How can I get my optical drive to open?

For no reason I can think of, suddenly I can't open my optical drive. Any suggestions?

On the Mac, you can add an Eject button to your menu bar so that you can ejects CDs and DVDs easily. To add this, open a Finder window and select your hard drive under the "Devices" section on the left. Then navigate to the System -> Library -> CoreServices -> Menu Extras directory. You'll see a file called Eject.menu. If you double click on this file, it'll add an Eject button to your menu bar. Then you can open or close the disc drive using the menu control. (It's a small upward pointing triangle with an underline)
Or you can close it manually.
 Cheers, Tom

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