Hi Catherine, The eject key on your Mac can also be used to eject DVDs and CDs in your optical drive. Using the shortcut Command-E for "eject" will also eject these optical media, or unmount drives. If you install applications that you downloaded as .dmg files, after you move the new app to your Applications folder or run the installation, you can eject the .dmg file and move it to the Trash. Command-E works when you are focused on the .dmg file in Finder, as well as finding the option in the context menu (with VO-Shift-M). I recall that holding down the eject key when you boot or reboot your Mac is one of the ways to try forcing a DVD or CD in the optical drive to eject, when it is giving you problems.
The eject key is also used for certain shortcuts like for putting your Mac to sleep (Command-Option-Eject). Except, on the late 2011 MacBook Air models, they've removed the eject key so I have to press the power button and then press "s" to sleep the machine. P.S. I recall there was a question earlier about why there were no .dmg files for apps that you install from the Mac App Store. Software is often distributed as "disk image" files because these files get certain permission privileges in the system, like mounted hard drives. Since the Mac App Store is supposed to be a secure source of software, you don't need an intermediate step that has to be granted special privileges to install apps, hence no .dmg file is necessary for that application -- it just gets installed directly with nothing to send to the Trash afterwards. HTH. Cheers, Esther On Feb 25, 2012, at 6:52 AM, Sarah Alawami wrote: > That means to safly remove the drive. It unmounts the drive from the system > and you can then safly unplug it. > On Feb 25, 2012, at 8:43 AM, Catherine G wrote: > >> What does "eject" mean on my Mac, and how does one do that? >> >> >> >> Catherine Golding >> >> Olympia, Washington >> <--- Mac Access At Mac Access Dot Net ---> To reply to this post, please address your message to [email protected] You can find an archive of all messages posted to the Mac-Access forum at either the list's own dedicated web archive: <http://mail.tft-bbs.co.uk/pipermail/mac-access/index.html> or at the public Mail Archive: <http://www.mail-archive.com/[email protected]/>. Subscribe to the list's RSS feed from: <http://www.mail-archive.com/[email protected]/maillist.xml> The Mac-Access mailing list is guaranteed malware, spyware, Trojan, virus and worm-free! Please remember to update your membership options periodically by visiting the list website at: <http://mail.tft-bbs.co.uk/mailman/listinfo/mac-access/options/>
