Date: Wed, 1 Mar 2023 07:37:19 -0800 From: paul beard <paulbeard@gmail.com> To: Ian Smith <smithi@nimnet.asn.au> Cc: Tim Daneliuk <tundra@tundraware.com>, questions@freebsd.org, Trev Roydhouse <trev@sentry.org> Subject: Re: When the going gets weird - Mac Mini Message-ID: <CAMtcK2r2r4PikFMRrxKXmLYK6=oamr2RWof1t7JauKtCd9JJtw@mail.gmail.com> In-Reply-To: <32F8C50E-7475-434F-B144-12088B9EE9F8@nimnet.asn.au> References: <1d7b3472-d266-b018-8e37-deb4c8331f37@tundraware.com> <1feb6dbc-380a-6e8b-f58d-b7f728d7f2f0@tundraware.com> <32F8C50E-7475-434F-B144-12088B9EE9F8@nimnet.asn.au>
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[-- Attachment #1 --] On Tue, Feb 28, 2023 at 11:02 PM Ian Smith <smithi@nimnet.asn.au> wrote: > > > It's been too quiet here anyway <&^}= > > I guess it's beyond Apple to have almost invisible holes in their gear. > From most Thinkpad manuals: > > "If the tray still does not open, make sure that the computer is running, > and insert the end of a straightened paper clip into the emergency eject > hole. The tray will open." > > cheers, Ian > > Apple kit used to have the eject hole but it disappeared year ago…not sure if the suppliers stopped making drives with that facility or if Apple redesigned the cases to obscure it. I think w/in MacOS you can force eject disks w software (diskutll eject might do it). -- Paul Beard / www.paulbeard.org/ [-- Attachment #2 --] <div dir="ltr"><div dir="ltr"><br></div><br><div class="gmail_quote"><div dir="ltr" class="gmail_attr">On Tue, Feb 28, 2023 at 11:02 PM Ian Smith <<a href="mailto:smithi@nimnet.asn.au">smithi@nimnet.asn.au</a>> wrote:<br></div><blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="margin:0px 0px 0px 0.8ex;border-left-width:1px;border-left-style:solid;border-left-color:rgb(204,204,204);padding-left:1ex"><br> <br> It's been too quiet here anyway <&^}=<br> <br> I guess it's beyond Apple to have almost invisible holes in their gear. From most Thinkpad manuals:<br> <br> "If the tray still does not open, make sure that the computer is running, and insert the end of a straightened paper clip into the emergency eject hole. The tray will open."<br> <br> cheers, Ian<br> <br> </blockquote></div><div><br></div>Apple kit used to have the eject hole but it disappeared year ago…not sure if the suppliers stopped making drives with that facility or if Apple redesigned the cases to obscure it. I think w/in MacOS you can force eject disks w software (diskutll eject might do it). <br clear="all"><div><br></div>-- <br><div dir="ltr" class="gmail_signature">Paul Beard / <a href="http://www.paulbeard.org/" target="_blank">www.paulbeard.org/</a><br></div></div>
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