If you have an external optical drive in OS X, the built-in Eject key on the keyboard may not work with it, so here are some options for handling external discs on your Mac. Topher, an avid Mac user ...

If you depend on Apple MacBook for business computing tasks while you're on the road, you probably use the optical drive to perform necessary functions such as burning data backups to disc or for ...

Optical drives typically include a small pinhole large enough to insert a paper clip end to manually eject a stubborn disc. Since the Mac Mini doesn't include this feature, you must use other methods ...

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One of the most interesting parts of the recent Apple Mac Mini and MacBook Air refresh is that Apple is moving away from optical drives. Apple isn't the only company to do so, raising the question "Is ...

Sometime around 2008 and with the advent of the first MacBook Air, Apple made the declarative statement that the end was in sight for optical drives built into its notebooks. At the time, the lack of ...

Apple refreshed its line of notebooks at WWDC in June, but the Mac Pro and iMac were left out of the festivities. Apple later confirmed that updates for both machines were on the way, and now Apple ...