Disappeared: I inserted a cd into my Mac to view photos stored A message came up to say cd not compatible. Now I cannot retrieve the cd any one got any suggestions Bkh42...

Bkh42 Loc: N.I. UK

I inserted a cd into my Mac to view photos stored A message came up to say cd not compatible. Now I cannot retrieve the cd any one got any suggestions
Bkh42

jethro779 Loc: Tucson, AZ

Bkh42 wrote:

I inserted a cd into my Mac to view photos stored A message came up to say cd not compatible. Now I cannot retrieve the cd any one got any suggestions
Bkh42

What do you mean? The CD won't come out of the drive?

Bkh42 Loc: N.I. UK

jethro779 wrote:

What do you mean? The CD won't come out of the drive?

The cd is in the slot at the side of the Mac and I am unable to find an eject facility

jethro779 Loc: Tucson, AZ

Bkh42 wrote:

The cd is in the slot at the side of the Mac and I am unable to find an eject facility

Go to the magnifying glass in the upper right corner. Click it and type disk utility in the window. When disk utility opens There will be a list of drives connected to the mac on the left side. The first will be the Mac hard drive. right under it should be a cd/dvd listed. It might say a name or it might say unknown. There will be an eject symbol to the right. Click on it and the cd should eject. If you are using a MacBook you do it the same way.

Capture48 Loc: Arizona

Bkh42 wrote:

I inserted a cd into my Mac to view photos stored A message came up to say cd not compatible. Now I cannot retrieve the cd any one got any suggestions
Bkh42

What kind of MAC are we talking about here? MBP MAC Mini, IMac what? What version of OS are you running?

In most go to spotlight and type Disk. That should bring up disk utility, you can eject from there. Or if you are showing mounted drives on desktop, R-click and eject the disk. Or in Finder, r-click the disk and eject it.

You may even have an eject on your keyboard depending on its layout. Is this an internal CD or an external one?

Rongnongno Loc: FL

Usually there is a small hole that forces the mechanism to open.. Al least on PC, on mac? Anything is possible since this company has a tendency to rip their clients off.

:shock: :XD: :lol: :lol: :lol:

In the event that a disk has become stuck in your Apple computer, there are several steps you can take to try to force it to eject.

1 Restart your computer, hold down the mouse button. ...
2 If your computer has an eject key on the keyboard, restart the computer again, this time holding the eject key.

Oh, source of my information: Google. Funny how doing a little research shows valuable results...

jethro779 Loc: Tucson, AZ

Rongnongno wrote:

Usually there is a small hole that forces the mechanism to open.. Al least on PC, on mac? Anything is possible since this company has a tendency to rip their clients off.

:shock: :XD: :lol: :lol: :lol:

I have had fewer problems with my Mac's than I did with my windows PC's. Although all the windows problems were from hardware manufactured by the same companies that manufacture the Mac hardware. Go figure.

geezer7 Loc: Michigan

Bkh42 wrote:

I inserted a cd into my Mac to view photos stored A message came up to say cd not compatible. Now I cannot retrieve the cd any one got any suggestions
Bkh42

I have had this problem and solved it by inserting a straightened paper clip in a tiny hole on the outside of the CD player. This has worked for Windows machines!
Edit... looks like someone beat me to it!

Bkh42 Loc: N.I. UK

jethro779 wrote:

Go to the magnifying glass in the upper right corner. Click it and type disk utility in the window. When disk utility opens There will be a list of drives connected to the mac on the left side. The first will be the Mac hard drive. right under it should be a cd/dvd listed. It might say a name or it might say unknown. There will be an eject symbol to the right. Click on it and the cd should eject. If you are using a MacBook you do it the same way.

Thank you Jethro779 I have got the disk out
And thanks to every one who has answered

Rongnongno Loc: FL

Man apple lost a few $$$ tonight, what a shame!!!

:lol: :lol: :lol: :lol: :lol:

Capture48 Loc: Arizona

Rongnongno wrote:

Usually there is a small hole that forces the mechanism to open.. Al least on PC, on mac? Anything is possible since this company has a tendency to rip their clients off.
Funny how doing a little research shows valuable results...

Really Google told you Apple rips off people...show me!

Rongnongno Loc: FL

Capture48 wrote:

Really Google told you Apple rips off people...show me!

Click on the link. Google
Source of info to solve the problem.

Reading the post in diagonal and taking content out of context never works.

For you at least.

:lol: :lol: :lol: :lol: :lol: :lol: :lol: :lol: :lol: :lol:

warrior Loc: Paso Robles CA

I am not a Mac user, but I would suggest a card reader>

Bloke Loc: Waynesboro, Pennsylvania

warrior wrote:

I am not a Mac user, but I would suggest a card reader>

How is a card reader going to help him get a stuck CD out of his drive?

lsimpkins Loc: SE Pennsylvania

warrior wrote:

I am not a Mac user, but I would suggest a card reader>

How is a card reader going to help the OP get his CD out of the computer drive? And how will a card reader even accept a CD????? He did not say it was a CF of SD card.