Cant get disk to eject

Please help. I put a cd in my imac and its making a noise likes its loading and now i cant get it to eject.

Go to the upper right on your Keyboard and click it one time the key looks like an arrow point with a line under it.
http://support.apple.com/kb/PH10685

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I have an iMac model 4,1 running OSX 10.6.8.   The CD/DVD drive went bad and I have replaced it. However I can not get disks to eject.   I have asked about this before and tried all all the suggestions I have received but I can not eject.

I have an iMac model 4,1 running OSX 10.6.8.   The CD/DVD drive went bad and I have replaced it. However I can not get disks to eject.   I have asked about this before and tried all all the suggestions I have received but I can not eject.
Yesterday I opened up the iMac and reinstalled the drive to make sure that it was not an alignment problem.   I still can not eject.   When I try to eject the drive makes noises like it is ejecting but the disk does not come out.
How do I solve this problem?

Hi again Hal
Link to your other thread > The slot loading CD/DVD drive in my...: Apple Support Communities
You have also tried resetting the PRAM as I suggestion in your other thread...?
See resetting the PRAM > About NVRAM and PRAM
1. Shut down the computer.
2. Locate the following keys on the keyboard: Command, Option, P, and R. You will need to hold these keys down simultaneously in step 4.
3. Turn on the computer.
4. Press and hold the Command-Option-P-R keys. You must press this key combination before the gray screen appears.
5. Hold the keys down until the computer restarts and you hear the startup sound for the second time.
6. Release the keys.

Cant get disk images to mount

none of the disk images i have on my machine will mount. i have one disk image of firefox and one disk image of a dvd movie and for some reason now they wont mount but they did before. any ideas

Try booting in safe mode - clearing certain caches.
If you are having a problem where disk images won't mount, try booting in Safe Mode (by holding down the Shift key while starting up), then re-attempting mounting of the disk image.
Prior to booting in safe mode, however, you can delete the following files:
/System/Library/Extensions.kextcache
/System/Library/com.apple.kernelcaches
These, and other cache files, are automatically deleted when you boot in safe mode, but you can potentially save some time by deleting these files (then logging out and back in) and re-attempting disk mounting.
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After running mac tuneup got a red dot on the hard drive icon, nothing would respond, now on restart cant get past white screen with apple logo, mac tune up disk still in laptop

after running mac tuneup got a red dot on the hard drive icon, nothing would respond, now on restart cant get past white screen with apple logo, mac tune up disk still in laptop

Restart your MBP holding the trackpad down and hopefully the disk will be ejected. Then try to return it and get a refund or put it in the trash. There is nothing that software does for your MBP that you cannot do yourself or with free software.
If can get your MBP started, delete all traces of the offending software. Worst case is that you may have to erase the HDD and reload the OS and your user data. I trust that you have a backup (minus MacTuneUp).
Courcoul has given you his opinion in a very succinct manner, and as you might surmise, I agree with him.
Ciao.

I am getting error message "Disk Not Ejected Properly Eject "FreeAgent GoFlex Drive" before disconnecting or turning it-" randomly.

I'm getting a "Disk Not Ejected Properly Eject “FreeAgent GoFlex Drive” before disconnecting or turning it…" message at random times. I have seen other comments about this happening after the iMac wakes from sleep. However, this is happening to me throughout the day even when I am working on the iMac.
The iMac is up to date with OS X Version 10.9. I had recently switched from a 500GB to a 3TB Drive, both are Seagate. I have never had this issue prior to the switch.
Has anyone else experienced this issue?
I verified/repaired in the Utility Disk and a message popped up indicating the GoFlex looks "OK".

No, I am not on the USB3 interface. I contacted Seagate and they indicated that there is no known issue with OS X 10.9. In my case, they are willing to send me a new Drive, since I just received the GoFlex on 12/06. Will post an update when I install the new one. Hopefully this will solve my issue.
I suggest you contact Seagate, if you haven't already, directly. The representatives are very helpful. Good luck.

Imac frozen at blue screen after i went into disk utilities and cleaned my free space. I tried holding down T key as it reboots and i get a message. Start up disk full empty it how can one emptie it if you cant get past the blue screen

Imac frozen at blue screen after i went into disk utilities and cleaned free space.
I tried holding down T key as it reboots
and i get a message. Start up disk full empty it how can one emptie it if you cant get past the blue screen?
to make matters worse we bought the IMAC of amazon uk on the 4/07/011 so what can we do?
please remember how frustrating it is when asking for help when the helper telling you to type something on the screen when its frozen
Tell us when you can type some instuctions to the software how do you get to the doss prompt so to speak to do this
Thanks

i tried all this thanks
i can not get past blue screen and message Your disk is full it needs to be emptied Please not I cant proceed past this message.
no matter what you tell me
Am i right ok in thinking that
when i went into disk utilities and chose to clean my free space i left it over one hour to do its stuff
i came back and there was no progress bar just the box so i quit the program and when i opened mac mail the system just froze i forced quit mail rebooted and blue screen death
Now when free space is being cleaned is it the same as windows dose the utility write lots of 0 on the hard drive then rebbot its self to free the space
basicly is my hard drive full of 00000 is this why im getting this message because the process was interupted
I need to know if i need outside help i bought the computer on line on amazon uk what dose one do next

I CANT GET MY NANO OUT OF DISK MODE!!!!

i accidentaly put my ipod into disk mode and now i cant get it out. I tried turning it off but it doesnt do anything
no clue Windows XP
no clue Windows XP

I am having the same problem - IPOD Nano gets stuck in Disk Mode. It won't respond to Reset, just stays locked up. The restore works, but this is the third restore I had to do this week. Am I doing something wrong, or is the IPOD defective?
Or is this a bug with the IPOD Nano software, as I see there are a lot of these posts, but reset seems to help many.

I cant get my mac out of recovery mode and the disk got deleted

i cant get my mac out of recovery mode becuase the disk got deleted and i didnt back it up from time machine

This should work -- at least to get you booted.
http://support.apple.com/kb/PH13871

I updated to Mavericks and now I can'burn any DVD's any more. I get the following error message and the disk is ejected: The disc can't be burned because an unexpected error occurred (error code 0x80020000)

I updated to Mavericks and now I can'burn any DVD's any more. I get the following error message and the disk is ejected: The disc can’t be burned because an unexpected error occurred (error code 0x80020000)
I did burn the same way in MAC OS X 10.6.8. with no troubles!
Can anyone please help me out?
I use for years DVD-R of TDK 4.7GB 16X.

Hey topo27,
I would try out the following and see if it helps:
Intel-based Macs: Resetting the System Management Controller (SMC)
http://support.apple.com/kb/HT3964
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Delgadoh

Mountain Lion Upgrade, now I am getting a "disk not ejected properly" error

I just upgraded to Mountain Lion and I am getting a "disk not ejected properly" error on my external time machine backup drive. Can I fix this myself?

Maybe the Seagate needs some firmware or other update to be compatible. Tried Google or Seagate for any info?
Sometimes with TM you almost need to start fresh... keep what you have as is as backup archive.
And don't use just one backup set or method. Redundant, one off line, and clone your volumes in addition to what TM offers.
If you can only use it via USB what about FW or eSATA?

Classic 120gb stuck on disk mode and cant get it off and tried the reset ! before it went into disk mode it went it had red cross ?

classic 120gb stuck on disk mode and cant get it off and tried the reset ! before it went into disk mode it went it had red cross ?
i read on the internet that this is a harddrive fault?
please dont say it is!
also there seems to be loads of this same fault hapening to the exact same model!?
please help
Chaz

That's super odd. It could be an indication or a damaged or dying hard drive. I would recommend doing a disk diagnostic on the iPod's HD using the instructions given by turingtest2 in this older thread. He also covers what the resulting numbers indicate.
https://discussions.apple.com/thread/3784647?start=0&tstart=0
B-rock

I tried to download the OS X mavericks and it failed. Now its saying my mac disk is broken and im stuck restarting my computer. I cant get access to my computer.

i tried to download the OS X mavericks and it failed. Now its saying my mac disk is broken and im stuck restarting my computer. I cant get access to my computer.

Hi,
have you tried booting your Mac from the recovery partition by holding cmd-r while booting? If that works, then start the Disk Utility from the menu and try a "Repair disk".
After the Disk Utility is finished, try the "Repair Permissions". Though this is a highly overrated "feature", it might even help in your situation. Do this repeatedly until nothing changes. This doesn't mean there won't be any messages left over.
Cheers,
Paul

I cant get my cd out of my mac pro book

I cant get a cd out of my mac please help I have tryed all the ejects and holding down and restarting ?

Solutions
First try the normal methods to remove the disc. Drag its icon to the Trash can in the Dock or select 'Eject' from the File menu.
If you are running a virtual machine, e.g. VMFusion, ensure that the CD is disconnected from the virtual machine. This will sometimes allow the CD to now show up in Mac OS X.
Shut down the computer and start up whilst holding down the mouse button. This may take some time, but keep your finger on the mouse button right up until the disc comes out or the log-in screen has appeared.
If you have Toast Titanium installed on your computer, choose EJECT DISC from the menubar.
Sometimes you can successfully use the eject disc button in iTunes even if the disc is not visible to the Finder
Open Disk Utility and choose the disc you wish to eject in the left-hand pane, then click on the Eject button.
Some Macintoshes have a paperclip hole that you can insert a straightened paperclip into, manually triggering the eject mechanism.
Open Terminal and type "drutil tray eject" to eject the disc/tray, and "drutil tray close" to close the tray.
Restart the computer while holding down Command-Option-O-F, to enter the Open Firmware prompt. Type "eject cd" without the quotes, and press return. The disk ought to eject. To start into OS X, type "mac-boot" without the quotes. Press return, and the computer will continue with the startup. (This will not work on an Intel Mac. There is no Open Firmware on Intel Macs. )
If your computer has an eject button on the keyboard, restart the computer holding down the Option key. When the startup disk selection screen appears, let go of the option key and press the keyboard's eject button.

HT1420 Cant get itunes to open.Error message:"its on a locked Cant get itunes to

Cant get itunes to open.Error message:"its on a locked disk." What does this mean??!!

ok heres what u gotta do
yes i know its alot of steps but if you do them right it will work.
1.remove all active versions of itunes
2.then restart as it asks you to do, if it doesnt ask do it your self
3.unplug ipod
4.remove ipod software
5. restart
6.install the cd the ipod came w/
7.when it asks you if you want to upgrade itunes say yes
8.download the file
9.intall the newest version
10.restart
if you have done exactly these steps(exactly in this order)then itunes should be working now

Time Machine backups cause error message "Disk No Ejected Properly"

I have a 2011 iMac using OS X version 10.9.4. I have had to change the external hard drive used with my Time Machine to get more storage. Every time the Time Machine backs up (every hour), I get the message "Disk Not Ejected Properly" Eject "FreeAgent GoFlex Drive" before disconnecting or turning it.
I am concerned about any damage that is happening because of this message. I researched this on this forum and other users had a similar problem. I tried 2 of the easier solutions: 1) make sure none of the boxes are checked in System Energy Saver (ie. put hard disks to sleep when possible, etc.) and 2) buy and connect a USB hub that has it's own power supply to keep the external hard drive powered constantly. Neither of these solutions has worked for me. I still get the message. So I have two questions. First, is damage being done to my computer because it "thinks" that I did not properly eject the disc. And, second, is there anything else I can do to stop this message besides not using the freeagent disc?

I had the same problem. it turned out to be a cable issue. Contact seagate for replacement cable.
http://www.seagate.com/support-all/

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