Force Eject CD on Intel-based Macbook

[zinger]

simple force-eject solution (possibly)

Simply restart.

After hearing the chime, click the mouse button repeatedly (the single one on a laptop, the right button if you have an external mouse) until it ejects.

I don't guarantee this will work, but I have never had it not work. It's certainly an easier possible solution than most of the other possible ones.

 

[tomz42]

another method

i know i'm late to the original party here, but for the benefit of others who've stumbled across this looking for a solution...i've posted on my blog about another method for getting the disc out along with my belief on *why* this problem happens.
how to force your macbook to eject a disc « my old computers

 

[pointR]

this did it

By far the simplest way is to reboot the machine, and press and hold the trackpad button at the startup tone until the disk comes out. Not sure I'd be recommending the 'pull it out with tweezers' approach until all other avenues had been visited ...

worked like a charm. many thanks