Q: Superdrive will not accept discs.
I cannot get my superdrive to accept discs. It was working fine one day, now it blocks a disc from even entering the bay. It acts as if there is a disc currently in the drive but there is no disc icon and pushing the eject button does not eject anything. Tried running diagnostic but was unable to get the diagnostic tool to mount when restarting the computer with the "D" key being held down. Any other solutions would be appreciated.
MacBook Pro, OS X Yosemite (10.10.1)
Posted on Dec 30, 2014 7:29 AM
Could not get the eject mechanism to cycle through because there is nothing to eject.
The drutil eject command will cause the mechanism to cycle even if there is no disc in the drive, so the fact it's not doing that indicates it's physically broken –– meaning the mechanism is jammed, or the drive is otherwise inoperative. It's not worth trying to fix it without disassembling your MacBook Pro. If you have the motivation to do that though, it's not very difficult and replacement internal drives are cheap.
Is there an external Superdrive that will work with this 13" MacBook Pro from mid 2009?
Yes, and they are very inexpensive. I suggest shopping for one from OWC / MacSales: http://eshop.macsales.com/shop/firewire/optical-drives/. Even cheaper options exist but they usually get poor reviews.
Posted on Dec 31, 2014 10:06 AM
