External Disk Drive not ejecting

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External Disk Drive not ejecting

I have a MacBook Air which doesn't have a disk drive built in so I bought an external one. I put a DVD in it, it all worked perfectly normal, once finishing the DVD I shut down the computer like I would normal but I forgot to eject the disk. Its never been a problem before but now it wont eject the disk thats in there. It makes sounds that its going to but it doesn't, still plays the disk thats in there as well. Someone please help me fix this problem!

MacBook Air (13-inch Mid 2012)

Posted on Jan 1, 2014 8:05 PM

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deadbug

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Jan 8, 2017 6:38 PM in response to SP Forsythe

after 6 days, 8 phone calls, every genius in the bin, nothing and I mean nothing works. Is there a way just open this **** drive and get my CD back. It is far more valuable to me than this #$%^&* Mac. Apple *****!!!!!!!!

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Jan 1, 2014 8:38 PM in response to Toriki

Props to Kappy.

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.

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Answer 3

Jun 16, 2016 2:41 AM in response to Toriki

Genius.... only needed hint number 1

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