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How can I eject disc?
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Long story short, I tried to use my MBP disc to reinstall the OS on my iMac after a crash but it says it cant be installed. Now I cant figure out how to get the install disc out, the eject button just doesn't work. Any ideas?
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Join Date: Aug 2006
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Power off.... hold down eject button and power on!!
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If that doesn't work, restart the computer and hold down the mouse button until it ejects.
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MacBook Pro 13" 2.8GHz Core i7/8GB RAM/750GB Hard Drive - Mac OS X 10.7.3
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You can also use the terminal, no need to restart.
type in:
drutil eject
or get more specific as to which drive:
drutil eject internal
drutil eject external
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This post was in response to a deleted spam post, and it just wouldn't make any sense to anyone if I left it here...
Glenn
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Last edited by ghporter; Jul 15, 2009 at 08:22 AM.
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Canon 5DII | EF 24-105mm IS USM | EF 100-400mm L IS USM | 50mm 1.8mkII
iMac | Mac Mini | 42" Panasonic LED HDTV | PS3
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You can also use the command line: if you are a user who is allowed to administer the computer, then launch the Terminal and enter:
> diskutil list
Select the device associated to the DVD: in my case /dev/disk3, only the last number may change; /dev/disk0 is your internal harddrive. Then enter
> sudo diskutil eject /dev/disk[number]
where you need to replace [number] by the number of the device. You have to enter your password and presto, the DVD should be forcefully ejected.
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