CD stuck in my superdrive

I was importing songs into iTunes and all was fine. Then I put in one last CD and it doesn't register. I can't eject it for the life of me. I called apple support a long time ago when My buddy rammed a cd in the drive, the tech guy walked me through a long process in getting it out. This time I didn't ram it in, I just let it pull the cd like I always do. Does anyone know how to get the cd to eject? Thanks.

Hi, Imran. Try Wulong's suggestion. If it doesn't work for you, the process of removing the drive, taking its cover off, and removing the disk manually is not very difficult and would enable you to see whether the jam has been caused by one of several self-adhesive fabric strips near the front opening of the drive. These strips (there are three in a Combo drive; I'm not sure about a Superdrive) cushion the disk on its way into and out of the drive, and keep it from being scratched by several screw heads it must pass over. Sometimes one of the strips comes loose and sticks to a disk, preventing it from spinning or being ejected properly. This can, but doesn't always, break the drive. At least one user who experienced the problem found that his drive continued to work fine and didn't scratch his disks after he cleared the jam, even though he didn't replace the fabric cushion. If you find that this is your problem, your ultimate outcome may or may not be as satisfactory.
Note: once the strip has come loose the first time, I don't recommend putting it back in place. It would probably just come loose again, sooner rather than later.

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