CD's won't burn BUT can be read

DVD's burn/read just fine. CD's read with no problem but CD's will not burn...this has been going on for a few months...

Hi Brad Newton-
I assume you have tied different brands and speeds of disks?
It is possible for the CD burning portion of the drive to fail while the DVD part works as planned. Sounds like a bad optical drive.
You can have it replaced under warranty or AppleCare, replace it yourself and/or get an external burner.
Luck-
-DaddyPaycheck

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