Burning/copying BOOTABLE System discs

As the original OS disks are at one end of the country and I am often the other, I have tried to make a copy using +Disc Utility+ along the lines appearing under 'help' or with the fuller description that appears at:
http://www.kenstone.net/fcphomepage/making_dvdcopies.html
This makes a DVD that looks just fine in terms of all the files being there, but if I try to run the 'Install Mac OS X' file, I get the message '*The application "Install Mac OS X" cannot be used from this disk.* To install MacOS X please use the application provided on the Mac X installation disk', which, of course, is why I wanted to make a copy in the first place!
Also, it is not possible to use this disk as a bootable one using the 'c'-key routine.
I know this topic turns up in the Archive, but the suggested solution seems to be what I am doing. I remember from years ago (in an ancient version of Toast) there was a separate box to tick to make a bootable disc, am I missing something subtle in +Disc Utility+?
Any ideas of what I am doing wrong?
Thanks, George

Thanks for this confirmation, at the risk of boring you all to death, I shall try to delineate each step in case someone can spot the essential one I am missing.
As I only have a single DVD drive fitted, a two-step process (as suggested above, either following the Apple ‘Help’ suggestions or that described on
http://www.kenstone.net/fcphomepage/making_dvdcopies.html
Initially, copying the disc on to the HD, then burning a disc copy of that.
The individual steps are:
1 Mount the DVD (which launches the DVD player), quit the DVD player leaving the disc icon on the desktop.
2 Open Disk Utility, select the DVD (not the drive!) from the list, click ‘New Image’ (2nd along the top bar).
3 In the resultant ‘Save As’ enter the name and destination HD
4 Set ‘Image Format’ to DVD/CD Master (tried encryption and also set this to ‘none’), then click ‘Save’. This produces a ‘.cdr’ and NOT a ‘.dmg’ suffix for some reason. A Progress bar, which takes a fair few minutes to progress, appears.
5 Once this has copied, a new entry appears in the left (bottom) of the Disk Utility window, still with the .cdr suffix. I then eject the original DVD.
6 Select this .cdr image from the list in the Disk Utility window and click the ‘Burn’ button and check that the window of Disk Utility that has appeared has the correct writer. Insert a blank DVD to the writer, select speed and ‘Verify’, then click ‘burn’ (bottom right).
This produces what appears to be an identical disc to the system disc, but as suggested above, if I try to run the 'Install Mac OS X' file, I get the message '*The application "Install Mac OS X" cannot be used from this disk.* To install MacOS X please use the application provided on the Mac X installation disk'
Unlike my old Toast, at no point is there any mention of whether I am making a bootable disc or not.
What am I doing wrong?
George

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Unable to burn “ Mac OS X Install DVD.dmg”
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Follow these instructions:
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1. Insert the DVD/CD;
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Making Bootable OS Disc For Mountain Lion - What AM I Doing Wrong?

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You can't use that setup to burn a bootable DVD because a DVD is not writeable once created. Use, instead, an 8 GB USB flash drive:
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b. Open Disk Utility.
c. Select the USB flash drive from the left side list.
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f. Drag the mounted disc icon from the Desktop into the Source entry field.
g. Double-check you got it right, then click on the Restore button.
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Changing System Discs

I have recently bought a 750GB drive "Big"
I have in my G5 a 250GB "Small and 300GB "Medium".
Small is my system disc, and medium is for video/photoshop etc.
I have transfered all the data from Medium to Big using another machine, in order to replace Medium, but i want to make Medium my system disk, and take Small out.
Is it as simple as drag and drop from Small to Medium?
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Hi damoscope,
no, you cannot use drag&drop to do that. The system itself consists of more than 15,000 files and folders, many of them linked to each other and invisible.
You have to use a utility such as Carbon Copy Cloner to create a bootable clone an the new disk.
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Tony,
A few weeks before this happend I made a bootable clone with Carbon Copy Cloner so I had a backup.
That was very smart of you.
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BTW if you need take apart help eMail me or go here if appropriate:
http://www.baconeggs.co.uk/manuals/index.htmTony,
A few weeks before this happend I made a bootable clone with Carbon Copy Cloner so I had a backup.
That was very smart of you.
But,I do not have any system discs as it was second hand.The OS was 10.4 tiger. Is it possible to boot up without a disc or to use a disc from another system,such as my Panther 10.3.9 discs,or can I use this clone from my firewire external drive?
You could replace the internal hard drive and CCC your OS back from you external FireWire or you could just boot it from your external FireWire.
Those clones should be bootable since they're CCCed but sometimes I've had trouble getting them to work. I've reset NVRAM in open firmware and it worked. I've also selected the new drive from "startup disc" in a bootable installer and that has worked.
BTW if you need take apart help eMail me or go here if appropriate:
http://www.baconeggs.co.uk/manuals/index.htm
Tony,
A few weeks before this happend I made a bootable clone with Carbon Copy Cloner so I had a backup.
That was very smart of you.
But,I do not have any system discs as it was second hand.The OS was 10.4 tiger. Is it possible to boot up without a disc or to use a disc from another system,such as my Panther 10.3.9 discs,or can I use this clone from my firewire external drive?
You could replace the internal hard drive and CCC your OS back from you external FireWire or you could just boot it from your external FireWire.
Those clones should be bootable since they're CCCed but sometimes I've had trouble getting them to work. I've reset NVRAM in open firmware and it worked. I've also selected the new drive from "startup disc" in a bootable installer and that has worked.
BTW if you need take apart help eMail me or go here if appropriate:
http://www.baconeggs.co.uk/manuals/index.htm
Richard

Has anyone burned 1080p blu-ray discs using Final Cut Pro alone?

I am in the market for a new computer. Currently I am a PC user who has burned Blu-Ray discs using Pinnacle. I am dissatisfied with that software because it hangs and crashes at critical moments in the rendering and burn process. I am considering switching to Mac but will only do so if I can burn true Blu-Ray movies which are playable in an ordinary Blu-Ray player.
I have read some of the discussions on this board and it is not clear to me whether it is yet possible to burn 1080p Blu-Ray discs playable on any Blu-Ray player using Final Cut Pro alone. Can someone confirm for me whether they have done this? Some users have indicated they can only output 720p using Final Cut Pro (which is not very satisfying). Others have indicated it is necessary to use Adobe Encore. If you have to use Adobe Encore to burn, why use Final Cut Pro at all? Why not use Adobe Premier Pro for editing and Encore for burning?

David S. wrote:
And yes you can author single track 1080p blu ray discs with Compressor 3.5.
But that's not what the OP asked, "using FCP alone."
Why not use Adobe Premier Pro for editing and Encore for burning?
Well, why not just put CS4 on your PC, especially considering you already have the BD hardware?
There is no truth to the rumor that applications running on Macintosh are any more stable than the same apps a PC; all systems crash.
bogiesan

System discs recovery and fully clean out a Lion install?

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The seller had upgraded to Lion on it and wiped a lot of stuff clean but - didn't do a clean install so there's some residual stuff (keychain and other) I would like to wipe out. (It ships with Snow and I have no Lion install currently).
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a) without completely reformatting the drive
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The box arrived and the System Discs were loose with the keyboard and trackpad flying around in the box causing damage to the Applications Install Disc. Both Disk Utility and Toast11 fail to make backups or Image files due to read errors - (backups are the first thing I always do with System Discs).
2. I have the Applications Install Disc from my 2010 MacBook Pro - will it work in place of the iMac's? None with my 2011 Mini :-( and I sold the '09 Mini.
3. Does Apple have any kind of replacement disc policy/program short of buying them all over again? ($$$expensive?)
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First off, copying the original discs is prohibited unless you own the correct discs and use the restore directions on http://www.macmaps.com/bootcd.html
I do not know if those directions work with the Snow Leopard installer.
However, once installed you can make a clone*:
http://www.macmaps.com/backup.html
If the discs don't boot with an Option key boot, he sent you the wrong discs.
Apple will replace the original discs typically at about $20 per disc.
Macs that shipped with Lion originally don't have 10.6 compatibility except a few listed at the bottom of:
https://discussions.apple.com/docs/DOC-2455
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How to find system discs for Macbook Pro

I seem to have misplaced my Macbook Pro 3,1 system discs. I think I may have left them in the box, then got rid of the box. Is there anyway I can get another copy of the discs, or download them from the Apple site?
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You can get replacement System Install & Restore CD/DVDs from Apple's Customer Support - in the US, (800) 767-2775 - for a nominal S&H fee. You'll need to have the model and/or serial number of your Mac available.
If you're not in the US, you may need to go through the regional Apple Store that serves your location to find the contact number. Here's a list of links to all of those -
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What is on a bootable backup disc?

While I'm pretty sure what a bootable disc is...( I think) It allows one to startup their computer in cases where for whatever reason their computer is not responding. I've read in the discussion pages that I should have a bootable backup for when I update software . So my question is what is on a bootable backup disc? and for that matter what is generally on any backup disc and what kind of disc is used? Sorry to seem so dense but I'm not very techno-savvy as you can obviously tell by my questions.
Thanks in advance for your help

Hi jopaglke,
Your first and most safely reliable boot disc is your Mac's original install DVD. It has Disk Utility on it, and Terminal, and the Hardware Test!
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This works for those whose original DVD is small enough in size.
Another safe and handy solution:
- partition your external hard drive
(you DO have an external for backup purposes, right?),
and assign 10 GB to one of the partitions where you'll install (Custom-Install)a light version of your original OS.
You can perform the Software Update updates, and install your favorite utilities on it
(TechTool Pro, DiskWarrior etc)
so this bootable partition will be always ready for an option-boot (alt-boot) in case of a problem.
For those who own an original DVD that exceeds usual blank DVD sizes, the partition solution is the other simple and genuine one still possible.
Then there are bootable discs solutions by third-party softwares that you can buy (some of them are really good utilities).
Axel

I can not export photos onto DVD. After I click export, close iPhoto, click Finder, At this point I can't find the file to burn. (copy to be used on Windows) Sorry for the lame question....new to mac

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I have scoured the Internet looking for every hint I can to get the images back connected, but nothing has worked, other than manually adding the images one at a time.
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I would restart everything and try again.
In to top half of the dialog, select only one image. Do not try to select more than one.
Match it to the corresponding Master shown in the file browser in the bottom half of the dialog. Click "Reconnect All".
You might do this for only one Project. For me it's always worked regardless of how many Projects the files w. missing Masters come from. I filter Photos view for "File Status" is "Missing, select all, and bring up the Locate Referenced Files" dialog.
I have done this for hundreds of thousands of files with no problems. Aperture regularly loses some links to Masters, but I have always been able to reconnect every image.
If Aperture doesn't do it automatically, "Verify" your selected images by clicking the button on the dialog.
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My MacBook (Intel, 10.4.11, no peripherals attached) cannot startup.
If I press the power button (either without pressing any other key, or press and hold 'shift', 'command-v', or 'command-s'):
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- a blank grey screen shows
- I hear repeating faint clicks from inside the MacBook
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- the disc spins up
- a grey screen shows a blinking file folder with a question mark
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I have tried the following without success:
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- reset SMC
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- When I came back 2 hours later, the bottom part of screen shows a gear wheel spinning. I also saw a progress bar with Toast. I cannot eject the DVD or get any response by pressing any key including force quit keys.
- I pressed the power button to force shut down.
- I pressed the power button to start up. I held the trackpad button and the DVD ejected but did not start up from there on.
- I cannot start up the MacBook since then.

The HD is so messed up that it messes with normal booting.
Your best bet other than Apple Service is to disconnect the HD ribbon cable, insert the Install disk, hold Option key down on startup, select DVD to boot from, after it boots, recoonect the ribbon cable to the HD, then "Try Disk Utility
1. Insert the Mac OS X Install disc that came with your computer, then restart the computer while holding the C key.
2. When your computer finishes starting up from the disc, choose Disk Utility from the Installer menu. (In Mac OS X 10.4 or later, you must select your language first.)
Important: Do not click Continue in the first screen of the Installer. If you do, you must restart from the disc again to access Disk Utility.
3. Click the First Aid tab.
4. Click the disclosure triangle to the left of the hard drive icon to display the names of your hard disk volumes and partitions.
5. Select your Mac OS X volume.
6. Click Repair. Disk Utility checks and repairs the disk."
http://docs.info.apple.com/article.html?artnum=106214

When I burn pictures to a disc why do they duplicate?

Whenever I burn pictures to a disc for some reason they duplicate. There will be two, three, four and sometimes even five copies of each picture or folder of pictures. What can I do to prevent this from happening. I would like to burn only one copy of each picture on the disc.

How are you burning these images to your disc? Are you creating a burn folder? See this Apple Support Article. The instructions for OS X Mountain Lion are the same as the ones for OS X Mavericks.
OS X Mountain Lion: Create and use a burn folder
Austin

Can not burn a Blu-ray disc

The problem: Can not burn a Blu-ray disc.
I open Premiere Elements 12 and load my project and then go to “publish and share” my project, I select "create Disc – Burn DVD, Blu-ray and AVCHD disc", I select "Blu-ray", the disc location and settings box opens and the “status” setting indicates "Media not present”. I know the Pioneer Blu-ray BDR-2208 drive works properly because I have already published regular DVDs in it and had no problems. I thought perhaps it was a problem with the initializing of the disc whether you choose (Mastered) as opposed to (Live File System). Neither works. I tired Phillips BD-R disc & Memorex BD-RE disc, neither works. The only thing I noticed was the burner location setting is indicating a Pioneer BDR-208M burner rather than a Pioneer BDR-2208 burner. Could this be the problem? Remember that burner will burn regular DVD's. Does Premiere Elements 12 require some other additional software on my computer to burn a Blu-ray disc? Also is there a list of compatible Blu-ray burners? BTW I am using Windows 8.1.

Attached is a screenshot of the dialog box that opens up when I place a regular DVD or Blu-ray in my desktop computer.
In order for me to burn a DVD project in premiere elements if I do not initialize the disc with the above procedure I receive a media not present in the settings box of premiere elements. I assumed I have to do the same thing with a Blu-ray too. I've tried following this procedure, also tried using the live file system. Also tried putting a fresh disc in without doing anything to it and always receive the media not present in the status setting. One suggestion has been that another program is interfering with premiere elements. I will also go out and purchase some Verbatim BD-RE disc, whether they work right now or not I can always use them later after I solve my problem.
I Have a lot of great suggestions from you guys and I really appreciate it. I'm going to work on some of those today starting with loading imgburn and see if I can indeed burn a Blu-ray disc with my system. I have already created a AVCHD BDMV file on my computer and I will start with trying to work with that and see if that is successful and then come back to premiere elements. I appreciate the input regarding Cyberlink software. I have version 8 (came with my Pioneer Blu-ray Drive) and was thinking about upgrading to the latest version but with your input regarding Power Producer I will save my money.
Another thought I had, with Blu-ray disc burners being as cheap as they are purchase one that has been proven to work with premiere elements 12.1. Time is money, the cost of a new Blu-ray burner is insignificant. I will consider this option later.

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