November 2012
Intermediate to advanced
424 pages
11h 59m
English
| Tip 192 | Add an Eject Button |
Ejecting CDs or DVDs on Macs with optical drives can be a little cumbersome, especially if you’re not using an Apple keyboard and therefore lack an eject key. Clicking the Eject icon next to the CD/DVD entry in Finder is perhaps the best method, but an even quicker way is to add an Eject button to the menu bar or Finder. Here’s how to set it up.
Open Finder, hit Shift+Command+G, and then type /System/Library/CoreServices/Menu Extras. Then double-click Eject.menu. The new button will instantly appear at the top right of the menu bar near the clock and will stay across reboots. Clicking it will show a menu that allows you to eject discs from the CD/DVD drive.
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