Today I put a movie DVD into my Mac Mini, but the Finder doesn't show it => the Mac doesn't seem to know it is there.
How can I force an eject?
Note: Booting with all kinds of keys CMD, ALT, Apple or Mouse pressed didn't help either (found that on the net).
ONE MONTH LATER
Today I tried to install Snow Leopard on my Mac Mini.
I inserted the DVD, answered lot's of questions, then, when I expected it to copy files, it gave me the beach ball.
Two hours and a boot later, I noticed that once again the DVD was not recognized/detected in the drive and could not be ejected until I nudged it with my pen knife…
I guess I'll be upgrading some other way … (the mini is by now solidly out of warranty)
Best Answer
There are a few methods depending on how "stuck" it is:
Method 1 : Use Disk Utility to eject The first and simplest method, if you only want to unmount a single volume on the disk, is to use Disk Utility, located in Applications/Utilities. In Disk Utility, simply select the volume you want to unmount and click Eject.
Method 2 : Hold Down the mouse button at startup In some cases holding down a connected mouse button at startup will cause a misbehaving optical drive to eject its media.
Method 3: 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. After booting into Open Firmware, type the command eject-cd.
Method 4: Using the Terminal. There are two commands that can be used in the Terminal (located in Applications/Utilities) which can be used to force disk ejection:
Simply type in the above command and press return.
Last resort method (Danger, Will Robinson!):
Also knwon as, Ye olde screwdriver method.
If you still can't it out using the last method, then you a really, ahem, stuck. Call the fruit company.
;-)