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How To Force Eject a CD/DVD on you Mac

Have you ever encountered that your CD/DVD got stuck in your Mac? Even pressing the eject button wouldn’t eject it? Below are some tips you can do to force eject a CD/DVD on you Mac.

1. Try iTunes, Sometimes the iTunes eject will work, even if your finder or eject button won’t.

2. Open Terminal.app and type “drutil tray eject” – this will eject the disk tray most of the time.

3. If you’re still having no luck, you can restart your Mac and hold down the mouse button. Keep your finger pressed down until the disk ejects, or the login screen appears.

If you have tried all the above tips and doesn’t work, you might want to call apple support :)

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