Mysteries of the Eject Key
April 30th, 2007 by 
Design Tools Monthly
If your keyboard doesn’t have a dedicated key for ejecting optical discs, here are some tricks for ejecting them:
Press and hold down the F12 key.
In Mac OS X 10.4 and higher, press Command-E (for “eject”).
Control-click or right-click the disc icon and choose “Eject” from the contextual menu that appears.
Add the Eject menu to your menu bar by double-clicking Eject.menu, located in /System/Library/CoreServices/Menu Extras.
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April 30th, 2007 at 8:00 pm
You guys are lifesavers!! I had exactly the problem you’re describing, and was getting ready to kick my hard drive, but the F12 trick worked. I owe you!!!