ON my NBP, the only eject button is the one in the very uper right hand corner of the keyboard. IF that don't work, I'd take it to the Apple store.
Sincerely, The Constantly Barefooted Ray!!! Now a very proud and happy Mac user!!! Skype name: barefootedray Facebook: facebook.com/ray.foretjr.1 On Sep 16, 2011, at 7:03 AM, Donna Goodin wrote: > thanks for the suggestion Keith. right Now, though, I don't have an OS, so > can't go into the utilities area to open Terminal. > Best, > Donna > > On Sep 16, 2011, at 8:00 AM, Keith Watson wrote: > >> Donna, >> >> I am not sure exactly what is wrong or why you cannot get out your >> dvd. If you can boot the system I would open terminal from the >> utilities area and run the following >> >> sudo eject /dev/cdrom >> >> and see if that doesn't help. >> >> >> Keith Watson >> 813-760-1381 >> Sent from my iPhone >> >> On Sep 16, 2011, at 7:55 AM, Donna Goodin <goodi...@msu.edu> wrote: >> >>> Because I can neither install from my SL disk, nor get the Mac to reinstall >>> Lion. I don't know what else to do, and I'm unable to eject the SL disk at >>> all. >>> >>> On Sep 16, 2011, at 7:52 AM, Daniel Miller wrote: >>> >>>> Hi Donna, >>>> >>>> Unfortunately, there's no way to physically eject the disc without having >>>> the machine turned on, since the only way you can do it is with the eject >>>> button. Also, why would you need Apple to reinstall the OS? >>>> >>>> -----Original Message----- >>>> From: macvisionaries@googlegroups.com >>>> [mailto:macvisionaries@googlegroups.com] On Behalf Of Donna Goodin >>>> Sent: Friday, September 16, 2011 6:39 AM >>>> To: macvisionaries@googlegroups.com >>>> Subject: Is there a manual eject button anywhere on the MBP? >>>> >>>> Hi all, >>>> >>>> OK, since I seem to be out of options here, I don't know what to do except >>>> take the MBP into the Apple Store and have them reinstall the OS. But I >>>> don't want to travel with a DVD in the drive. Is there a manual eject >>>> button anywhere on this thing? >>>> thanks, >>>> Donna >>>> >>>> -- >>>> You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups >>>> "MacVisionaries" group. >>>> To post to this group, send email to macvisionaries@googlegroups.com. >>>> To unsubscribe from this group, send email to >>>> macvisionaries+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. >>>> For more options, visit this group at >>>> http://groups.google.com/group/macvisionaries?hl=en. >>>> >>>> -- >>>> You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups >>>> "MacVisionaries" group. >>>> To post to this group, send email to macvisionaries@googlegroups.com. >>>> To unsubscribe from this group, send email to >>>> macvisionaries+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. >>>> For more options, visit this group at >>>> http://groups.google.com/group/macvisionaries?hl=en. >>>> >>> >>> -- >>> You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups >>> "MacVisionaries" group. >>> To post to this group, send email to macvisionaries@googlegroups.com. >>> To unsubscribe from this group, send email to >>> macvisionaries+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. >>> For more options, visit this group at >>> http://groups.google.com/group/macvisionaries?hl=en. >>> >> >> -- >> You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups >> "MacVisionaries" group. >> To post to this group, send email to macvisionaries@googlegroups.com. >> To unsubscribe from this group, send email to >> macvisionaries+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. >> For more options, visit this group at >> http://groups.google.com/group/macvisionaries?hl=en. >> > > -- > You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups > "MacVisionaries" group. > To post to this group, send email to macvisionaries@googlegroups.com. > To unsubscribe from this group, send email to > macvisionaries+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. > For more options, visit this group at > http://groups.google.com/group/macvisionaries?hl=en. > -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "MacVisionaries" group. To post to this group, send email to macvisionaries@googlegroups.com. To unsubscribe from this group, send email to macvisionaries+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/macvisionaries?hl=en.
