Open a terminal and type drutil eject. Improve this answer. Jeff Atwood Great, that worked after two or three attempts. Doesn't eject for me. Apple user forums also recommend trying an SMC reset: my optical drive is blocked. That worked for me too. Though, that doesn't really seem like the best solution for the problem.
It feels like something's eventually going to snap off. Oh well. On a separate note, I'm not sure what resetting the SMC is supposed to do. I tried it and nothing changed. No whirring noises, no clicking. I'm not really sure it worked.
Thanks again. I'd vote for you, but then I'd need to register It's the thought that counts. I read all the answers here. This worked for me: I typed "drutil eject" in Terminal several times. Every time the sound from the drive was slightly different as if the mechanism was stuck but starting to get loose.
At the same time I gently pushed a disc inside the drive to help the mechanism to loosen. Suddenly the disc slipped without any force in and everything now works fine. I used the "drutil eject" command 11 times.
No body is going to like my answer. But after typing the command into terminal and it not working, i just took a blank dvd disc that i don't care about and just forced it into the drive. But honestly, there is just a mechanism preventing the addition of new media in the drive bay because it thinks something is already in there. You gotta force the dvd up and wedge it in there so that the latch forcibly opens when you pull the disc back out. Your force the disc in, it catches the lip of the mechanism blocking entry, and when you pull the disc back out, it pulls open the flap.
Not sure if anyone will do this, but it worked for me. It is delicate in the drive bay and you don't want to scratch the optical lense in there. We are just trying to get the flap to open, so only putting half the disc in there at most is sufficient to open it up. Sign up to join this community. The best answers are voted up and rise to the top. Stack Overflow for Teams — Collaborate and share knowledge with a private group.
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