From time-to-time, removable media (including CDs, DVDs and others) can refuse to eject via the normal Mac OS X methods -- pressing the keyboard eject key; using the Command-E keyboard combination; ...
88215: Power Mac G4 (QuickSilver): How to Eject a Disc From the DVD or CD Drive discusses< various solutions, depending upon the exact situation. Especially note: If you are unable to eject a disc ...
The need for the Eject command arises from two reasons. First, if there are open files on a disk, macOS refuses to let you eject it because doing so might result in data loss. Second, the Eject ...
If going to the Finder to eject disks from your Mac is too much of a pain, the folks at Beyond Midnight Software want you to try EjectDisk 3.2, a utility that lets you eject disks while working in ...