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There are several options to eject a CD or DVD when the mac mini fails to boot, but most of them dont work if you do not have a mac keayboard at hand. The following options work with a PC keayboard and mouse:

Press the left mouse key while you restart the mac or as alternative press [F12] while the mac is restarted. You have to keep the key pressed until the CD is ejected.

1. Hazecity says:

   October 28, 2009 at 12:31 am

   won’t work if you are using a wireless keyboard and mouse. if you happen to have a usb mouse, plug it in and hold the left mouse button when rebooting.

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   • David says:

     July 20, 2010 at 1:55 am

     In my case it WORKED with a wireless keyboard as well. Just hold F12 as the computer boots, and keep holding it.

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2. bobby says:

   November 12, 2010 at 5:45 pm

   Worked great!

   Thanks!

   I’ve tried several methods with no luck until this one.
   )

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3. adult store says:

   March 12, 2011 at 11:19 am

   hi…
   this is really a very useful information….but as i have tested….it does not work with wireless keyboard….please suggest a remedy…

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4. bar billiards new york says:

   January 25, 2012 at 2:07 pm

   Okay so I have a dilemma here. I started booting with the windows XP disk. I click enter on my keyboard when it gets to “to setup windows XP now, press ENTER” I hit enter nothing happens. So I either need a way to finish the install or back out. The Mac mini has no cd eject button

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