Dear Esther, I do want to thank you for your valuable hints.
I wasn't aware of the command+shift+c combination to reveal all the devices. Try as I did, I couldn't reveal the super drive attached. In the preferences of the finder menu I have checked to display all the volumes, external disks, servers, etc. But for some reason they do not always show in my finder. I will make sure I have saved your suggestions for later, should I have come across similar problems in the future. There's so much to learn from all of you. I do thank you. Andrew On 30 Jul 2012, at 20:05, Esther wrote: > 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. -- 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.
