Retrieve jammed CDs & DVDs

Sometimes, no matter what you do, a CD or DVD remains in the drive and staunchly refuses to get out. You’ve held down the “eject” key, you’ve quit all your running applications, and you’ve even re-started, all to no avail. What to do?

Try this: re-start the machine and on hearing the startup tone press and hold the mouse button until the machine boots (on laptops hold the trackpad button or else attach a mouse to your USB port).

The disk should pop out automatically.