There are a few ways to make it easier to get to the contents of a disc in the drive. The first is to make sure it appears in the Finder sidebar. With a Finder window selected, go to Finder, Preferences. Then click on Sidebar.
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Put a checkmark next to CDs, DVDs, and iPods under Devices. THen, in the same preference window, click on General. At the top you will see a list under “Show these items on the desktop” and you can check “CDs, DVDs, and iPods.” However, you may only wish to do one of the two — whichever you prefer. Besides that, you should be able to see discs when you use the Finder command Go, Computer.
That should show you all of your drives, including any inserted optical disc.