Problem
A disc is stuck inside the Mac and will not eject.
Solution
Try the following solutions:
- Hold down the eject button on the keyboard if you have one.
- If the disc icon is on your Desktop:
- Close any programs that may be using the drive.
- Select it. Then click File -> Eject.
- Right click it and select Eject.
- Drag the icon to the Trash.
- Turn on the computer whilst holding down…
- The Left (or only) Mouse button.
- Alt/Option key.
- You will be asked to choose a drive to start from after.
- If the disk has not ejected, try holding down the eject button now.
- Regardless of the outcome, select your hard disk to continue.
- C key (if the disc is not bootable).
- Open iTunes, and click the eject icon next to the drive in the left column (if present).
- Your drive may have a small hole that you can press with a paperclip to force eject.
- Eject and Close via the Terminal
- Click the magnifying glass in the top right to bring up the Spotlight
- Type Terminal and press Enter.
- Type (without quotes) “drutil tray eject” and press Enter.
- Type (without quotes) “drutil tray close” and press Enter.
- If using a Virtual Machine / Parallels make sure the disc is not being used in that instance.