CD burning problem on MacBook - What am I doing wrong?
Hello,
I've finally made the jump from PC to Mac but so far I seem to be falling over on some very basic steps! I'm trying to burn some photos onto a CD, which really should be very simple (I copied them from an external drive, not through iPhoto). If I've understood correctly I just need to copy the files to a burn folder and then click the burn button.
I've tried copying the files to a burn folder but when I click 'Burn' it doesn't appear to recognise that I have a blank CD in the drive. If I look in Disk Utility it shows that there is a disk there, but under 'Info' it shows:
Locked: YES
Writable: NO
If I use Disk Utility to create the image and then burn it, this seems to work and I can read the photos back off the disk. But it seems like there should be a much easier way. Can anyone point me in the right direction here please? As I'm sure I'm probably missing a very simple step.
Also, I have discs labelled as 700MB/80Min. Windows XP seems to be able to burn 702MB onto these, but OS X only 660MB. Is this normal?
many thanks
Mark
Hi Mark,
Check System Preferences > CDs & DVDs. What does it say next to "When you insert a blank CD"? You may have allocated that blank CD to another application, like iTunes, based on this setting.
If you always do the same thing with blank optical media, this setting is convenient. But if you do different things at different times, the two questions about blank meda should be set to "ask what to do".
Good luck,
John
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