Mac User Guide
- Welcome
- What’s new in macOS Tahoe
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- Intro to Apple Intelligence
- Translate messages and calls
- Create original images with Image Playground
- Create your own emoji with Genmoji
- Use Apple Intelligence with Siri
- Find the right words with Writing Tools
- Summarize notifications and reduce interruptions
- Use ChatGPT with Apple Intelligence
- Apple Intelligence and privacy
- Block access to Apple Intelligence features
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- Intro to Continuity
- Use AirDrop to send items to nearby devices
- Hand off tasks between devices
- Control your iPhone from your Mac
- Copy and paste between devices
- Stream video and audio with AirPlay
- Make and receive calls and text messages on your Mac
- Use your iPhone internet connection with your Mac
- Share your Wi-Fi password with another device
- Use iPhone as a webcam
- Insert sketches, photos, and scans from iPhone or iPad
- Unlock your Mac with Apple Watch
- Use your iPad as a second display
- Use one keyboard and mouse to control Mac and iPad
- Sync music, books, and more between devices
- Resources for your Mac
- Resources for your Apple devices
- Copyright and trademarks
Eject CDs and DVDs from your Mac
You can usually eject a CD or DVD from the desktop or from a Finder window.
Eject a CD or DVD from an optical drive
To eject a disc from an external optical drive, do any of the following:
Eject a disc from the desktop: Select the disc you want to eject, then choose File > Eject.
Eject a disc from an optical drive: Press the Eject key
.Eject a disc from a Finder window: Click the Finder icon
in the Dock to open a Finder window, then in the Finder sidebar, click next to the disc’s name.
If a CD or DVD won’t eject from an optical drive
Try any of the following:
If an app is using the CD or DVD: Quit the app, then try to eject the disc again.
If you can’t quit the app that’s using the CD or DVD: Close the file that is on the disc you want to eject, then try to eject it again.
If another user is using the CD or DVD: Log out the users who are using the disc, then try to eject it again.
If you can’t log out a user: Restart your Mac, then try to eject the disc again.
If you can restart your computer to eject the disc: Choose Apple menu
Display the Eject menu in the menu bar
You can display the Eject menu in the menu bar to quickly eject disks from connected optical drives.
On your Mac, choose Apple menu
Note: If you don’t have an optical drive connected to your Mac, CDs & DVDs settings aren’t available.
Turn on “Show eject in menu bar.”