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I know this type of question has been asked before but I feel my problem is a bit more specific. The CD is from a school textbook filled with language mp3 clips and is manufactured by a Korean university. My macbook is in fairly good condition, bought it in late last August, never had any viruses or anything like that. Just wanted to know if anybody has some insight into why this isn't working and if this problem is fixable, or if this is just user error from my lack of tech smarts.
Any help its greatly appreciated

Update: after trying 6 discs that failed, the next few worked fine. Both iTunes and Finder displayed the actual disk name and track names. However, going back to the previously failed disks did not change the outcome. They still failed. That worked for another 6 or so disks, then this morning I ran across another one that got looked up in iTunes, but not in Finder.

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