If you’re a junkie DRUTIL Terminal you can type out instead of holding down the track pad during a reboot. This is as reliable as paper clip and credit card methods, but at least it will not damage the disc or drive. You can do this by holding down the trackpad while holding down the power button. You can also try to restart the laptop and send it out to hard drive. It works similar to jimmying a door open with a credit card when you leave the keys behind and have to go back to your home. This damage could also drive (or drive), if you’re not careful. This requires a credit card slip in the CD and giving him the push to make pop up on the shaft. Credit card trick work a little better with optical drives on the MacBook’s. Otherwise you could damage the drive or disc and still get the Genius Bar. Stick clip the business end of the CD tray and try to trigger the mechanism that leaves the disk.
Let your bending back a bit when gripping. Keep it as straight as you can by straightening curves as much as possible. The best known and most common of these is the “paper clip trick.” This is exactly what it sounds like.
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There are several quick fixes you can do to try and get you out of their misery, without having to pull your nearest Mac Genius Bar or, worse, send in aid. Chances are the answer to those questions and many other such issues is a resounding Yes. Have you ever got your favorite CD or DVD stuck in the drive in your Mac? Has it ever happened to you to have your CD or DVD inserted properly but just make sounds dead yak and get jammed up? Did iTunes have problems reading your disk?.