----- Original Message ----- From: "John Heim" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: "General discussions on all topics relating to the use of Mac OS Xby theblind" <[email protected]>
Sent: Friday, July 25, 2008 12:15 PM
Subject: ejecting disk with remote?


If I throw a party, I may want to use my Mac mini as a CD player. It's very nice to be able to adjust the volume with the remot, pause, skip tracks, etc. But I cannot figure out a way to eject the disk without the keyboard. Is there one? There's no eject button on the Mac mini itself is there? Is there at least a keyboard hotkey?

A little googling answered my last question:

"From time-to-time, removable media (including CDs, DVDs and others) can refuse to eject via the normal Mac OS X methods -- pressing the keyboard eject key; using the Command-E keyboard combination; selecting the item in the Finder and clicking the Eject button next to its name; dragging the item to the trash;
or pressing the F12 key. "
http://www.macfixit.com/article.php?story=20041011075232575

But I'd still like to do it without using the keyboard. I cannot believe they'd manufacture a device w/o an eject button on the drive itself. That seems crazy. I know it saves a few bucks on the cost of the machine but, holy cow, an eject button seems kind of essential.


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