Is there a way to force-eject a DVD that's in use from OSX (Leopard)?

The shitty DVD software on the office workstation burned some corrupt files onto a DVD data disc I was using to transfer said files to my Mac, and now I can't get the disc out. The "stop copying" button in the dialog box isn't responding.

(The original files are fine and I was able to transfer them using a USB key instead, but I'd really like to use my DVD drive and I can't restart for another hour because I'm uploading in another window.)

I don't have a Mac in front of me at the moment, but can't you do that from the Disk Utilities (is that what it's called?) program?

I suppose it's possible the copy program is still open and has a lock on a file. You might need to kill that process to remove the lock? Or just force-quit Finder?

Or maybe wait until someone who knows more about Macs to show up?

Jessica,

if it isn't ejecting, you might try shutting down the computer and see if you can eject normally after restart.

if it isn't ejecting, you might try shutting down the computer and see if you can eject normally after restart.

Yeah, but she's doin' stuff and can't shut down for a while....

if it isn't ejecting, you might try shutting down the computer and see if you can eject normally after restart.

What Tommyrot said - I'm wondering if there's an option that doesn't include restarting so I don't have to interrupt my upload (which still has another 45 minutes to go).

If you go to Force Quit → Finder → Relaunch, it would probably free up the DVD drive, but I would advise against doing that since it could interfere with the upload in your other window.

Jessica,

I'm sorry I didn't catch that. Can you wait until your upload is done?

AT&T offering free Wi-Fi for iPhone users.

Does Starbucks (or whatever WiFi/internet company they use) still charge $6 per hour of WiFi?

I think that you can get the first two hours free with a purchase.