Hi all,
You wrote: What was Apple thinking when they made a computer without
a hardware eject button? That's crazy. I'm thinking it was more a
matter of space than cost. But holy cow, it sure is inconvenient.
TK: Apple has not included a hardware eject button since the
introduction of the iMac way back in the late 90s. I believe that it
has much to do with OS stability and such. If the OS is using the
media for any function, having the user physically eject it can cause
freezeups and other problems. Apple even disabled the hardware eject
in earlier Macs when the media was considered busy. I don't find it
to be an issue at all.
With respect to ejecting CDs and stuff during a party, why not simply
import the CDs into iTunes before the party begins and then you could
use the remote to skip songs, adjust volume and such and not have any
worries about physical CDs.
Later...
----- Original Message ----- From: "David Poehlman" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]
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Subject: Re: ejecting disk with remote?
what keyboard do you have? if a windows keyboard, sadly, there is
not. if
you have an apple one with media keys, there is one.
----- Original Message ----- From: "John Heim" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
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----- Original Message ----- From: "John Heim" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
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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.
Tim Kilburn
& Carter the Canine
Fort McMurray, AB Canada
