Or more precisely, a user-level command to OVER-RIDE the 'protection' apple (forcibly) offers to users from 'accidently' making hardware 'errors'. This is a weird example of where 'pc' media will work on a pc harware connected to a mac without a driver! (patchburn doesnt really work on tiger anymore) but will NOT work on mac hardware! (apple oem drives).Īnyways, the sleep/wake seems to decouple the i/o arbitration framework in osx - which underscores the magnitude of apple's oversight viz not having created any user-based (but low-level) system command to disconnect a device. But strangely the H10N *can* burn +RW eraseables but not -RW eraseables (firmware JL10). In this case, the external dvd drive is an LG GSA-H10N (which otherwise is a totally USELESS drive on a mac becuase it cant burn S/L or D/L ±R. Yet the same (PC burned) disc caused NO such problem when plyaed back from an *external* dvd drive that was _not_ ASAS! (apple shipped/supported). My circumstance: a D/L disc burned on a pc had a couple of files (when launched) that would cause the dvd drive to grind (endlessly) - any & all access to machine it would be impossible! This disc failed on the internal (apple oem) dvd drive drive of TWO different macs - on both a powerpc mini as well as a intel C2D macbook! Another approach: * put the laptop to sleep * let the drive STOP all access to the disc (listen for whirring sounds) * wake-up the laptop the eject key should now work. It will eventually boot up and the CD/DVD will automatically eject (make sure your power cable is plugged in, though!). You tried that, but still fails? Another possible fix is the credit card/knife trick that sometimes works, but it just sounds not right? OK, now there is an easy way to do it: Just power up your MBP and leave it alone for about 10 minutes. It spins for some time with a noise and then ejects it out.Įver have a problem with a CD/DVD stuck in your offline MacBook Pro and it doesn't allow you to boot up OS X? Apple mentioned the solution is to press and hold the trackpad button when booting your MBP. The SuperDrive on my MBP has stopped recognizing/reading any blank DVD media (and many recorded DVDs, including movie discs). To check to see if yours does, look near the face of the CD/DVD drive and you should see a small hole. Not all drives and burners have this feature. Next, you can try to to force eject the CD/DVD tray.

Apple dvd player not ejecting