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Eject a stuck CD/DVD from a MacBook Pro SuperDrive
Authored by: bonesauce on Sep 06, '06 11:50:16PM
This happened to me also. Nothing worked and I tried everything: Waiting 10 minutes, holding mouse button, eject button, boot up key-sequences, holding laptop vertical, etc.

However, I did find a page that helped me (actually saved me) http://www.silvermac.com/2006/dvd-stuck-in-macbook-pro/

In a nutshell I took a folded business card, slid it in the DVD slot and twisted. Then I hit the power button. It tried to spin-up the dvd three or four times, but the pressure caused by business card kept the cd stationary and it eventually ejected it.

Also, on a side note this problem was caused by trying to import a CD into iTunes that was heavily scratched. I left the laptop when I went to work and it was slowing importing using error-correction, however, when I got back home the laptop had rebooted and was stuck in the mode described in the post.

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Eject a stuck CD/DVD from a MacBook Pro SuperDrive
Authored by: Help25 on Nov 14, '08 03:00:20PM

Please help!

I have a cd stuck, and have already tried so many suggestions on my Black MacBook.

I can hear the CD making some movement when I first press eject, but then if i press again it is silent.
The eject sign comes up on screen, but just fades away, and no CD!
I have tried rebooting and waiting 20 mins.
I have tried rebooting and holding down the bottom click button.
I have tried the business card, and the folded cardboard, also typing the eject command into the terminal, as suggested on one of these threads!
Also holding it and shaking the slit down, while pressing eject!

NO JOY!

Is there anything else I can do?
Im not great with the pasting of commands etc, as a computer-idiot I dont understand alot of what it can do!
Just wanna get the cd out.

Do you think if I took it too an Apple Store they would know?

If anyone has any new methods please write back!
I will try to understand, even if complex!

many thanks
Alice

xx



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Eject a stuck CD/DVD from a MacBook Pro SuperDrive
Authored by: masseyhall on Jan 28, '10 04:22:58AM

Thank you so much! I was almost out of my mind. The technique at http://www.silvermac.com/2006/dvd-stuck-in-macbook-pro/ works - It
was my last resort. I had the additional problem that I could not restart or shut down my computer - the screen just went grey and the rotating icon twirled around. So I applied the card technique to stop the CD spinning around as I held my finger on the manual on/off button. Hey presto the computer finally tuned off! Then I used the technique above that is card at an angle (again to stop the CD spinning), holding down the mousepad, and turning the computer back on). This is my first MAC actually the first computer I have purchased myself - you guys are amazing!



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