Eject button not working...

[arsis]

In the past couple of months the eject button on the keybaord has stopped working on both my Macs (MacPro, G4 Dual). The only way I can open the drive is with the eject button in itunes. Any ideas

[cuttime]

In the past couple of months the eject button on the keybaord has stopped working on both my Macs (MacPro, G4 Dual). The only way I can open the drive is with the eject button in itunes. Any ideas

Did you upgrade to OSX 10.4.9? If so, then there is a delay built into the system...just hold the button down for a couple of more moments until it ejects.

[Frodo]

There have been some very strange things like this that happen, and I've yet to install 10.4.9.

I've found that to eject a CD from iTunes, clicking the eject icon next to the CD is really the only way I can get it to work.

Sometimes the eject button will only work if the CD is highlighted on the desktop. Other times it just ejects the CD as normal. I've not found any real behavioral patterns with it.

And, there is still this strange thing in the GO menu-- I've never gotten that to work in any version of OSX-- click it and nothing happens.

[stephentayler]

I actually like the new behaviour, especially on the Macbook - many a time I dive for the backspace key and knock the eject button. Now ejecting feels like a deliberate action. I assume this is intentional, not a quirk.

kind regards

Stephen

[arsis]

Ahhh...thanks. I feel silly but I'm glad it still works.

[James Steele]

Perhaps someone else can find it for me, but I know there is a file preinstalled somewhere on your Mac that you can run and it will install an Eject button up in the menu bar. I had to find this for a friend of mine a while back who came from the PC world and was using a non-Mac keyboard and couldn't eject CDs/DVDs. I just don't remember where to find this and I'm too damned lazy to look.

[MIDI Life Crisis]

THis one should do it. I was looking for a different app tht added icons with various functions to the menu bar, but I cannot remember what it was.

http://www.versiontracker.com/dyn/moreinfo/macosx/20089

[Noumenon]

wow, thanx, just what I needed

[rcannonp]

TinkerTool will let you add an Eject button for the optical drive to your menu bar.

TinkerTool: Description

[mhschmieder]

This problem comes up now and then, but I think only since I tossed my Apple keyboard for one from Macally a few months ago.

The problem always goes away, but not always after a reboot. Usually after repairing permissions.

Each case may be different, but my theory on my own particular occasional problem with the eject button is that it seems to happen after doing a USB driver installation for a new hardware synth or controller.

Note that the F12 key can serve as an eject button as well, in most cases. I have never had the F12 key fail, but have trouble remembering it, so prefer the dedicated eject key.

There are indeed times when there is a bit of a delay (up to a minute even). I believe this happens in cases where the system is reconstituting itself after perhaps a software installation that may have triggered a performance enhancement run (which sometimes involves a behind-the-scenes defrag of the system drive, but not always).

[auptown]

Also, you can modify the toolbar on the Finder windows with the Customize Toolbar command. I set mine up with Eject, Delete, Burn Disk, New Folder. [/img]

[Dave Bourke]

Perhaps someone else can find it for me, but I know there is a file preinstalled somewhere on your Mac that you can run and it will install an Eject button up in the menu bar. I had to find this for a friend of mine a while back who came from the PC world and was using a non-Mac keyboard and couldn't eject CDs/DVDs. I just don't remember where to find this and I'm too damned lazy to look.

Go here:

<Boot HD>/System/Library/CoreServices/Menu Extras

Double-click the file "Eject.menu" and the new menu will appear. To remove it, Command-drag it down onto the Desktop.

Kind regards.