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superdrive help

hotrod351

hotrod351

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i bought a power mac g4 a few years ago. works great but i noticed that i really have to give the superdrive a good push to close. it opens the tray easy enough but it seems that it shouldn't take as much force as it does to close. is there an adjustment on it for the sensitivity of the tray closing.
 
hotrod351 said:
i bought a power mac g4 a few years ago. works great but i noticed that i really have to give the superdrive a good push to close. it opens the tray easy enough but it seems that it shouldn't take as much force as it does to close. is there an adjustment on it for the sensitivity of the tray closing.
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Why are you pushing the drive at all? In the last Tiger update, apple decreased the sensitivity of the eject button, so you need to hold it down a bit longer to open and close the drive. Silly change IMHO, but there you have it. Otherwise, I might recommend buying a new drive - they're pretty cheap from New Egg.
 
when i load a disk i push the button to open and then push it to load, but it takes a bit of force to get it to close. for itunes i can use the eject symbol to open and close the drive. just wondered if after i manually open the drive if there was some way to close it from the desktop without opening itunes or another program.
 
hotrod351 said:
when i load a disk i push the button to open and then push it to load, but it takes a bit of force to get it to close. for itunes i can use the eject symbol to open and close the drive. just wondered if after i manually open the drive if there was some way to close it from the desktop without opening itunes or another program.
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on your keyboard at the top right corner, next to the volume controls is an open/close button... that's what you want, I think.
 
i don't see volume control symbols on my keyboard. far right, above the numbers panel, are pg up and pg dn.
 
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