Wont recognise blank CDs for burning - always show as read only.

Just tried using the cd writer function on my macbook, but every blank CDR i put in shows as read only.
I have tried various brands of CDR, all show as read only, so i'm certain its a problem with the Mac as opposed to the cd's im using.
I dont have a superdrive, but bought the macbook because it has a cd/rw drive, which is all i need
Any i deas how to rectify this?

I have this same problem, and I do have an iMac intel. If I reboot, the problem goes away temporarily and that is what I am doing now in order to write CDs.

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