Hi folks,
I am forwarding all of these over, but your suggestion as to the cd itself
Tim generates another question on my part.
Granted, I suspect that her burning program is taking things over, but if
the cd were not writable, would she not get an error that says as much?
This is not likely given i have handed her cds that we use to transfer
audio all the time, without this problem, so I know they are writable.
There is no extra step in the burning process to insure the cd is seen as
a data one?
I know this option exists in some programs for writing audio so thought I
would ask.
Thanks,
Karen
On Mon, 27 Mar 2006, Tim Kilburn wrote:
Karen,
The Mac does not represent devices with letters or such. All removable media such as
CDROM, external USB and/or Firewire drives and network drives are represented by icons
that appear on the desktop when mounted. So, as Jane mentioned, there should be an icon
on the desktop probably called "Untitled CD" that you can copy items into if
the CD is in fact writable. Here's what should happen for you:
1. When you put in a blank CD, The computer will come up with a dialog that asks you
what you'd like to do. There's a pup-up menu where you have some options to choose from,
choose "Open Finder". This message will not come up if you have installed some
other burning software such as Toast or have already told it to always do some sort of
action.
2. Assuming that the message appeared, after you click OK you will be taken to the
Finder where an icon called Untitled Cd will be waiting for you. If there is not, then
it may not be a writable CD, you may have clicked the "Ignore" button, another
burning software may have taken control or horror of all horrors, you could have a
hardware issue.
3. If the "Untitled CD" appears, then life is good and you should be able to
drag items to it just like you would drag items to any folder on the Mac. If it does not
let you drop files onto the CD, then the CD is most likeyly not writable at this time.
You could then find another CD, or if it is a CDRW, you could erase it using Disk Utility
and reuse it for this action.
4. Once you are ready to burn the CD, you can either eject it at which time
the computer will ask you if you'd like to burn it or you can go under the File
menu and tell it to burn the CD.
Hope this helps.
Later...
Tim Kilburn
FACTS Department Head
Father Mercredi Community High School
Fort McMurray, AB Canada
(780) 799-5725
