend the case not the drive.
The case can get bent down by picking it up with your thumb pressing down on the case above the slot.

I have had a similar issue. I used the track pad method and the terminal command. What really ended up working shocked me. I took a standard pair of pliars and placed them near the far edge of the cd tray and applied light pressure upwards (in attempt to unbend the "hidden bend" in my BRAND NEW macbook....), I hit eject, the CD popped out instantly and here I am telling you about it.

I could eject while I pulled the slot slightly open with my nails. Just a fraction of a millimetre was enough.

I tried the screwdriver thing, I gently went along the edge of it and pushed upwards, now it's making noises and sounds worse than it did before. This is so stressful and annoying, nothing works!!!

David,

I have a 2008 Macbook Pro and I had the disk replaced twice from Applecare for the same reasons. Now that Applecare is long gone, the problem started again. After much research, I figured out that it's the felt lips on the front of the DVD drive that is stopping the DVD from ejecting. i realize there is a purpose to these lips - keeping dust and foreign matter out and whatnot - but the drive doesn't function with these lips as they are. They are so tight the DVD can't get past - "let me out you felt lips!," said my son's Madagascar DVD. I used needle nose plyers and pulled out the lip all the way around. Be careful as it easily rips but you'll get it in time. My drive works perfectly now. If I have ruined the drive by allowing dust to get in, so what? I'll have to replace it but I'd have to replace it anyway with these felt lips.

I hope this helps.

restarting while holding the trackpad button down solved my problem .

This post its old but just in case... for me it worked inserting a bobby pin. it came out without making the sound.

I tried all the methods above, pliers, bobby pin, and etc. Didn't work. For the last attempt, I get another disc, and forced it in the slot, and did a little 'sweeping' above the disc that's inside, hit eject button, and it worked! The drive made horrible noise though, can't be good for the computer, guess I will have to use an external drive from now on.

Nickycee said:

>the drive doesn't function with these lips as they are. They are so tight the DVD can't get past<

Yes that has been my experience. If the drive makes healthy "eject sounds" my usual fix is to cut a square of thin firm plastic, like the kind that strawberries or the like comes in. Then I slide that by the side of the CD/DVD that's binding and hit eject. The plastic guides the disk past the obstruction and it easily ejects. I've also folded it over and slide it by both sides.

Poking objects can damage the drive mechanism but if you're careful that can work. They're just very delicate.

that was awesome, thank you

Awesome! I cut out a piece of flat plastic like you said and finally got the disk out! Thank you!