Problem burning DVD's in Snow Leopard 10.6.7

I do not burn DVD's frequently - but it seems each time I try to there is yet another software upgrade that has killed the functionality for me!
In Dec I was able to successfully burn. Now using the same media in April the DVD drive just rejects the media completely.
If I do try to burn the dvd from IDVD it will recognize the DVD+R DL that I am using (Verbatim). However I DVD does not recognize the Kodak DVD - R at all.
Existing software install discs work fine - so the issue is one of burning. In all of my attempts today I got one error message about unable to calibrate the laser. But to re-iterate - exactly the same media which worked well in Dec.
The only changes since that time are the addition of a HP inkjet printer, and MS office.
I reviewed many of the forums and followed their advice (PRAM reset etc). At one time I did have Western Digital Mybook which was preventing burning - but I long ago deleted those files - and as of Dec 2010 everything seemed to be working nicely.
Any advice would be very welcome.

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HT1338 Problem burning CD's with Snow Leopard

Trying to burn a song to a CD. It will appear on the burned CD but will not play on any type of player?

Hi,
Are you trying to burn an Audio CD>
When itunes create an audio disc it converts m4a to a format that plays in a convention CD player - max time 80 minutes.
if you are creating an mp3 CD, the tracks need to be mp3.
You can create Data CD but there may be compatibility issues with the file format.
Jim

I have a 2007 Macbook Pro that is running 10.7.5 and I am trying to use a 10.6.3 DVD to install Snow Leopard to an external hard drive.

I have a 2007 Macbook Pro that is running 10.7.5 and I am trying to use a 10.6.3 DVD to install Snow Leopard to an external hard drive. I've followed every possible instruction on every which website. The problem is when I boot to Install disc, I am unable to choose which hard drive I'd like to install the OS on. It says that it is unable to Install and automatically takes me to Restore and suggests that I restore to Time Machine backups. Any and all help is appreciated.

lovinlife5959,
have you tried booting from the grey Mac OS X Install DVD that originally came in the box with your MacBook Pro? See if you can install its version of Mac OS X (either 10.4.9, 10.4.10, or 10.5.0, depending upon when it shipped from the factory) onto your external hard drive. If that works, boot from your external hard drive, run Software Update on it, and then try updating your external drive to 10.6.3 via the white Snow Leopard DVD.

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Create a DMG file of your DVD (instructions here: http://www.wikihow.com/Make-a-DMG-File-on-a-Mac).
Then follow the instructions here: http://managingosx.wordpress.com/2012/03/24/fixing-packages-with-expired-signatu res/

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Try resetting the SMC Intel-based Macs: Resetting the System Management Controller (SMC) - Apple Support
and PRAM How to Reset NVRAM on your Mac - Apple Support
If those don't help you can try a cleaning disc or a quick shot of compressed air. Chances are that your drive has failed, join the club it's not all that uncommon. You can either have it replaced or purchase an inexpensive external drive. Don't buy the cute little Apple USB Superdrive, it won't work on macs with internal drives working or not.

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"...Adobe was no help...."
Meaning what exactly? CS4 should work with some problems. Google, "cs4 and snow leopard" and read the issues. You are also not alone if you look the the right side of this web page under, "More Like This" you'll others with the same issue.

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Thanks but this didn't really help.
I can buy the drives at a dozen places but none of them seem to know what connection is correct (SATA etc) and that includes the apple store. It was the store who told me buy the superdrive and all my problems would be over. Wrong! It isn't recognised by imac as it's confifured for air and mini mac. Only way to make it work is as i said in earlier post. (Would you be happy buying a car you were told would start and then discover you have to open the bottome and fiddle to make it go?)
The apple store I would not even consider taking it to. Days without the pc, over priced and don't have a good reputation for actually fixing things!
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In cases like this, if you have an Apple store near by, they will most likely install the OS free of charge for you, if you can't bring your Apple ID along to prove you've paid for it.
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Hi there, I'm searching the web for this one for some time now. Since I upgraded my MacBook to Snow Leopard (Currently I'm on 10.6.4) my LaCie DVD Burner doesn't work anymore.
The external DVD burner is connected trough USB to my MacBook and it was always working nicely. But since the upgrade to snow leopard the macbook doesn't even 'see' him anymore. I used to use Toast Titanium to burn my disks, but since the upgrade this tool doesn't recognize the DVD burner anymore.
Is this a known issue? In the mac info I can't see the LaCie burner.
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Douwe Pieter van den Bos

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Cannot Burn CD-R on Snow Leopard - iMac

Hi there,
I've tried several times to burn a CD-R on Snow Leopard 10.6.2. I get an error message "The disc can't be burned because an unexpected error occurred (error code 0x8002006E)." I am trying with Verbatim CD-Rs, 700 MB, 52x speed. I read posts that others couldn't burn DVD's, I have no problem with DVDs but I'm using Memorex DVD-R. Verbatim CD-Rs are my problem.
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I take it back -- for me, it's a hardware issue. I started to theorize that maybe my SuperDrive is overheating, and when I boot into Linux maybe the time it takes to shut down the MacBook and reboot into Ubuntu is just enough time for the drive to cool off enough so that it'd burn CDs.
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I don't have AppleCare -- I used Best Buy's extended warranty instead. (That has saved my butt on many occasions, including at least one time when they didn't really have to honor it.) Unfortunately, that probably means they'll have to ship my MacBook to California for service. (That's my only gripe about Best Buy -- you could bring something to their techs and want something as simple as a piece of tape removed from, say, the strap on your digital camera and they'll send it to California...)
I've had my MacBook nearly two years -- I still have it in my possession but I'm already going through withdrawal in expectation of being without it...

Problem with discdrive and installing snow leopard

Frustration and desperation has settled in! Lets see if i can get some good help from fellow Apple users!
Ok this is the problem:
A few days ago my computer started to crash almost all programs on my MacBook. I would try to get get into Safari for example and it would SLOWLY start up and then after a few seconds into the prgram it give me the error message "This application Safari quit unexpectedly. Mac OS X and other applications are NOT affected. Click to reopen..." Well again it does that with almost all my programs!
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If your MacBook is under warranty have them check the DVD drive. They replaced my DVD drive because it was doing the same thing. Try the following and see if it helps.
Intel-based Macs: Resetting the System Management Controller (SMC)
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Repair manual DVDs play in Snow Leopard but not in Lion

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+Firmware Revision: 1AHN+
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+Media: To show the available burn speeds, insert a disc and choose View > Refresh+
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