My MacBook keeps spitting out CD and DVD or it won't take it at all. What do I do?

I tired putting a CD in my Mac but it keeps spitting it out. It wouldn't go all the way in either. Sometime it won't even take the CD. What do I do? Its really important.

Please make a Genius Appointment and take it in for service. Or buy an external optical drive.

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My macbook has worked fine, DVDs were just working. Then I shut the macbook to pause a movie, and now it won't read DVDs anymore. It keeps the DVD in for about 30 seconds, can hear it working, but then it spits it out. Doesn't matter which DVD. Any ideas?

The first step to potentially fixing your Mac’s SuperDrive is checking the disc you’re trying to play for scratches or dust. Try to put a few different discs in there and see what happens. If all of them get automatically ejected, there’s one more thing you can try.
Get your hands on a CD/DVD drive cleaning kit. These are sold in stores like Staples and Best Buy, usually for a price of $10-$20. It’s nothing elaborate – just a disc with microscopic brushes that clean the laser inside your SuperDrive. It’s fairly common for particles to get in there and disrupt the laser. Insert the cleaning disc in your Mac and it will start spinning before likely getting ejected on the first attempt. Put it in a few more times to repeat this process and then try a regular CD or DVD. If all goes well, hopefully your SuperDrive should be back to normal!
Some users have said to see if its working at all. Turn the computer on its side with the slot drive facing up and then insert the disk. See if the computer reads it then.
You can go through a variety of steps as well that apple will walk you through such as resetting the PRAM and other items.
Thanks,
Andrew

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hi all, i got a plastic case 24" imac 2.33 with osx tiger. i noticed the drive hadnt showed in my finder folder quite awhile now but paid no mind to it. a week ago a friend brought over a rush dvd to watch and it spit it out everytime i put it in, i thought bad dvd. months before that i noticed i had to really work to get disks to eject. theyd come out a lil then suck back in. today i tried to put in a blank cd and it spit it out right away after many attempts. same disk works fine in my mas older imac. looks like many here having same problem. any answers from apple? please not another issue like the airport express that mac never acknowledged. that took me almost a week to fix while apple has still never offered a solution.
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hello all,
i got a remedy from phone support today. heres the scoop:
step 1: insert your install disk 1 from apple. it your drive sees it goto step 2. if no disk appears make reservation at genius bar.
step 2: eject disk shut down comp. restart, press and hold down appleoption+pr until you hear 2 chimes. release buttons. try a commercial cd(store bought music), if it fails try another commercial cd to be sure its not the disk. do the same procedure with a dvd. next do the same procedure with a blank cd. open system preferences cd/dvd change top two options to, ask what to do, just in case they been changed.
i did everything but insert the install disk before without any luck. that maybe the trick.
im a happy man again, thanks to apple phone support.
good luck all
peace

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My Imac will not read any of my CD's or DVD's, it just spits them out, any help out there?

Try resetting the SMC and pram, but my best guess is that your drive has failed.
To reset the SMC
Shut down the computer.
Unplug the computer's power cord.
Wait fifteen seconds.
Attach the computer's power cord.
Wait five seconds, then press the power button to turn on the computer.
Resetting PRAM and NVRAM
Shut down the computer.
Locate the following keys on the keyboard: Command, Option, P, and R. You will need to hold these keys down simultaneously in step 4.
Turn on the computer.
Press and hold the Command-Option-P-R keys. You must press this key combination before the gray screen appears.
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And What
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• DVD type did You use
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• Version of Mac OS
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I am trying to copy them onto DVDS then free up the space on my HD by deleting them.
When I try to burn a few events at a time, but my Mac just spits out the blank DVD-R.

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So I noticed this about a week back. Whenever i insert a CD it goes in reads it for a while then spits it back out. After i try some more times the CD will not even go in. I bought a lens cleaning disk and when i insert that it reads it perfectly but still other CD's keep spitting out. I know i should send it for repairs but is there any way i can not do that and fix it?
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The drive accepts discs but they do not mount or are automatically ejected
Check the disc's surface for scratches and dirt, since these things can prevent the disc from appearing on the desktop.
The MacBook Air SuperDrive is designed to be used with MacBook Air and Mac mini computers that do not have a built-in optical drive. For best results, connect the MacBook Air SuperDrive directly to the computer's USB port instead a USB hub.
Reset the System Management Controller (SMC).
Ensure your drive can read the specific type of disc being used. The System Profiler or System Information may provide additional information regarding what media your computer supports.
Mac OS X 10.6 Snow Leopard or earlier: Open Apple System Profiler by choosing "About this Mac" from the Apple () menu. Then, click More Info.
OS X 10.7 Lion or later: Open System Information by choosing "About this Mac" from the Apple () menu. Then, click System Report.
If the disc continues to not be recognized, contact Apple, an Apple Authorized Service Provider, or make an appointment with an Apple Retail Store for additional troubleshooting, evaluation, or service.
http://support.apple.com/kb/HT2801

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