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How to Eject a CD From Your Mac Using a PC Keyboard or USB Mouse

How to Eject a CD From Your Mac Using a PC Keyboard or USB Mouse

Posted March 3, 2012 at 2:03am by iClarified
These are instructions on how to eject a CD from your Mac using a PC keyboard or USB mouse. This might be handy if you don't have an Apple keyboard and cannot boot into the operating system.

PC Keyboard
Hold down F12 as you restart the computer until the CD ejects itself.

USB Mouse
Hold down the left mouse button as you restart the computer until the CD ejects itself.



How to Eject a CD From Your Mac Using a PC Keyboard or USB Mouse
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lucky
lucky - August 27, 2014 at 4:33am
thx broh its working to my i mac
brent
brent - August 26, 2014 at 9:39am
Works on Mac mid 2010
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