Is there a script/patch for OSX to open/eject a CD/DVD tray WITHOUT the keyboard?

there is a eject menubar item. You can activate it by going to a folder that contains them, I forget where it is. On tiger, I have a widget called Menu Butler, which allows you to click on the one you want to turn on, and it will activate it.

hope this helps.

-digital

Can USB Overdrive let you assign a button for eject?

From MacFixit:

Unsure if the above activates the menu permanently.

There's also the option of highlighting the removable drive icon, and pressing command-E to eject it (used to be command-Y Pre-OS X).

Cool. Works in Panther and is still there after restart.

TheUltimateMacUser asks:

"Can USB Overdrive let you assign a button for eject?"

Yes, from the popup on the right side of the USB Overdrive window, you can select "Eject" to assign to any mouse button.

The Menu Extra "Eject.menu" is what the original poster was recollecting, but if you want a script that does the same thing, put this into Script Editor, and save it as an application:

do shell script "drutil tray eject 1"

When I plug in an old iMac/B&W keyboard to my mini it will automatically bring up a menu icon to eject the SuperDrive after a reboot. On a full Apple keyboard the extra buttons are F17-F20.

I'm still in Panther so I don't know if there's anything in later OS's, but what I'd really like in the menu is a button to turn the Energy Saver off and on. I want Energy Saver on when I walk away from the computer and stuff like that, but it's so annoying how I have to keep waking up my computer when I'm using it but haven't touched anything for awhile, and it's a bit tedious to have to go in and out of the preferences. Anyone know of an option?

-- eject CD
tell application "Finder"
repeat with vDiskNumber from 1 to the number of disks
if format of disk vDiskNumber is in {audio format, ISO 9660 format, High Sierra format, QuickTake format, Apple Photo format} then
eject disk vDiskNumber
end if
end repeat
end tell

When dragging a disk, the Trash icon in the dock will appear as an Eject icon. Drag the disk to be ejected, and drop it onto the Eject disk icon in the Dock.