Add an Eject Menu to the Menu Bar
Access to eject functionality from the menu bar offers benefits beyond a quick way to eject a disc. For example, if your computer has multiple optical drives, the Eject menu lists each drive so that you can select the disc you want to eject.
The Eject menu also comes in handy when you eject a stubborn CD or DVD, such as a disc in a format macOS doesn’t recognize. Because the CD or DVD never mounts (that is, it doesn’t become accessible to the computer), there’s no icon to drag to the Trash and no pop-up menu you can use to eject the disc.
To add the Eject menu to the menu bar, complete the following steps:
Open Finder. From the Go menu, select Go to Folder. In the Go to the folder box, type /System/Library/CoreServices/Menu Extras. Folder names in the Library are case sensitive. In the Menu Extras folder, double-click Eject. menu. The Eject menu icon is added to the menu bar (the icon is a chevron with a line beneath it). Select the Eject menu icon to display all the optical drives attached to the Mac. An Open or Close command appears, depending on each drive’s current state.
Position the Eject Menu Icon on the Menu Bar
Like any other menu bar icon, you can position the Eject menu icon to appear anywhere in the menu bar. To reposition the Eject menu icon, press and hold the Command key on the keyboard, then drag the Eject menu icon to the desired location on the menu bar.
The Eject menu icon is added to the menu bar (the icon is a chevron with a line beneath it).
Remove the Eject Menu Icon From the Menu Bar
To remove the Eject menu icon from the menu bar, press and hold the Command key on the keyboard, then select and drag the icon off the menu bar.
