DVD-R or CD-Rs won't mount USB Superdrive MBP 15 inch retina

Dear all,
I have a MBP 15inch 2.3 GHz Intel Core i7 running OSX 10.9.5 and purchased an Apple usb Superdrive to burn discs. I have tried inserting Verbatim DVD-Rs and Maxell CD-Rs but they won't mount. Looking on the fora, I have tried repairing disk permissions but that hasn't helped. Apple's own superdrive troubleshooting article doesn't help either. The discs are not ejected - once inserted the drive makes some noise then stops. Using Disk Utility I can eject the disc.
Baffled.

I've sorted it. I just had to go to System Preferences and choose my preferences for when I inserted a blank disc. Because the MBP doesn't have an internal disc drive, all the options were set to "Ignore". I replaced this with "Open Finder" and - Hey Presto - the disc DOES mount now. I can now successfully burn photos from Aperture to DVD-R.

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