hotkey to eject cdtray on mac osX

pokesquid808pokesquid808 SO CAL
edited December 2004 in Science & Tech
i was able to get my hands on a g4 with osX installed. only thing is i don't have a mac keyboard. i plugged in a normal usb keyboard but there is no cd eject button. does anyone know of a hotkey or how to bind the key to another key so that i can open my cd tray? i tried doing the f12 for 3 second trick but it doesn't work. any help would be greatly appreciated. thanks in advance

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  • profdlpprofdlp The Holy City Of Westlake, Ohio
    edited December 2004
    Googling said that F12 ought to do it, but you have to hold it down for a couple of seconds.

    Tell me if this works. :)
  • TheSmJTheSmJ
    edited December 2004
    i tried doing the f12 for 3 second trick but it doesn't work
  • DexterDexter Vancouver, BC Canada
    edited December 2004
    I think you need the Mac keyboard for the F12 to work. You may be able to write a scripted item to do teh eject, then assign that to a hot key, like F12.

    Dexter...
  • pokesquid808pokesquid808 SO CAL
    edited December 2004
    i found out it's only osX 10.0 i see 10.3.7 is out. f12 supposedly only works for 10.1 or something like that. think i'm just gonna upgrade. stupid mac ;D
  • pokesquid808pokesquid808 SO CAL
    edited December 2004
    to a pc :thumbsup:
  • profdlpprofdlp The Holy City Of Westlake, Ohio
    edited December 2004
    Oops... guess I ought to try reading the original post a little more carefully, especially at 5AM... :rolleyes:

    See if this works.
  • pokesquid808pokesquid808 SO CAL
    edited December 2004
    just tried it. it wants to load 9.3 hahaha. it took like 8 minutes to open the cd tray and it sometimes gives an error. it works though! ;D i'm probably just gonna upgrade or sell it off to someone else. just thought it would be nice to have a mac around to fool around with and learn a little on. oh well scratch that idea. thanks for the ideas.
  • profdlpprofdlp The Holy City Of Westlake, Ohio
    edited December 2004
    pokesquid808 wrote:
    ...just thought it would be nice to have a mac around to fool around with and learn a little on...
    Well, you've learned that opening the CD tray without a Mac keyboard can be a hassle... :vimp:
  • lightninlightnin
    edited December 2004
    i think you can simply drag the cd icon to the trash can
  • Geeky1Geeky1 University of the Pacific (Stockton, CA, USA)
    edited December 2004
    lightnin wrote:
    i think you can simply drag the cd icon to the trash can

    He could also drag the computer to the trash... :D
  • lightninlightnin
    edited December 2004
    Hahahahahaha
  • profdlpprofdlp The Holy City Of Westlake, Ohio
    edited December 2004
    lightnin wrote:
    Hahahahahaha
    X2 ;D;D
  • pokesquid808pokesquid808 SO CAL
    edited December 2004
    lightnin wrote:
    i think you can simply drag the cd icon to the trash can

    the problem is i have to get the cd into the tray first :confused: ahh oh well i like geeky's idea. it belongs in the trash. no offense to mac users... but i hate macs. never had any luck with em. i'm gonna stick with pc's! hope i don't start a pc vs mac war ;D
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