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Storm
03-25-2004, 02:34 PM
we've finally gotten an apple here at school to do some DTP work on for various projects.........

but euhhhmmm.......... we dont know how to open the CD-rom drive.......

it isnt showing up on the desktop like the HDD is. is it maybe not installed?



ps our system admin doesnt know anything about apples

fred devliegher
03-25-2004, 02:44 PM
Buddy of mine has an iBook , he has to hold F12. Never hurts to try.

Livy
03-25-2004, 02:47 PM
i dont think the cd-rom shows up until there is a cd in the drive,
i dont know myself, the apples i used were imacs, and u just pushed the cd in the slot.

delphin460
03-25-2004, 03:04 PM
on new mac's the eject button is on the keyboard

Storm
03-25-2004, 03:19 PM
Originally posted by Livy@25 March 2004 - 15:47
i dont think the cd-rom shows up until there is a cd in the drive,
i dont know myself, the apples i used were imacs, and u just pushed the cd in the slot.
well i think it doesnt recognize the CD-rom..............

and there isnt an eject button on the mac itself

btw, its an "older" mac...... with OS X 9.2

Livy
03-25-2004, 03:22 PM
there is sometimes a little hole that you push in with a needle if a disk gets stuck in, try that?

edit: did u try f12?

edit2: had a wee look, and it seems f12 is eject.

firefox
03-25-2004, 03:24 PM
Cant help you much with apples, they are like oranges to me, One of these days I am going to have to expand my learning from all the PC's and MCSE stuff to some apple stuff. But a fellow has an apple here in my work and usually he needs to put a cd in first before the drive shows up.

Storm
03-25-2004, 04:36 PM
Originally posted by firefox@25 March 2004 - 16:24
Cant help you much with apples, they are like oranges to me, One of these days I am going to have to expand my learning from all the PC's and MCSE stuff to some apple stuff. But a fellow has an apple here in my work and usually he needs to put a cd in first before the drive shows up.
yeah, thats it........... the eject button on the CDdrive is just REALLY hidden :(

thnx 4 da help guys ;)