Hello Andrew, Doesn't your superdrive show up in Finder if you use the Command-shift-c shortcut to view all devices attached to your Computer? (I can't test this because I don't have the external superdrive myself). Also, you may be able to adjust your Finder preferences about what is displayed -- use Command-comma from Finder and explore the options under the general tab and sidebar. And in a pinch, you can always use the Command-shift-g "go to folder" shortcut for Finder and type into the text field "/Volumes" without the quotation marks and press return. (That's slash followed by "Volumes").
HTH. Cheers, Esther On Jul 30, 2012, at 8:10 AM, Andrew Lamanche wrote: > Thanks, Alex for such a swift reply. The desperate thing was though that the > disk was not showing in the finder anywhere and I wasn't able to perform the > eject command. I have just done a mad search on the internet, and initially > it seemed from other people's experience that nothing else would do but a > hammer. And then suddenly somebody posted a solution: I went to disk utility > and found the super drive in the table of volumes and under file menu, I > found the eject option. It worked!!! I am so relieved. I've only recently > spent £70 on the super drive. > > Thanks, Alex, and to all the others too. > > Andrew > On 30 Jul 2012, at 18:56, Alex Hall wrote: > >> Plug it back in, then go to /volumes in finder. Is it there? What about the >> eject menu in the extras menus (vo-m twice)? >> On Jul 30, 2012, at 1:53 PM, Andrew Lamanche <[email protected]> >> wrote: >> >>> Listers, >>> >>> Please help! I've inserted a cd into my external superdrive connected to >>> macbook air. The drive nor the disk show up in the finder - there must be >>> something wrong with the disk. How can I eject it? When I pulled the usb >>> connection out of the macbook air, I got a warning message and instruction >>> to always eject the disk/drive. There are no buttons on the external usb >>> super drive. >>> >>> Thanks in advance. >>> >>> Andrew >>> -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "MacVisionaries" group. To post to this group, send email to [email protected]. To unsubscribe from this group, send email to [email protected]. For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/macvisionaries?hl=en.
