Phil O'Keefe Posted October 16, 2007 Share Posted October 16, 2007 Any suggestions? It won't eject. BTW, it's a Ti Powerbook 500 MHz. I think it's a Superdrive, but it might be a combo drive. I put a CD-R into the drive to hear what the mix would sound like on REALLY cruddy speakers, and now it won't eject. It whirls and spins and acts like it's going to but then it stops, iTunes pops open again and asks me if I want to add it to my playlist. NO, I DO NOT WANT TO ADD IT, I WANT TO EJECT IT! There is nothing strange about the CD-R. No label. It's from a freshly opened spool of 50 TDK's. Worked fine in my PC. Still plays fine on the Mac - I just can't get the dang thing out of the drive. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Gus Lozada Posted October 16, 2007 Share Posted October 16, 2007 Turn it OFF Then, while pressing the click at the touchpad, turn it ON. Leave it depressed until the CD ejects. It might work. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Phil O'Keefe Posted October 16, 2007 Author Share Posted October 16, 2007 Turn it OFFThen, while pressing the click at the touchpad, turn it ON. Leave it depressed until the CD ejects.It might work. Thanks Gus - I'll try that now. Back in a jiffy.... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members the stranger Posted October 16, 2007 Members Share Posted October 16, 2007 Does it have the paper clip hole to manually eject the disc? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members Billster Posted October 16, 2007 Members Share Posted October 16, 2007 Turn it OFFThen, while pressing the click at the touchpad, turn it ON. Leave it depressed until the CD ejects.It might work. It might be hold down the "option" key. I had this problem intermittently with a G4 tower, but I can't remember the solution. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members macmoondoggie Posted October 16, 2007 Members Share Posted October 16, 2007 If all else fails reboot and hold the cmd-opt-o-f keys. When the white open firmware screen comes up type eject cd and hit return. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members Rabid Posted October 16, 2007 Members Share Posted October 16, 2007 I've noticed that after a lot of use my MacMini sometimes hangs disks and cannot eject them until I turn it off and let it cool a bit. When it gets hot is seems to get out of allignment to a point that the disk cannot come out. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members G Geezer Posted October 16, 2007 Members Share Posted October 16, 2007 I've noticed that after a lot of use my MacMini sometimes hangs disks and cannot eject them until I turn it off and let it cool a bit. When it gets hot is seems to get out of allignment to a point that the disk cannot come out. My Mac CUBE suffers from the same problem Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members Kendrix Posted October 16, 2007 Members Share Posted October 16, 2007 Does it have the paper clip hole to manually eject the disc? I had to resort to this just this past week as i had a CD drive fail. A tiny round hole sits just below the disc opening in the drive. Push a striaghtened out paper clip into that hole and voila- the drive opens. "That was easy" Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members Rabid Posted October 16, 2007 Members Share Posted October 16, 2007 Mac's don't usually have the little eject hole. At least, not the new Mac's. Not sure about older models. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members jamsession Posted October 16, 2007 Members Share Posted October 16, 2007 Happens on one my my Macs - use good thin needle nose pliers or you might have a nice pair of tweezers handy. Reach in the slot, grab it and pull it out. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Gus Lozada Posted October 16, 2007 Share Posted October 16, 2007 Even worse, Phil's machine is a powerbook, so it has no hole. It must be sorted out as I mentioned. I had the same machine 4 years ago and that was the way I got CDs out of the tray when otherwise was not possible. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members macmoondoggie Posted October 16, 2007 Members Share Posted October 16, 2007 If all else fails reboot and hold the cmd-opt-o-f keys. When the white open firmware screen comes up type eject cd and hit return. Try this!! It requires no pliers, paperclips or other junk. It is right out of the manual. It works everytime. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Phil O'Keefe Posted October 16, 2007 Author Share Posted October 16, 2007 hold the cmd-opt-o-f keys Command + Option + O + F? I'm not seeing a command key on this machine. Do you mean the "Apple" key? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Phil O'Keefe Posted October 16, 2007 Author Share Posted October 16, 2007 Even worse, Phil's machine is a powerbook, so it has no hole. Correct - no paperclip hole, and no manual eject button. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members macmoondoggie Posted October 16, 2007 Members Share Posted October 16, 2007 hold the cmd-opt-o-f keys Command + Option + O + F? I'm not seeing a command key on this machine. Do you mean the "Apple" key? Yes -sorry. Apple-option-o-f. The apple key is the command key. Hope you get that thing out. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members Yann Posted October 16, 2007 Members Share Posted October 16, 2007 You can also use Disk Utility to eject a CD when the Finder and iTunes won't. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Phil O'Keefe Posted October 17, 2007 Author Share Posted October 17, 2007 If all else fails reboot and hold the cmd-opt-o-f keys. When the white open firmware screen comes up type eject cd and hit return. I got to the command line, but when I type "eject CD" it says "can't open eject CD". The CD is still happily playing via iTunes though. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Phil O'Keefe Posted October 17, 2007 Author Share Posted October 17, 2007 BTW, since I have to listen to it every time I turn around, I might as well let everyone else hear it: http://www.myspace.com/souloftheriver - the first track - "Sex In The Morning". Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members EnemyofSilence Posted October 17, 2007 Members Share Posted October 17, 2007 My MacBook Pro does this, and I've tried all the above solutions to no avail. 2 things that have worked are -Turn it upside down and try to eject it. Might need to try it a couple times.And if that doesn't work...use a credit card to try and catch underneath it and ease it out. Do this when it's trying to eject - the cd lifts, then pushes out. It's the pushing out part that's the problem cuz it doesn't lift in proper allignment sometimes. good luck! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members elsongs Posted October 17, 2007 Members Share Posted October 17, 2007 Surely this could never happen...aren't Macs like teh perfect computer evar and never have any problems at all? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Phil O'Keefe Posted October 17, 2007 Author Share Posted October 17, 2007 My MacBook Pro does this, and I've tried all the above solutions to no avail. 2 things that have worked are - Turn it upside down and try to eject it. Might need to try it a couple times. And if that doesn't work... use a credit card to try and catch underneath it and ease it out. Do this when it's trying to eject - the cd lifts, then pushes out. It's the pushing out part that's the problem cuz it doesn't lift in proper allignment sometimes. good luck! DING! DING! DING! And we have a WINNER! :phil: 1. Turn Ti Powerbook upside down. 2. Hit and hold the F12 key. 3. Out pops the CD. Thank you SO much for your help - thanks to all of you for your suggestions - I really appreciate it! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Phil O'Keefe Posted October 17, 2007 Author Share Posted October 17, 2007 Surely this could never happen...aren't Macs like teh perfect computer evar and never have any problems at all? At least that's the Gospel according to Steve Jobs... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members EnemyofSilence Posted October 17, 2007 Members Share Posted October 17, 2007 3. Out pops the CD. Hooray! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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