We tried the power down power up with track bar down, eject button etc. But, when trying to partition, disk utility said that it cannot unmount the disk. Some models, like the 2012 ones, had an optical drive where you can insert some. If the keyboard eject button doesnt work, this might. Click the eject button next to the device in the finder window sidebar. I shut down all programs that might possibly be using it, and the message still persists. My mac book hard drive had failed so stuck in a loop trying to run from dvd. Sometimes mechanical parts that drive the cd ejection can become weakened over time.
It auto detects cddvdbluray drives and adds their drive letters to the menu, so you can eject from there. Sometimes a disc can get stuck inside your beautiful mac. Open applications dvd player and eject disc from the dvd player. Use disk utility to manually force unmount the inserted disk from within the superdrive. Though it is long overdue for an upgraded successor, they are still in use, and for the right reasons. Troubleshooting how to eject a stuck dvd from macbookimac. Dec 05, 2010 eject a disk on a mac dec 5, 2010 1 comment there are a few ways to properly eject a disk on a mac, the first and perhaps the easiest method is to use the disk eject key which is located in the upper right hand corner of a mac keyboard it looks like the image to the right. Then choose edit delete apfs volume from the menu bar, or click the delete volume button in the disk utility toolbar. The eject button is usually located at the topright corner of your keyboard. There are several methods that you can try to eject a disc from a mac. Eject your cd directly from itunes either by using the eject icon next to the disc. Apple mac is one of the popular desktop options out there, which last saw a refresh back in 20.
When youre asked to confirm, click the delete button. You can use that hole to forcefully eject a disk out of your macbook. How to add or remove eject icon from the macos menu bar. The following options work with a pc keayboard and mouse. Sleep eject can be used to eject all mounted drives, or just left running so that when your system sleeps, it ejects the drives automatically. Look for a data volume with the same name, such as macintosh hd data. Why and how to safely eject media drives from your mac. While apple has slowly phased out optical drives from its mac lineup over the years, you might still have a macbook or desktop mac with a disc. Ejecting the stuck disc can usually be done in one of the following ways. On powerpc macs, go to open firmware with the keys together with o thats the letter o and f at startup and type at the prompt. To eject a disc from your mac, do any of the following. After about 5 minutes or so, for no apparent reason, i get a disk not ejected properly notification and they disappear regardless of whether i am using them or they are sitting idle.
Press the eject key to eject the cd or dvd from the drive on any keyboard, including those originally designed for use with a windows pc, press and hold the f12 key until the cd or dvd is ejected from the drive. Click and drag the disc drive icon from the desktop into the trash bin. This is the basic step to be done, when you cant eject the dvd from the disk utility. Open applications itunes, and select the eject disc icon on its window. I have a plextor eternal and for most discs i have to go to the software to eject it music cds i have to eject from itunes. This is really a very simply little program, written in delphi, with the following features. Nov 07, 2007 in the event that a disk has become stuck in your macintosh computer, there are several steps you can take to try to force it to eject. There are a few ways to properly eject a disk on a mac, the first and perhaps the easiest method is to use the disk eject key which is located in the upper right hand corner of a mac keyboard it looks like the image to the right.
Boot into open firmware and eject if you have a mac that will not startup properly and has a stuck disc, try booting into open firmware by holding down command, option, o key and f key during startup. Unfortunately, lots of users including us find that this process doesnt always work as it should. Only needed to hold down the command key and insert the disk as usual. Click on the eject symbol on the menu bar at the top, then select the name of the disc drive. It always says that it is being used by another program. Many apple users still own products with optical drives and at some point a disc will. I read somewhere that as long as it isnt transferring files, it is ok to remove the usb chord. Go to application utility and launch apples disk utility application. Turn the computer back on then test the drives eject button or use windows file explorer to see if the drive will eject normally. Select the disc you want to eject, then choose file eject disc.
Pick your favorite way to eject disk volumes from your mac and put an. Eject a stuck cddvd from a macbook pro superdrive mac. Rightclick on the disc icon on the desktop and select eject from the menu, 3. Holding down the command button while inserting the disk worked. Pick your favorite way to eject disk volumes from your mac and put an end to the disk not ejected properly warnings. Angle the disk slot side of the mac downward, then use one of the disk ejection techniques that youd use for a working disk. Top 10 free cddvd burning software for mac solution. How to eject a jammedstuck dvd from macs superdrive top 10 ways way 1 via disk utility step 1. If it doesnt work read on drag send superdrive disk icon to trash.
The disc eject key applies to all macs with builtin disk drives and all apple wireless keyboards, but of course not all macs these days do. Keep holding that button down until the desktop appears. Launch disk utility applications utilities and select the troublesome cd or dvd in the sidebar. This triggers the system to eject your disk before os x begins loading.
Press the left mouse key while you restart the mac or as alternative press f12 while the mac is restarted. You may have noticed a hole next to your superdrive. If you have another mac around, connect them via firewire and boot as a target disk hold down t as you reboot the macbook with the stuck disc. Once it got into the loop, nothing would work and disk utility kept saying the dvd was in use so would not eject. The drives in my thunderbolt raid mount ok but are usable for only a few minutes.
There are several options to eject a cd or dvd when the mac mini fails to boot, but most of them dont work if you do not have a mac keayboard at hand. Rightclick the volumes icon to display the contextual menu. In the event that a disk has become stuck in your macintosh computer, there are several steps you can take to try to force it to eject. Jan 08, 2015 sometimes a disc can get stuck inside your beautiful mac. Your mac is not always going to be 100% finished using your drive just because you are. If youre looking to get a little more from your keyboards eject key, however, there are some thirdparty options to help superpower it. After the chime press and hold the left mouse button until dvd ejects. Apr 26, 2017 i fix another macbook pro, this time by bending part of the frame with a putty knife. If the stuck disc shows up on the other macs desktop, eject it. Click the disk icon on the desktop assuming you have your mac set to show disks on the desktop, then drag it to the trash icon in the dockitll turn into an eject symbol. After you insert a disc into your pcs disc drive, you eventually want to get that disc back out. If you have a 2 button mouse, hold down the left click. Gently pull the tray away from the drive to open it fully. How to connect two routers on one home network using a lan cable stock router netgeartplink duration.
Surprisingly the macbook by apple doesnt have a pin hole where you can use a pin to forcefully eject the disc that is stuck in the superdrive. Ive not used the remote disk facility recently but as far as i remember it just shows up as a local one and can be ejected from the air the same way as normal. Remove the stuck disk if applicable, and then push the tray back in when youre finished. No lens or drive slot cleaning and no reseting the nvrampram and smc required. Click the finder icon in the dock to open a finder window, then in the finder sidebar, click the. Ejecting a really stuck dvd from a mac the mac observer. How to eject a cd on a mac mini with pc keyboard and mouse. After a short amount of time, the disc may eject itself. But there are some simple methods to sort this problem. Launch the application and use the eject command to eject the cd or dvd. The ultimate guide to ejecting a stuck disc from mac. Press the eject key in the top right corner of the keyboard. Some apple keyboards have an eject key, usually located in the upper right corner of the keyboard.
Hier erfahrst du, wie du eine cddvd aus dem integrierten optischen laufwerk des mac sofern verfugbar oder einem externen optischen laufwerk auswirfst. Either doubleclick the computer icon on the desktop, or open the start menu and choose computer. May 01, 2020 look for a data volume with the same name, such as macintosh hd data. It detects if the tray is open, and if there is a disk inside the cddvdbluray player or not. Youll be able to feel the round shape of the disk when you insert the cardboard to the thin opening and the cardboard touches the disks side. Restart the computer and after the chime press and hold down the left mouse button until the disc ejects. Sep 17, 2018 how to add or remove eject icon from the macos menu bar jim tanous read more september 17, 2018 apple no longer sells any mac with a builtin optical drive, but many users still rely on cds, dvds, and bluray discs for both work and entertainment. Before you do it, make sure that your mac is turned off to avoid any damage. Wd external hard drive wont safely remove or eject from. How to eject usb devices and memory cards in macos laptop mag. Find your disc in the left sidebar and click the eject button up top, or rightclick on the disc and select the eject command. Use disk utility to manually force unmount the inserted disk from within the.
Use one of the following way to get a disk out of your macbook pro. Nov 27, 2017 apple mac is one of the popular desktop options out there, which last saw a refresh back in 20. This will trigger the system to eject your disc before os x begins loading. Hold down your trackpad button or your left mouse button and restart your mac. Holding my 2010 macbook at a right angle didnt work. Click the finder icon in the dock to open a finder window, then in the finder sidebar, click the eject button next to the disc s name. For the really stuck disc, there are some terminal commands you can use to force eject it. In disk utility, i found another disk called disk2 and mac os x base system. Within a few seconds youll hear 2 attempts to read the disk. For this reason, you need to let your mac know that youre done using it by ejecting it safely.
Restart your mac, while holding down your trackpad button or your left mouse button if you are using a mouse. How to make your mac keyboards eject key useful again. Jan 03, 2012 if you get a non mac drive dont count on eject working well. Alternatively, drag the disk icon from your desktop to the trash can it will turn into an eject icon. May 26, 2016 why to safely eject media drives from your mac. Ejecting a disc from a pc running windows is a pretty simple process. One of the quickest ways to eject a cd or dvd is to rightclick on its desktop icon and select eject from the popup menu.
In my case, i wondered about the mac pro, so i opened up the mac and slid the optical drive bay out. Unlike a pc, there is no eject button on the cd drive of a mac. Eject a disc from a superdrive on your macbook air solve. In that case, heres how you can manually add the eject icon to your menu bar, even if you dont have an.
Autoeject all removable disks when your mac goes to sleep. When youre not careful to eject media from your mac safely, bad things can happen. How to eject a removable volume from your macbook dummies. Shut down the mac and restart it, then let it sit for 15 minutes. If the stuck disc shows up on the other mac s desktop, eject it.
Here are 10 methods proven to eject any stuck cd or dvd without wasting your money and time in sending your macbook to apple repair center. Thus, you must know about how to eject cd from macbook pro now. Hold down option key and wait for boot drive options to appear. I mean, some devices generate such issue but others do not on the very same mac. Back in 2009, i wrote this little application, because at the time there was no quick and easy way to eject a cd or dvd from one of those slotloading cddvdroms that one would find in macs and macbooks. Press your macbooks keyboard eject key to eject a cd or dvd from your builtin optical drive. Restart your computer, and hold down the mouse button. In my experience the mac finder warning disk not ejected properly arises due to lack of full compatibility of the external device. Jun 01, 2015 32 thoughts on tackle external hard drives randomly ejecting in os x hax june 1, 2015 at 7. Oct 24, 2012 restart your mac, while holding down your trackpad button or your left mouse button if you are using a mouse.
Eject a stuck cddvd from a macbook pro superdrive mac os x. Shut down your mac, then turn it back on and let it rest for 10 minutes. This worked in a situation where the hard drive on the macbook was not mounting. The disk will be ejected while pushing back the cardboard. How to eject dvd cd disc usb superdrive macbook air maverick yosemite. Tackle external hard drives randomly ejecting in os x. On the front of the drive in my machine there is a black eject button. So i tried to use disk utility to erase the startup disk and make a new partition. Troubleshooting how to eject a stuck dvd from macbook. Wet ended up turning off the computer and closed the lid then bumped the laptop a few times on my thigh with the disk slot down and away from my leg and the disk slid out. Five ways to eject a stuck cd or dvd from the optical drive. Choose first aid, after which you will see your dvd drive and disk stuck in there. Click the finder icon in the dock to open a finder window, then in the finder sidebar, click the eject button next to the discs name. Tackle external hard drives randomly ejecting in os x macissues.
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