My superdrive will only burn audio cd's up to 8x for some reason...

I'm a college student, and I burn a lot of audio CDs to listen to in my car, and from what I recall, usually my burn speeds are around 24x. I tried burning a CD today and Toast only gave me options up to 8x burning speed. It actually burned the disc fine and everything, it's just that I can't figure out why all of the sudden my speed options have been reduced so low.

Are you using the same blank CDs that you recorded at 24x on? CD/DVD media are rated at certain speeds. If the CD/DVD media is only rated at 8X, it will not burn faster than that. Also, DVD and CD speeds are not the same thing. Was it a DVD that you were burning in Toast or a CD?

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Suggest you create a disc image and then burn the DVD. File/Save As Disc Image...
http://docs.info.apple.com/article.html?artnum=164927
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http://support.apple.com/kb/HT2801?viewlocale=en_US&locale=en_US
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Using FaceTime and iMessage behind a firewall
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iOS 6 and OS X Mountain Lion: Link your phone number and Apple ID for use with FaceTime and iMessage
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