"Medium Write Error" in itunes

Whenever I try to burn an Audio CD in itunes, it pretends to burn, then I get an error message "medium write error". I've tried different speeds, different formats, but nothing works. Help!

I did try to burn 1st thing after a period of shutdown - twice. No success. First time, I tried with my "old" blank TDK media: medium write error @ just over 4 minutes remaining. Second, after a shutdown, tried my "new" Verbatim blank media and got the same error, don't know the time as I wasn't watching. I both cases, I left the computer idle during the burn. And I add that I have successfully burned all of the (full) playlists I have been attempting to burn several times before, a year + ago, with no problems.
This problem has been around for YEARS, as is apparent from this and other forums, and seems worse or exclusive to burning CDs out of iTunes. Does Apple just throw up their hands? Would a visit to the Genius @ an Apple Store be worthwhile?

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Hi all,
Have been browsing the forums this morning in order to solve my above problem - medium write error during cd burning. I am using Verbatim CD-Rs on a macbook pro version 10.6.7. I have slowed the write speed down as suggested to 4x but it always seems to be that my macbook pro spits the CD out during the last "finishing" stage. Have tried a cd lense cleaner...that hasn't worked. Please help!
Tom

I did try to burn 1st thing after a period of shutdown - twice. No success. First time, I tried with my "old" blank TDK media: medium write error @ just over 4 minutes remaining. Second, after a shutdown, tried my "new" Verbatim blank media and got the same error, don't know the time as I wasn't watching. I both cases, I left the computer idle during the burn. And I add that I have successfully burned all of the (full) playlists I have been attempting to burn several times before, a year + ago, with no problems.
This problem has been around for YEARS, as is apparent from this and other forums, and seems worse or exclusive to burning CDs out of iTunes. Does Apple just throw up their hands? Would a visit to the Genius @ an Apple Store be worthwhile?

I got an error message while burning a cd in itunes - "The attempt to burn a disc failed. The burn failed because of a medium write error. What is that and how can i fix it?t

I got an error message while burning a CD in iTunes - "the attempt to burn a disc failed. The burn failed because of a medium write error." What does this mean and how do I fix it?

The disk you are using probably has a defect, not uncommon on consumer grade disks. Try another disk or better yet another disk from a different manufacturer or at least a different batch.

Im trying to burn a cd from itunes, I keep getting a message that says "the attempt to burn a CD failed because of a medium write error" any help would be appreciated

hello, I'm trying to burn a playlist from itunes to a cd, but I keep getting a message saying "the attempt to burn a CD failed because of a medium write error" can anyone tell me what I'm doing wrong. I'm not so tech savvy so any help would be greatly appreciated. thanks

I'm not familiar with this error, but check the following:
-Is your disc a CD or a DVD? You want a CD, not a DVD.
-Is the CD blank? You'll want a blank one.
-Maybe the disc is scratched and cannot be used. Try another CD.
-Maybe your disc burner is broken. If you have another, try it.

Burning playlists from my iTunes to CD doesn't work anymore. Keep getting a "medium write error" message. What does this mean?

I'm trying to burn playlists onto a cd from itunes. I keep getting a "medium write error" message. What does this mean? I heard that this may mean that I should try burning at a slower speed. I tried this and that didn't help. I also heard that I may need to use a different brand of CD-R disc. I have not tried this yet. I also heard that it could be a software issue or disc drive issue. I recently updated my macbook pro software from tiger to snow leapord. Do you think this could have affected my itunes playlist burning capabilities? Thanks for the help.

A system upgrade should not have affected anything. When did you notice the loss in functionality?
Try different media. 2011 post on optical media - http://discussions.apple.com/thread.jspa?threadID=2754858&
Apple Portables: Resetting the System Management Controller (SMC) - http://support.apple.com/kb/HT1411
Realize that a MBP that came with Tiger is an old computer and optical drives do not last forever.
You could try a drive cleaning disc to remove dust. Don't be overly optimistic. I suspect it is an old drive issue.

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I have always used iTunes to burn my CDs. Today I keep getting a Medium Write Error. I tried buring the same playlist with Roxio Toast and worked fine. Then the error happened again on iTunes.
I have been using iTunes for years on this computer. Why would it suddenly give an error? The error happens while the disc is finalizing. There is nothing wrong with the drive, as evidenced by Toast writing fine. Is there any way to fix this or do I just need to use Toast from now on?

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I'm on my 5th CD to burn disc (iTunes). "Burn failed due to medium write error. What is that!?!!!

I am attempting to burn a music list in iTunes. I have done it many times before. I am on my fifth CD for this list, and repeatedly have got a message that the CD "could not be burned because of a medium write error." I've got that message previously, but after changing the blank disc to which I want to add the song list, it has always worked. Not this time; several attempts. What is this message telling me, if anything??

The disk you are using probably has a defect, not uncommon on consumer grade disks. Try another disk or better yet another disk from a different manufacturer or at least a different batch.

I am trying to burn a CD from an iTunes playlist but I get the error message "medium write error". What's wrong?

I am trying to burn a CD from an iTunes playlist but I get the error message "medium write error". What's wrong?

Could you post your diagnostics for us please?
In iTunes, go "Help > Run Diagnostics". Uncheck the boxes other than DVD/CD tests, as per the following screenshot:
... and click "Next".
When you get through to the final screen:
... click the "Copy to Clipboard" button and paste the diagnostics into a reply here.

TS1436 I received this message twice on 2 new & separate attempts to burn a playlist to a NEW cd: "The attempt to burn a disc failed. The burn failed because of a medium write error." What is a "medium write error" and how can I deal with this?

I received this message twice on 2 new & separate attempts to burn a playlist to a NEW cd: "The attempt to burn a disc failed. The burn failed because of a medium write error." What is a "medium write error" and how can I deal with this?

Hello Pat,
The following article provides troublehsooting steps and information that can help get iTunes burning discs again.
Can't burn a CD in iTunes for Windows
http://support.apple.com/kb/TS1436
Cheers,
Allen

I got a message while burning a CD. "The Attempt to Burn the disc failed because of medium write error"..what does this mean?

i got this message while buring a CD on itunes. "The Attemp to burn the disc failed because of medium write error"..what do you make of this?
i think the CD was bad. i took the machine to the Apple store and they said the Optical Drive was OK. so it must be the CD's i'm using... i use Verbatim type. let me know.

'Mediium write error' means it failed to write to the disc - some makes work better than others and you may just have hit a single bad disc or maybe your burner doesn't like the make of disc. I've always had good results with TDK.

Overheating, medium write error and warranty coverage in New Zealand

The subject line pretty much sums it all up! Just recently my beloved Macbook is starting to act up when I attempt to burn music CD's (from itunes to CD). I reduce the burn speed down, which worked once, but not again. It keeps rejecting the CD saying "medium write error", yet I've used these exact CD's before without problem. When it rejects the CD it sounds like it's working really, really hard - the motor spinning inside is really audible and it gets very hot and my last attempt I swear I smelt burning!?
I brought my Macbook in California, but now residing in New Zealand. Does my warranty extend here? Is this covered under warranty? I checked my serial number against the warranty before and it said I was covered until September 2009 under the Apple Care Protection Plan.
Please help!
Much love
Lara

It should be covered no matter where you are. Contact Apple Support or go by an apple store for help. They will let you know your options for getting it fixed.

Medium write error

Get error message "medium write error" when trying to burn a playlist from itunes to a CD and the CD is ejected. This has occurred at settings of max speed and also at 16x and 4x, however at 4x speed it did burn 11 of the 19 songs I wanted to burn; the CD drive just made a "skipping/grinding" sound on songs 12 to 19. Specs of my iMac are: iMac (27-inch, Late 2009),2.66 Ghz intel core i5, 4 GB 1067 MHz DDR3. I would appreciate any advise on this matter; when a task that is meant to be very simple and straight forward becomes problematic it is very frustrating...especially on a Mac which is designecd to minimize these frustrating episodes.

Hi drpielak,
The article linked below details a number of troubleshooting steps that can help resolve burning issues with your SuperDrive.
Get help with the slot-loading SuperDrive on your Mac computer
https://support.apple.com/en-us/HT201788
Regards,
Allen

Medium Write Error on laptop

I tried burning a list of songs (my own, no copy protection) and got similar error message as I've seen in threads (i.e. medium write error). I figured perhaps the "laser burner" was either dirty or busted on my macbook pro (2007), but then I upgraded Disk Warrior and had to try burning a CD for it on internal drive of the notebook and it worked. So it seems the "medium write error" was not a hardware problem; seeing all these threads on such problems with iTunes, I wonder if Apple is listening or it's a freak occurrence for a few users not worth the bother. Any fixes, short of reinstallation of itunes?

I've tried burning photos on iPhoto and I'm getting a Medium Write Error message. This has never happened before and I've noticed it started happening when I upgraded to iPhoto 8. What's going on?
You are having a problem
I have not had this problem nor have I seen any one else with a "Medium Write Error" Problem
Is "Medium Write Error" the exact and complete error message you are getting?
Is there any chance you could provide a bit more information and maybe someone can assist you
How are you trying to burn photos - Sharing in iPhoto or from the finder?
Have you tried both ways to see if the problem is consistent?
How many photos are you trying to burn?
Are you trying to burn to a CD or a DVD? Is the media you selected the correct media for your drive (for example mine must have CD -R/-RW or DVD -R/-RW)?
Have you tried a different disk?
Tell us anything else that might help in trying to assist you. I'm having a problem - please help does not give one much to go on
LN

I get "medium write error" when trying to burn cds

I tried to burn a playlist from iTunes and it burned one copy, then when I tried to burn a second copy my computer made alot of noise during the "initializing/finishing" stage, spit the cd out and said "medium write error" - i've tried another cd, and tried burning another playlist with the same results. Any idea what's wrong or if there is anything I can do about it???
Thanks

First, try quitting all other applications except iTunes.
Second, try burning at a slower rate.
Then try a different brand/batch of CDs.
I believe the default burn setting is 'as fast as possible'.
Today I got perfect results at 20x or slower on my mid-2007 Core2Duo MacBook SuperDrive, and about 1 out of 3 at 24x and faster with a major brand name media labeled 'up to 52x'.
Yeah, it takes a little more time to burn each disc, but if you only have a 50% success rate with a faster speed, you're not really saving any time.
The reason I suggest quitting all other applications is that heavy CPU use seems to diminish my burn success rate on all of my computers, including the Windows boxes. Your mileage may vary.

"Medium Write Error" in itunes

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