Manual Eject Stuck CD/DVD from a Mac (MacBook)
In general a CD or DVD can be ejected on a Mac (MacBook) using the physical eject button or from the finder without any problems, but occasionally this don’t work and the disc icon might disappear from your Desktop and you can’t get the disc out of your computer. However, there is a trick you can try to extract the stuck disc.
- Restart your Mac.
- After you hear the startup chime, press and hold your trackpad button.
- After a minute or so, and you think nothing is gonna happen, the disc ejects.
- Release the button once the disc ejects.
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about 2 years ago
Thx – this worked.
about 2 years ago
man.. this saved my butt… and alot better than the credit card thing jammed into the diskpace. This worked great and didn’t take too long to spit out the disk..
cheers
about 2 years ago
tried that didnt really work so i tried the credit card in the diskpace and it came out right away decent.
peace
about 2 years ago
Saved my neck! Thank you!
about 2 years ago
woah!!! nice !! this method also saved my ass…thanks a lot ~!~!~!
about 2 years ago
Man, this saved me! I was trying to see my wedding reception photographs from a CD. I inserted the CD and the shit haappened. Thanks man. Thanks a lot. Please forward me some more tips to get rid of Mac irregularities.
Amit
about 2 years ago
thank you so so so much this work ive just got the macbook and thought i would have to send it off already and this tip saved me. Thank you.
about 2 years ago
Ace!!! I only just got my MacBook and I thought it was screwed! But you saved the day. Thanks
about 2 years ago
Works like magic. Thanks a lot man…
about 2 years ago
thanks a lot!.. it worked on my macbook!.=D
about 2 years ago
thank you for saving my sanity.
about 2 years ago
THANK YOU!!! This actually worked!
about 2 years ago
This isn’t working for me. Do you think it’s different for an Intel-based Macbook?
about 2 years ago
I have used this approach on my own Intel-based MacBook, and it works for me. However, I can’t tell why it isn’t working for you? Sorry…
about 2 years ago
yeah didnt work for me either. I was using tiger, and the idiot i am, i decided to try to install leopard using another computer installer disk. main point is that this or the credit card thing didnt work 4 me.
about 2 years ago
You can try to do all the crazy things suggested here, but I have had this problem several times and here is THE ONLY THING THAT WORKS!!! Restart your computer, as soon as you hear the “music” that comes on when you start or reboot your computer hold down on the “bar” BENEATH your finger pad. IT WORKS EVERYTIME!
about 2 years ago
All the crazy things suggested here is the exact approach described by you – just with other word. But you are right, it works…
about 2 years ago
Thanks its usefull support.
about 2 years ago
THANKS SO MUCH!!!
about 1 year ago
I’m sorry guys, none of these are working for me, I’ve tried combinations of them all and nothing. very reluctant to try the thin cardboard thing-I’ve not got a steady hand. any more ideas????
about 1 year ago
This did not work for me either
Holding the track bar down while booting up only results in a permanently gray screen & the cardboard does nothing… are there any other options?
about 1 year ago
whats a trackpad?
about 1 year ago
Trackpad/touchpad is the laptop substitute for a mouse, view this link http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Touchpad
about 1 year ago
you saved my sanity as I was aboiut to go crazy. Thanks!
about 1 year ago
well im with brand new “intel bassed” macbook and it worked
and thanks also to uncle google 
thank you
about 1 year ago
doesnt work for me… I am going insane
about 1 year ago
i used this trick with no luck, but the credit card trick worked just fine!
about 1 year ago
I just got this to work, but had to put in my creditcard as well, to stop the disk from running trough the startup. So what I did:
1. Power Off
2. Put in creditcard in the drive and make sure its preventing the CD/DVD from spinning around
3. Power Up
4. When the start-sound comes press down the trackpad main button while the creditcard holds the cd.
.. Wait 40 seconds and it will eject.
about 1 year ago
Thank goodness for that!!! Iv been trying to get it to eject for the last hour with no luck, I very nearly gave up! Highly recommended
about 1 year ago
Works Great! Thanks!
about 1 year ago
What is this problem is consistent though?
about 1 year ago
Yeahh!!It works.Thanks.
about 1 year ago
This worked! Thank you so much!
I always wonder how you guys come up with this stuff. Is it accidental or is there some nerd clearinghouse (not saying nerd derogatorily, I’m a nerd) where this kind of info is collected?
about 1 year ago
Just wanted to chime in that this worked for me! I have an Intel based Macbook. I’ve always had some problems getting DVDs to eject – they never spit out far enough so once I eject it, it goes right back inside. Usually if I take a q-tip moistened with a little running alcohol and run it along the opening it will help. Also, I generally do have to tip my laptop on its side to let gravity do its job. This time, though, it wasn’t even *trying* to eject the dvd. I had just burned something to disk, which was successful (from what I’ve read while looking for a solution, seems like unsuccessfully burning a dvd or cd seems to cause this problem frequently.)
Anyway, I turned it off, let it sit for about a minute and turned it back on – pressing the trackpad button the entire time. It tried to eject after about 45 seconds, but was sucked back in. Once OS X was starting to load, I tried just hitting the eject button (with laptop on its side) and the stupid thing finally spit out.
about 1 year ago
u r a legend man. i was like wtf cause it kept making a noise every time i un slept it. u are a lifesaver worked perfectly!!!! 5/5 two thumbs up
about 1 year ago
You rock! Thanks.
about 1 year ago
We had a mini CD disk stuck in our Macbook. We tried the power down – power up with track bar down, eject button etc. which didn’t work. Wet ended up turning off the computer and closed the lid then bumped the laptop a few times on my thigh with the disk slot down and away from my leg and the disk slid out. It was easy and safe since the laptop wasn’t powered on.
about 1 year ago
this works great thanks for the help
about 1 year ago
sweet!!! this saved my ass hairs
about 1 year ago
That was awesome – worked a treat! thank you so much!
about 1 year ago
Awesome! The key is to wait two minutes while holding the button down!!! This worked with an inoperative hard drive on an Intel-based MacBook.
about 1 year ago
thanks
about 11 months ago
oh!!! thx i cant believe my self i tried every think nothing work around 2 days i never sleep trying to solve the problem but i tried this way and it’s work !!
thx thx thx thx thx thx thx thx thx thx thx thx thx thx thx thx thx thx thx thx thx thx thx thx thx thx thx thx thx thx thx thx thx thx thx thx thx thx thx thx thx thx thx thx thx thx thx thx thx thx thx thx !!!!!
about 11 months ago
NOTHING! I’ve tried it all and still have the goddamn blinking folder with a question mark, and a clicking sound.
about 11 months ago
Works like a charm!!!! Thanks!
about 10 months ago
THIS IS SO FRUSTRATING! NOTHING IS WORKING FOR ME!
about 9 months ago
Thx – worked like a charm. Had to hold down the trackpad button for about 2 minutes before it ejected.
about 8 months ago
Thank you so very much!!! It worked!!! And it was so fast that i dont have to bring it to apple store to fix it!! =)
Thanx again…. =)
Gbu
about 7 months ago
thank you soooooo much, the cd was stuck for weeks, your method of restart/holding trackpad worked instantly, of course apple.com did not have this information, as they want you to pay for repairs…shame on CR-APPLE for no manual eject pinhole, and may your (free) help to others reap you many blessings!!!!
about 6 months ago
This is really bad a$$!!!! This really worked!!!! Wow I’m really impressed!!! Thanks!!!
about 4 months ago
Thanks a million for this!!!
about 2 weeks ago
i didnt use my macbook pro for like 3 months! Just because the cd was in their nothing else worked properly! What i did was switched off my laptop and put the card in their and switched it on and after like about 3 minutes the cd came out by it self! try it ppl! might help! its a big pain in ass!!