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How to eject a DVD from the external CDROM drive on an older iMac.

The DVD had lots of photos stored and it was taking a long time for them to be opened, one at a time. I tried to eject the DVD from the drive but it wouldn't eject. I left the computer running so all the photos could be opened. When I came back the computer had gone to sleep. I opened the desktop and the symbol for the CDROM Drive was gone, but the DVD had not been ejected.


How to I get the DVD out of the external drive??


Should I shut the computer down and see if it ejects?


Not much help in other threads here. I don't see a manual eject button or hole to force an ejection.


Suggestions??


Thanks



iMac 27″

Posted on Sep 27, 2023 1:02 PM

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Sep 27, 2023 1:25 PM in response to dialabrain

Dialabrain (interesting user name),


Thanks for your quick and helpful reply. I did what you suggested and it worked. I shut down the computer and the disk did not eject when the iMac shut down. I waited about a minute and then restarted it with the mouse held down as the iMac came back on line, the disk ejected from the CDROM drive.


It worked!


Thanks!

veehbj

How to eject a DVD from the external CDROM drive on an older iMac.

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