But you see, Dan, the geniuses work with their brains, not with their body parts- especially when arthritis has set their fingers sticking out more oddly than those of the regular crowd. If my fingernails were the length of those of witches, I might be able to stick them into the slot, but then of course, I only need the regular hokus, pokus fidibus, and the disk would spring out by itself. Ja, so ist das. Marta
On Dec 3, 2007, at 15:40 PM, Dan Crutcher wrote: > Hey, what good's a genius if he can't unstick a stuck CD? > >> >>> >>> Dear friends, unfortunately none of your ingenious advice worked. >>> The CD is still stuck.Do you think taking it along to the Apple >>> store might help? Will they be able to pry the case open? Or what >>> is done in such cases? I haven't used this drove more than about >>> four to five tomes in about two years. >>> Marta >>> >>> >>> >>> On Dec 2, 2007, at 23:20 PM, Jeff @ SLYN Systems wrote: >>> >>>> Dear Marta, >>>> Does the drive, by chance, have a very small pinhole in it? If >>>> so, you can unfold a paper clip to use it to push inside the >>>> hole and that will normally cause the drive to eject. It >>>> doesn't/shouldn't hurt anything to do it this. >>>> If no hole, sorry! >>>> Happy holidays, >>>> >>>> Jeff Slyn, Owner >>>> SLYN Systems & Peripherals >>>> (502) 426-5469 >>>> a new & improved http://www.SLYNsystems.com coming soon >>>> serving Kentuckiana clients 7 days a week since 1985! >>>> >>>> ---------- Forwarded Message ---------- >>>> if the suggestions do not work. i used to keep a tongue >>>> depressor with >>>> a wrap of double stick tape on the end. insert the depressor, push >>>> down to stick the cd, lift up and slide the errant cd out. >>>> best...jf >>>> >>>> On Dec 2, 2007, at 8:30 PM, Marta Edie wrote: >>>> >>>>> My iBook won't release a CD I had put in and played. The disk >>>>> makes >>>>> a lot of noise trying to slip out, but after a while it asks me >>>>> again whether I want to import it, but I don't, I just want to >>>>> have >>>>> it come out again. I don't use my iBook for a lot of playing, so I >>>>> am no knowledgeable about what else I might do to coax the >>>>> disk out. >>>>> >>>>> Marta >>>>> >>>>> >>>>> >>>>> _______________________________________________ >>>>> The next Louisville Computer Society meeting will >>>>> be January 22 at MacAuthority, 128 Breckinridge Lane. >>>>> Posting address: MacGroup at erdos.math.louisville.edu >>>>> Information: http://www.math.louisville.edu/mailman/listinfo/ >>>>> macgroup >>>> >>>> _______________________________________________ >>>> The next Louisville Computer Society meeting will >>>> be January 22 at MacAuthority, 128 Breckinridge Lane. >>>> Posting address: MacGroup at erdos.math.louisville.edu >>>> Information: http://www.math.louisville.edu/mailman/listinfo/ >>>> macgroup >>> >> >> _______________________________________________ >> The next Louisville Computer Society meeting will >> be January 22 at MacAuthority, 128 Breckinridge Lane. >> Posting address: MacGroup at erdos.math.louisville.edu >> Information: http://www.math.louisville.edu/mailman/listinfo/macgroup > > _______________________________________________ > The next Louisville Computer Society meeting will > be January 22 at MacAuthority, 128 Breckinridge Lane. > Posting address: MacGroup at erdos.math.louisville.edu > Information: http://www.math.louisville.edu/mailman/listinfo/macgroup -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: http://www.math.louisville.edu/pipermail/macgroup/attachments/20071203/383f25de/attachment.html
