Disk Utility - strange error - enough free space
I am trying to burn DVD-R using Disk Utility and it's giving me error after I press 'Burn" saying "The disk inserted doesn't have enough free space".
I inserted 4.7GB DVD-R drive and my original file size is 4.36 GB and the disk image version is 3.82GB.
Why would it say not enough free space? What am I missing here.
Thanks for any help. I have lot's of my own DVD-R version movies and I am trying to copy that to DVD-R.
I appreciate any help..
Welcome to Apple Discussions!
The true space of a blank DVD is not 4.7 GB based on 1024 MB GBs, but based on 1000 x 1000 x 1000 Bytes. As a result, when the original file size might be 4.36 GB it might not be enough. I've found you really have to go under 4.34 GB to fit a DVD to the brim, and sometimes less depending on the quality of the DVD media.
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