Ok, it does about 1/3 of the time. I'm loading up my itunes library and so im ripping my music cd's.

After ripping, if i try to eject from iTunes.. it doesn't actually eject.

If I instead, quit iTunes, and eject from Finder, it disappears from COMPUTER, but doesn't actually eject.

If I then try to load a program, ie iTunes or Qtime, and see if it sees the CD.. the program just spins.

Anyone know why I can never eject CDs without turning off my computer? This happens on old music CDs, new music CD's...any really.

[rs2sensen]

I've had problems with all my macs and ejecting CDs. I've found usually it works, if I drag the CD icon to the trash. Using the button on my keyboard does work about 70% of the time.

If a CD is ever "stuck" in the drive, you can reboot while holding the mouse/trackpad button.

Thanks for the reply.. im looking for a solution where i don't have to reboot everytime i want to switch CD's

[PowerBookG4]

I have had the same problems with my power book... I am still working on an easier solution (been trying to look around the internet for reasons why this happens) but so far the only solution I acutally have is that you reboot the computer while holding the trackpad button down as rs2 said.