You can use it to eject cd or DVDs. To eject other drives you highlight on the desktop and press command E.
David Griffith -----Original Message----- From: [email protected] [mailto:[email protected]] On Behalf Of chris hallsworth Sent: 03 August 2012 21:13 To: Mac OSX & iOS Accessibility Subject: Ejecting a CD/DVD/other removable storage? So, can I use this key to eject a CD or DVD or other removable storage? Thanks! ----- Original Message ----- From: "Sarah Alawami" <[email protected]> To: "Mac OSX & iOS Accessibility" <[email protected]> Sent: Friday, August 03, 2012 8:49 PM Subject: Re: Shut down sound > The eject key is 1 key to the right on the mac laptop keyboard. I learned > of this I believe through the apple manu when they did the keystrokes > there at one time, 2 years ago. It is a nice way to shut down. Just hit > control cmd option eject to shot down, cmd option eject to sleep and > control cmd eject to reboot. > > Take care. > > > On Aug 3, 2012, at 11:42 AM, chris hallsworth <[email protected]> > wrote: > >> Hello Gordon and all yes this is very useful indeed and thanks. That's >> amazing there are keystrokes to shut down and restart the system. So >> where is the eject key then please on a Macbook? Thanks! >> ----- Original Message ----- From: "Gordon Smith" <[email protected]> >> To: "Mac OSX & iOS Accessibility" <[email protected]> >> Sent: Friday, August 03, 2012 5:29 PM >> Subject: Re: Shut down sound >> >> >>> Hi Chris >>> >>> My only suggestion is that you can feel the fan and HD activity until >>> your machine is shut down. No, VoiceOver often goes down some time >>> before the machine because the OS does a bit of housekeeping before it >>> closes. If you use the system shortcut, "Command+Option+Control+Eject", >>> unless there are operating system windows open which require user >>> intervention, your machine will usually shut down of its own accord. If >>> you use the system shortcut "Command+Control+Eject", the machine will >>> usually restart of its own accord unless there are user windows open >>> which require intervention. Sometimes, even those windows are closed by >>> the operating system. An example of one which usually does not close is >>> iTunes prompting you to enter information. >>> >>> I hope some of that was useful. >>> >>> Gordon >>> >>> On 3 Aug 2012, at 16:21, chris hallsworth <[email protected]> >>> wrote: >>> >>> Well, if that is the case, how on earth do we know if the Mac is >>> shutting down? Does VoiceOver stay until it is about to be turned off? >>> Kind of like how iOS devices do it? Thanks! >>> ----- Original Message ----- From: "josh gregory" <[email protected]> >>> To: "Mac OSX & iOS Accessibility" <[email protected]> >>> Sent: Friday, August 03, 2012 1:59 PM >>> Subject: Re: Shut down sound >>> >>> >>>> Yeah that'd be nice. That was one of the things that I noticed that >>>> was different from windows. But sadly, I don't think there is. >>>> >>>> On 8/3/12, chris hallsworth <[email protected]> wrote: >>>>> Hello all is there a way of assigning a sound when shutting down a mac >>>>> computer and if so how? 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