I just gave my old iMac to my father-in-law. He's never had a computer with a slot-loading optical drive, and asked me what to do if a disc ever gets stuck in there. I wasn't sure what to tell him since I've never run into that problem.
First hold down the Eject key on the keyboard for a while. If you’re not using a Mac-friendly keyboard with an Eject key, click the disc’s icon on the Desktop and choose File > Eject, or try dragging it to the Trash. If a file on the disc is open, that’ll probably stop it from ejecting, so make sure you’ve quit any applications that might be using files on that disc.
Disk Utility has an Eject button that might work if the Finder won't eject your disc.
If the Finder is still being difficult, Disk Utility should let you eject the disc. And your last resort is to restart the Mac while holding down the mouse button--that should send the disc flying right out at you. If a restart is too inconvenient, open the Terminal, type drutil eject, and press Return.
lemonblue
May 05, 2010 at 9:13am
Its really the last option if every other option failed to get out the CD.You have to carefully insert a plastic card like a credit card into the CD slot. Note, this is only working if the CD is still spinning. Insert the card in an slightly upward direction so the card will be on the upper side of the CD inside the drive.Then press slowly and carefully the outer end of the card vertically upwards. The inner end of the card will now press against the running CD and block it. The drive thinks something is wrong and will eject the CD.Voilà! :-)
NexusTrimean
April 07, 2010 at 10:15am
You can also Hold down the left mouse button while restarting the computer that will force the cd to eject.
