Disc stuck in macbook

I have a CD stuck in the optival drive on my macbook. Any idea how to remove it? It will not eject.

I have a 2008 Macbook Pro and I had the disk replaced twice from Applecare for the same reasons. Now that Applecare is long gone, the problem started again. After much research, I figured out that it's the felt lips on the front of the DVD drive that is stopping the DVD from ejecting. i realize there is a purpose to these lips - keeping dust and foreign matter out and whatnot - but the drive doesn't function with these lips as they are. They are so tight the DVD can't get past - "let me out you felt lips!," said my son's Madagascar DVD. I used needle nose plyers and pulled out the lip all the way around. Be careful as it easily rips but you'll get it in time. My drive works perfectly now. If I have ruined the drive by allowing dust to get in, so what? I'll have to replace it but I'd have to replace it anyway with these felt lips.
I hope this helps.

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I hope someone can help me, I had a DVD in my MacBook already, and my little girl stuck another one in there thinking it was empty, and now there are 2 discs stuck in there and my MacBook won't eject or anything. Does anyone know what I can do ?
Any ideas, please help me, I had this thing fully customized and it cost me an arm and a leg so now Im totally heartbroken.
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You will have to take the computer to an Authorised Apple Repair Center so that they can remove the 2 discs, it will require your machine being taken apart and could cost quite a bit in labour hours.

Disc Stuck in Drive

I have a Disc stuck in my macbook's combo drive and it doesn't eject.It also appears that it is not mounted at all. I tried pressing the mouse key at start up but that didn't work.

I have a Disc stuck in my macbook's combo drive and
it doesn't eject.It also appears that it is not
mounted at all. I tried pressing the mouse key at
start up but that didn't work.
Hi. Ejecting a stuck disk in my MacBook has been a bane for me often, and more recently last night. You are probably aware of the many ways to eject a disk, but I'll list them here as well. In desperation I managed to discover another method this morning...!
These methods are listed in order of first use, all the way up to deperate measures:
1. press the eject button on the keyboard
2. drag the disk to the trash
3. if it is a movie I am playing, then I can press eject on the DVD control. But you must have stopped the play of the DVD.
4. click on the disk icon on the desktop and then go to File, select eject disk
5. click on the disk icon and then press the Apple key and "E"
6. go to Disk Utility, click on the disk you want to eject, and eject it
7. reboot MacBook and before the grey screen appears make sure you are holding down the Trackpad Button. This method can be useful for disks not mounted; so can point 8.
8. Resetting the PRAM. Shutdown, and before startup, press the following buttons: P, R, Option, Apple key.
9. if you are technically minded you can open Terminal and type in the following: "hdiutil eject -force /dev/disk1" Replace the word "disk1" with the name of the offending disk
I do each of the above, hoping that one of them will work. However, on this occasion none of them worked. This last method is unorthodox, but hey, it worked!
10. Carefully and slowly tilt the MacBook till the disk drive is pointing down, so that gravity may assist a disk to leave. Then click one on the many eject methods.
It worked for me!
Hope one of the above works for you.
PS.
I should probably still get Apple to have a look at my MacBook though...
MacBook, 2 GHz Mac OS X (10.4.10)

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try turning off the macbook pro and hold down shift+control+option on the left side of the keyboard then hold the power button for about 10 seconds it shouldn't turn on that is normal let go of them and turn on then immediately press down and hold command+option+p+r till you hear two chimes from your computer then let them go boot it up and see if you can then?

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help!
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I get a screen note saying I can't add anything because something is already on the disc... but it's only one little 3 meg file. But apple i info. shows no room on the cd.
How can I erase the cd and reuse it? I find no erase command and when I try to drag the file to the trash, i get another note saying i don't have permission... even tho I've check off the permission box.
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I seemed the misplaced my discs for my macbook early 2008 unibody (silver), i just got a new hd after my old one died and need to install the OS obviously. I was wondering where i would be able to acquire some discs? I have got my sisters discs from her macbook pro from late 2011, the OS version is 10.6.3 but they dont seem to want to install, i get an error before i can begin the install that says something along the lines of "not able to install this software on this macbook".
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This happened to a family members macbookpro. A mini-cd inserted, couldn't be mounted or ejected by the drive.
I cut a rectangle from a cereal box about two inches wide and 6 inches long. Abour an inch and half from one end in the middle I cut a notch and bent it down a little.
I................I
I................I
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I................I
I................I
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Or if you're in another country, you could try calling a Local in-country support number and ask, since they may have to redirect your call to another associate. See link below for Support phone numbers.
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I inserted a burnt disc into my macbook pro and iTunes froze, had to shut down my mac in order to eject the disc. Is it not possible to transfer music from homemade cds onto my mac?

I inserted a burnt disc into my macbook pro and iTunes froze, had to shut down my mac in order to eject the disc. Is it not possible to transfer music from homemade cds onto my mac?

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Mini Disc stuck in CD player & printing question

I have a mini disc stuck in the cd player. I've pushed eject multiple times, but I don't think that it reads that it is in there. Is there any other way to get it out?
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Mini DVDs _are not compatible_ with slot-loading optical drives like the one in the MPB. Some users have reported success in extracting mini DVDs from the optical drive by inserting a business card with double-stick tape at the end, then pressing the eject key, and carefully pulling the disc out. Else, you may need to visit an Apple Store or an Apple Authorized Service Provider for repairs. These will not be covered under warranty.
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Disc stuck in DVD drive

Hi
I have a disc stuck in my drive. When I eject its stats to come out, sounds like it gets wedged, then goes back in again. Is this as serious as I fear and is there an easy way to get the disc out without resorting to striping out the drive.
Many Thanks
Adrian

Which "model" & "generation" G5 iMac do you have?
Need this info so that the knowledgeable users can provide you with the proper troubleshooting solution(s).
http://docs.info.apple.com/article.html?artnum=301724-en How to identify your iMac
http://docs.info.apple.com/article.html?path=Mac/10.4/en/mh355.html Getting information about your computer
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Thank you
In the meantime, see the following:
http://docs.info.apple.com/article.html?artnum=58566 iMac (Slot Loading): Troubleshooting CD/DVD Eject Failures
http://docs.info.apple.com/article.html?artnum=106752 Macintosh: How to Eject a Disc When Other Options Do Not Work
Launch Disk Utility (Finder>Go>Utilities), select the ‘stuck disc’ in the volume list on the left & then either click the "Eject Button, Press Command+E or choose File>Eject Disk.
Also check out the following thread:
Yet Another CD Can't Eject - All posted methods tried
Another help source (if you haven't already done so).
Go to your OS Help Menu. In the search field type dvd
Click on all the troubleshooting topics & Support Articles that pertain to your issue.
You can also do the same in Disk Utility. Open same up.
At the bottom left of the window, click on the purple button w/the "?" in the middle.
This will bring up the Help Menu.

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