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force eject CD on a mac (osx)
This post was written 6 years ago.
Thu, 20 Oct 2005
in a terminal, type the following:-

$drutil tray eject

(dollar symbol represents the command prompt!)

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You just made me very happy ( drutil tray eject) my son had put a dvd backsided in my cube. Thanks for the command :-) Hans

hans 2006-12-22 19:33:47
This post was written 6 years ago, which in internet time is really, really old. This means that what is written above, and the links contained within, may now be obsolete, inaccurate or wildly out of context, so please bear that in mind :)
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Rick Hurst

I am professional web developer based in Bristol, UK with over a decade of commercial experience in the web industry. I specialise in building dynamic websites and applications using Javascript, CSS, Python, Django and App Engine.

I work full time as a Developer at Potato

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