[X4U] Ejecting that second DVD drive

[Doug LaBore]

Cool suggestions!

Thanks everyone these were all good suggestions I especially like Tim's menu
extras that place a control icon in the menu bar, but knowing the
option/eject actually does work is nice to know also.

BTW  Just went out and bought both the new iLife '08 and iWork '08 packages
and their both well worth having.

Doug LaBore


On 8/11/07 9:45 AM, "Tim Collier" <tim_collier at bellsouth.net> wrote:

> 
> On Aug 11, 2007, at 9:24 AM, Daly Jessup wrote:
> 
>> On Aug 10, 2007, at 5:04 PM, Doug LaBore wrote:
>> 
>>>>> So I purchased a second optical DVD drive for my Intel Mac ñ all
>>>>>  works great, however I havenít found a way to open the second
>>>>> drive
>>>>> when itís empty.
>>>>> The keyboard eject button only affects the first drive and
>>>>>  combining it with the option key , command key, or control keys
>>>>> doesnít eject the second drive door.
>>>>> Anyone know a convenient way to pop open the second drive?
>> 
>> I once put a second optical drive into a MacPro and found when I
>> activated the Eject menu, it showed both optical drives and I could
>> choose which one to open or close.
>> 
>> To activate the menu, go to Hard Drive/System/Library/CoreServices/
>> Menu Extras/ and double click "Eject.menu". A new icon will appear
>> on the right end of your menu bar.
>> 
>> If you have already done that, then John Baltutis's solution might
>> work as well.
>> 
>> Daly
> 
> All of those are very good options.  I actually use the eject menu
> myself.  Most often, though I just use Option Eject to open the lower
> drive.  It was sort of hard to get used to in the beginning, but now,
> it's second nature.
> --
> Tim Collier
> Mac Pro 2.66
> http://www.timcolliermiami.com/
> 
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