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Macbook Pro Superdrive; dvd stuck?
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Mar 10, 2006, 01:13 PM
 
I put in the DVD "Crash" into my DVD drive.....It then brought up the DVD player....I was just checking something real quick and ended the DVD player....but then I wanted to Eject the DVD...

I re-open the DVD player real quick and hit eject and it then tells me "supported disc not available"

How do I get this DVD out of my computer?
     
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Mar 10, 2006, 01:13 PM
 
2nd day owning a Mac btw
     
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Mar 10, 2006, 01:46 PM
 
There are many ways to eject disks:

eject key in upper right of keyboard
select disk in Finder and select Eject from File menu
drag disk in Finder to trash, which turns into Eject icon
eject button in DVD Player (which is what I guess you tried)
if disk displayed in sidebar of Finder windows, eject button next to the disk

Have you tried everything and the disk still doesn't eject?

Steve
     
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Mar 10, 2006, 02:06 PM
 
and if the very helpful tips from ibook_steve don't eject it, (for example a disk that doesn't show up in the Finder) you hold the trackpad button down during a restart.

I've also found that installing the eject menulet into the menu-bar will sometimes eject a recalcitrant disk. Go to System/Library/Core Services/Menu Extras and double-click the eject.menu (you can always remove it later by option-dragging it out of the top menu.)
     
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Jun 3, 2006, 08:58 AM
 
I managed to get mine out with a piece of cardboard, see here http://silvermac.com/blog/2006/dvd-s...n-macbook-pro/
     
   
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