Mac Lion does not burn or read DVD-R CD

This seems to be a problem for all mac lion osx users (not sure if it includes the mac products that came out this year)... it pertains to DVD-R cd's..... This SHOULD be a BIGGER issue, and Apple just came out with an update today, but the issue persists.

Try resetting the PRAM
https://support.apple.com/kb/HT1379
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or
If  you want to report it to Apple's engineers, send a bug report  via its Bug Reporter system. To do this, join the Mac Developer Program—it's free and available for all Mac users and gets you a look at some development software. Since you already have an Apple username/ID, use that. Once a member, go to Apple BugReporter and file your bug report. The nice thing with this procedure is that you get a response and a follow-up number thus starting a dialog with engineering.

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