How does one get the (empty) CD tray to eject when using a G5 with a 
non-mac keyboard?   

Since this G5 doesn't have a Cd eject button on its face, I tried all 
the function keys... Cmd-E... to no avail. (i did discover a lot of 
neato Expose shortcuts from the function keys, though.)

I solved the CD problem for now by hooking up the Apple keyboard and 
pressing the CD eject key on it... so now i got my first CD is in the 
G5, and I could keep it there for the ability to select it and press 
Cmd-E at any later time... 

.... but there ought to be a better way to deal with this.

In article <mrdelurk-015872.14145220062005@news.verizon.net>,
 George <mrdelurk@verizon.net> wrote:

> How does one get the (empty) CD tray to eject when using a G5 with a 
> non-mac keyboard?   
> 
> Since this G5 doesn't have a Cd eject button on its face, I tried all 
> the function keys... Cmd-E... to no avail. (i did discover a lot of 
> neato Expose shortcuts from the function keys, though.)
> 
> I solved the CD problem for now by hooking up the Apple keyboard and 
> pressing the CD eject key on it... so now i got my first CD is in the 
> G5, and I could keep it there for the ability to select it and press 
> Cmd-E at any later time... 
> 
> ... but there ought to be a better way to deal with this.

I bought a non-Apple (but Mac compatible keyboard) and my system 
automatically assigns F12 to be the Eject button.  But you have to press 
and HOLD it for >2 seconds to get the tray to open/close.  Try it.

-- 
DeeDee, don't press that button!  DeeDee!  NO!  Dee...

George wrote:
> How does one get the (empty) CD tray to eject when using a G5 with a 
> non-mac keyboard?   
> 
> Since this G5 doesn't have a Cd eject button on its face, I tried all 
> the function keys... Cmd-E... to no avail. (i did discover a lot of 
> neato Expose shortcuts from the function keys, though.)
> 
> I solved the CD problem for now by hooking up the Apple keyboard and 
> pressing the CD eject key on it... so now i got my first CD is in the 
> G5, and I could keep it there for the ability to select it and press 
> Cmd-E at any later time... 
> 
> ... but there ought to be a better way to deal with this.

Did you try holding down F12?  That works on mine.  Don't just press it 
and release... this invokes dashboard.  Hold it down for a second or two.

On Mon, 20 Jun 2005 19:15:01 -0500, George wrote
(in article <mrdelurk-015872.14145220062005@news.verizon.net>):

> How does one get the (empty) CD tray to eject when using a G5 with a 
> non-mac keyboard?

One option is to control-click on the CD icon in the sidebar of the Finder 
window and then select "Eject" from the resulting contextual menu.

-- 
James L. Ryan -- TaliesinSoft

On 2005-06-21, George <mrdelurk@verizon.net> wrote:
> How does one get the (empty) CD tray to eject when using a G5 with a 
> non-mac keyboard?   

You can always use your pc keyboard to type 'hdiutil eject <device>'

In article <vilain-697583.17250820062005@comcast.dca.giganews.com>,
Michael Vilain <vilain@spamcop.net> wrote:

> I bought a non-Apple (but Mac compatible keyboard) and my system 
> automatically assigns F12 to be the Eject button.  But you have to press 
> and HOLD it for >2 seconds to get the tray to open/close.  Try it.

Michael-

I tried it on my Beige G3 Minitower running 10.2.8.  F12 works for me too!

Fred

In article <0001HW.BEDCD7640020D761F0407550@news.supernews.com>,
 James L. Ryan <taliesinsoft@mac.com> wrote:

> On Mon, 20 Jun 2005 19:15:01 -0500, George wrote
> (in article <mrdelurk-015872.14145220062005@news.verizon.net>):
> 
> > How does one get the (empty) CD tray to eject when using a G5 with a 
> > non-mac keyboard?
> 
> One option is to control-click on the CD icon in the sidebar of the Finder 
> window and then select "Eject" from the resulting contextual menu.

I don�t get a CD icon in the sidebar unless there already is a CD inside 
the tray.

..lauri

In article <mrdelurk-015872.14145220062005@news.verizon.net>,
 George <mrdelurk@verizon.net> wrote:

> How does one get the (empty) CD tray to eject when using a G5 with a 
> non-mac keyboard?   
> 
> Since this G5 doesn't have a Cd eject button on its face, I tried all 
> the function keys... Cmd-E... to no avail. (i did discover a lot of 
> neato Expose shortcuts from the function keys, though.)
> 
> I solved the CD problem for now by hooking up the Apple keyboard and 
> pressing the CD eject key on it... so now i got my first CD is in the 
> G5, and I could keep it there for the ability to select it and press 
> Cmd-E at any later time... 
> 
> ... but there ought to be a better way to deal with this.

I thought F12 worked - if you hold it down for a few seconds.

            MK.

George <mrdelurk@verizon.net> wrote:

> How does one get the (empty) CD tray to eject when using a G5 with a 
> non-mac keyboard?   
> 
> Since this G5 doesn't have a Cd eject button on its face, I tried all
> the function keys... Cmd-E... to no avail. (i did discover a lot of 
> neato Expose shortcuts from the function keys, though.)
> 
> I solved the CD problem for now by hooking up the Apple keyboard and 
> pressing the CD eject key on it... so now i got my first CD is in the
> G5, and I could keep it there for the ability to select it and press 
> Cmd-E at any later time... 
> 
> ... but there ought to be a better way to deal with this.

Go to the /System/Library/CoreServices/Menu Extras/ folder and
double-click Eject.menu. 

On 21/6/05 2:15, in article mrdelurk-015872.14145220062005@news.verizon.net,
"George" <mrdelurk@verizon.net> wrote:

> How does one get the (empty) CD tray to eject when using a G5 with a
> non-mac keyboard?
> 
> Since this G5 doesn't have a Cd eject button on its face, I tried all
> the function keys... Cmd-E... to no avail. (i did discover a lot of
> neato Expose shortcuts from the function keys, though.)
> 
> I solved the CD problem for now by hooking up the Apple keyboard and
> pressing the CD eject key on it... so now i got my first CD is in the
> G5, and I could keep it there for the ability to select it and press
> Cmd-E at any later time...
> 
> ... but there ought to be a better way to deal with this.

You can use a menu-item:

Navigate to and double click on:
/System/Library/CoreServices/Menu\ Extras/Eject.menu

Then you get a small eject-icon on the right side of the menu bar. If you
have more then one drive, you can choose which drive to open from the menu
of this icon.

kind regards, Herlind

In article 
<m.kirkcaldie-66B2EC.17503421062005@tomahawk.comms.unsw.edu.au>,
 Matthew Kirkcaldie <m.kirkcaldie@removethis.unsw.edu.au> wrote:

> I thought F12 worked - if you hold it down for a few seconds.


And you were right! Holding F12 worked. Thank you, thank you, thank you.

On Tue, 21 Jun 2005 02:38:27 -0500, l wrote
(in article <d98g5k$ljn$2@oravannahka.helsinki.fi>):

> In article <0001HW.BEDCD7640020D761F0407550@news.supernews.com>,
>  James L. Ryan <taliesinsoft@mac.com> wrote:
> 
>> On Mon, 20 Jun 2005 19:15:01 -0500, George wrote
>> (in article <mrdelurk-015872.14145220062005@news.verizon.net>):
>> 
>>> How does one get the (empty) CD tray to eject when using a G5 with a 
>>> non-mac keyboard?
>> 
>> One option is to control-click on the CD icon in the sidebar of the Finder 
>> window and then select "Eject" from the resulting contextual menu.
> 
> I don�t get a CD icon in the sidebar unless there already is a CD inside 
> the tray.
> 
> .lauri

My goof! I misinterpreted the "(empty)" in your posting. I guess I've gotten 
so used to the slot loading CD/DVD that I forgot that there are also tray 
loaders.

-- 
James L. Ryan -- TaliesinSoft

In article 
<m.kirkcaldie-66B2EC.17503421062005@tomahawk.comms.unsw.edu.au>,
 Matthew Kirkcaldie <m.kirkcaldie@removethis.unsw.edu.au> wrote:

> In article <mrdelurk-015872.14145220062005@news.verizon.net>,
>  George <mrdelurk@verizon.net> wrote:
> 
> > How does one get the (empty) CD tray to eject when using a G5 with a 
> > non-mac keyboard?   
> > 
> > Since this G5 doesn't have a Cd eject button on its face, I tried all 
> > the function keys... Cmd-E... to no avail. (i did discover a lot of 
> > neato Expose shortcuts from the function keys, though.)
> > 
> > I solved the CD problem for now by hooking up the Apple keyboard and 
> > pressing the CD eject key on it... so now i got my first CD is in the 
> > G5, and I could keep it there for the ability to select it and press 
> > Cmd-E at any later time... 
> > 
> > ... but there ought to be a better way to deal with this.
> 
> I thought F12 worked - if you hold it down for a few seconds.

It does...

And Scroll Lock brings up the shutdown menu.

                 Dave