Stuck CDs in your Mac
Posted March 15th, 2005 @ 12:58pm by Erik J. Barzeski
You'd be amazed how frequently people got CDs stuck in their computer, and as ForeverGeek suggests, eject cd in open firmware is the easiest way to get a disc out of your Mac. Never, ever did I as a Mac Genius have to use drutil tray eject or use a paper clip. The mouse trick also works, but far more reliably on older machines and is more likely to work if the mouse is plugged into the computer and not a hub.
Open Firmware, by the way, is great, and even has its own song.
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Posted 15 Mar 2005 at 5:37pm #
Ditto. I use 'eject cd' at the Bar all the time, in combination with a few business cards if the CD is fine, but the drive is preventing it from coming out. using OF is just a plain simple way to get a CD out.
Posted 16 Mar 2005 at 10:14am #
ObMacHistoryFanBoyism: I learned the mouse trick from the cofounder of my employer, Bruce Horn. Prior to that, I used the paper clip every time I needed a disk ejected.
Posted 08 May 2005 at 11:40pm #
Hi, is there any way to get 2 cd's out? My son put 2 in there yesterday, and I've been frantically looking up ways to get them out!! Can anything be done? Our Mac has the cd drive built into the moniter by the way. Thanks if anyone can offer some advice.