#APPLE CD DRIVE EJECT WINDOW MAC#

Shut down your Mac and unplug the MagSafe power adaptor from your Mac and from the wall socket. Upon start-up this time your CD should eject itself. Once your Mac is running again you’ll turn around and shut it down this time -repetitive I know. Now restart your Mac and wait for everything to load up. Next put your Mac to sleep then wake it back up. Make sure all applications are shut off and if any are being stubborn just press Command + Option + Escape to force quit. This method is for when you are running a diagnostics so when the machine sees that the currently mounted CD/DVD is not appropriate for such an action it will eject it. Hold down the C-key upon restart and your Mac will try to run the CD that is in the optical drive. If the CD/DVD is in fact showing up here then click on its name then click the eject button. Once it’s open look on the left hand side of the window and you “should” see the CD/DVD that is in the optical drive. Disk Utility is found in Finder > Applications. Open up iTunes and click on the eject button found at the bottom right corner and your CD/DVD may eject.Īlternatively you can try ejecting through disk utility. Before doing this however I suggest backing up your files to an external hard drive or thumb drive because sometimes the Mac will not restart until the CD is ejected and you may have to force shut down. This will tell your Mac to spit out the CD/DVD from the optical drive. This is exactly how it sounds you need to restart your Mac then when you hear the start-up chime hold down your mouse button. On occasion your Mac may decide not to eject a CD or DVD, luckily there are a few simple methods for ejecting a stuck disk:

Apple cd drive eject window