[muglo] Well done!

Wayne, that was a perfect example of how MUGLO should work. Someone asks a 
question: Someone else responds with a prompt, thoughtful, comprehensive, lucid 
answer. I'll be very surprised if Connie's not happy again - and wondering why 
she didn't discover us long ago!  

On Nov 27, 2008, at 6:20 PM, Connie Sutherland wrote:
> > I have a dvd stuck in my MacBook.

On Nov 28, 2008, at 1:15 AM, Wayne Dobson wrote:
> 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 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.


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