- #Cd player for mac no longer working how to#
- #Cd player for mac no longer working manual#
- #Cd player for mac no longer working full#
In this case, the DVD was stuck in a 24-inch iMac that I used on a daily basis and the icon on the desktop, along with the occasional spin/eject cycles was bugging me. If you leave it, the drive will sometimes be quiet for days, but you know it's there and one false move - accidentally clicking on that icon - starts the maddening revving cycle. If you use the usual methods to try to eject it (such as choosing "Eject" from the Finder, or dragging it to the Trash), you can be rewarded by an endlessly revving optical drive, as the disc is constantly spun up, remounted and clicks as it fails to eject. It will spin the drive up, trying to read the disc, sometimes repeatedly. If a disc becomes stuck in the drive for some reason, it can quickly become a cause of irritation and frustration.
#Cd player for mac no longer working manual#
In the old days, Apple provided a manual eject button you pushed in with a paperclip however, Macs released in the past few years have been lacking this handy feature. What has been driving me crazy is what happens when someone inserts a DVD into a broken drive which then refuses to eject it.
Whatever the reason, I currently have four Macs with shot optical drives.
It may well be a side-effect of kids - one of which was the subject of one of my first GeekDad posts, way back in May 2007 (in that case, it was paper shoved in an iMac's DVD slot). That may have something to do with the amount of pet fur flying around here or the frequent renovations that have been known to kick up dust. In my experience, the optical drive is often the first thing to fail on Macs, at least around my house. Believe it or not, sometimes it just gets dusty in there.With the latest round of super thin iMacs it introduced last year, Apple did away with optical drives in its all-in-one desktop PCs. If you experience other problems with your optical drive, I’ve found success with this: get a can of air from an office store and blow out the optical drive. Press and hold the power button for 5 seconds.
#Cd player for mac no longer working how to#
There are complete instructions on how to do that in a PowerMax article called “ Two Great Go-To Fixes for a Temperamental Mac” that covers different model machines, but the process for an iMac is as follows: If you don’t have a USB mouse, or if the above doesn’t work, reset the SMC. At that point, you can release the mouse button, log in, and insert a disk in the drive.
#Cd player for mac no longer working full#
You should hear the optical drive perform one full eject cycle. Keep the mouse button held down until you reach the login window. Once the machine is powered off, hold the left mouse button down and re-power your iMac. Shut down your iMac by choosing “Shut Down” from the Apple Menu in the upper left corner of your desktop. If you have a USB mouse connected to your computer, try to reset the optical drive’s eject mechanism first. I ejected the CD I was just using and now the drive won’t accept anything. I can not get the optical drive in my iMac to accept a CD or DVD. ASK MAX: OPTICAL DRIVE IN IMAC NOT ACCEPTING CD/DVD
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