> Brian Olesky wrote: >> >> This may be overly simplistic, but I always have to hit the eject >> button >> several times before it finally notices and decides to work. But >> eventually >> (8 - 9 hits) it always seems to work. Did you keep hitting the button? >> > > I find the trick is to hold eject down until it works. This means that > if you accidentally hit eject rather than delete while typing, you > don't > have the cd popping out! > > Mary, do the volume and screen brightness buttons still work? If not > then the shortcut keys may've been turned off somehow. > > --Michael. > Yes, Michael -- those still work. I finally got the tray to open using Cmd-Eject. My husband's off the hook, too, as he says he couldn't get the Eject button to work, either. This is making me suspect something I downloaded recently -- iTunes 4 or Safari perhaps. Stranger things have happened. Thanks for the ideas.