Comments on: How I removed a CD stuck in my MacBook Pro

By: Mario

Mario — Sun, 14 Aug 2011 06:24:27 +0000

Thank you so much for saving my life. I was on my way to a band job and an old CD got stuck in the drive. The double face tape with the credit card worked at first try.

By: Anonymous

Anonymous — Fri, 22 Jul 2011 12:29:30 +0000

Thank you so much for this thread. I needed the extra stickiness of the stickers to get mine out. I stuck three stickers together for extra strength (after the first one ripped) and pushed them down onto the disks with a knife. Both disks came out after hours of trying all the other methods mentioned.

By: Ann Elizabeth

Ann Elizabeth — Thu, 21 Jul 2011 23:15:31 +0000

Thank you! The credit card with double-sided tape worked perfectly to extract the mini-disc!

By: Anonymous

Anonymous — Sun, 10 Jul 2011 21:15:12 +0000

thank you …. used two pieces of rolled on itself scotch tape and it did work after trying, used a thin library card@Archie

By: Dana Barry

Dana Barry — Thu, 07 Jul 2011 13:51:34 +0000

AMAZING! I just purchased a fully loaded macbook and stuck one of these little cd’s in it, I couldn’t believe I did it!! THIS WORKED PERFECTLY!! You saved me so much money and time getting this fixed with such a brilliant solution. Worked first time!!! THANK YOU!!!!

By: shiffy

shiffy — Sun, 03 Jul 2011 14:55:02 +0000

the double sided tape worked like a charm!!!!
i had two cd’s stuck in my mac and i put double sided tape on a thin credit card. i had to slide another credit card in behind the first one and pressed it against the first one in order it to stick to the cd and then i just pulled it out!!!

By: YTSIM

YTSIM — Thu, 30 Jun 2011 03:10:50 +0000

Encounter CDRW does not eject and no disc icon on desktop
Go to Terminal mode in Untilities and type in drutil eject
it works

By: Tinaj

Tinaj — Sun, 26 Jun 2011 10:53:39 +0000

You’re a star. cd been stuck in mac for weeks finally plucked up the courage to poke about with a knife and bingo its out!

By: Anonymous

Anonymous — Sun, 26 Jun 2011 06:54:20 +0000

Spent like 2 hours working a credit card just to find this recommendation for double sided tape. In less than 10 seconds the two discs my kid jammed in were out. SERIOUSLY,, THANKS!

By: Bhargav Mistry

Bhargav Mistry — Sun, 26 Jun 2011 06:48:47 +0000

Hi Friend! Thanks so much for the tip. It worked like magic for me. And thats not all - once I pulled out the stuck dvd with credit card and tape, I still had a problem.. The cd would not go in again. So, I repeated the magic method and voila! Out came a paper label of the cd that had also got stuck up inside. Now things are back to normal - saved me a $$$ trip to the Mac Shop - thanks again for your ingenious thinking !