In each of the menus on the right you can pull "Open in Finder" or "Open with Finder"įinder menu -> Preferences -> General also lets you control what appears on the Desktop: Make sure to move any excess files that are not drives to their own folders so you can see if the CD is there. If all the media types is set to show up in the Finder, rather than other applications, and you reboot, the disc should appear on your desktop.
This section also explains how to make any removable media, thumb drives, or hard drives visible. They are outlined below.īut first if you aren't sure there is a disc in the drive, make sure it isn't invisible because of the System Preferences from the Apple menu known as CDs & DVDs or Finder preferences. As a result, if you have a slot loading drive (as opposed to one where a tray allows you to insert the disc), you have several options to eject a disc. If it's lodged behind the eject mechanism, you'll need someone to get inside and clear things in most cases.Slot loading optical drives no longer have the pinhole next to the optical drive to eject discs. These computers are made to endure UPS and FedEx shipping, packing in luggage in a bumpy car and your shaking should be on that level of violence and no more. Also, if you are comfortable popping the back off your Mac - you could use iFixit to get to the drive itself and the CD will likely fall out once you have that component out of the Mac and away from the felt skirt.Īgain, have a good firm grip - if you are so nervous that your palms are sweaty, that's your signal to see about getting a technician to help or waiting a bit to convince yourself you can shake it loose. Unless you work on these regularly, you don't know which model superdrive is in your Mac and how hard, deep, gentle you can be with tools to help dislodge the CD. If you can't get it out - take it in for service. At that point, the felt will hold it and you can return the Mac to a level table and use tweezers or needle nose pliers or nimble fingers to remove the CD. One or two shakes is all it takes to get the mini CD poking out just a bit. Your Mac when powered off is very strong and you gently start it down and then quite forcefully yank it back up vertically. Gently rock and shake it to see if the CD is loose and encourage it to peek out the felt skirt that is inside the unibody enclosure. Power down the Mac and hold it firmly with the Apple logo facing you at chest height with the CD slot pointing to your lap.
There is no eject button so you will need either luck or finesse and skill to get the CD out.
The inject / eject mechanism is keyed for a full sized disc and you don't want to wedge it in the wrong direction or retract that delicate part any further by fishing around inside the narrow slot.
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