I have used a cleaner disk successfully in old Mac drives. A tiny brush is on it and a bit of fluid is added. You could even open up the drive. Use a flashlight to peer inside a drawerless drive. You may see a scary hair ball in there ! You might even disassemble the top .
https://www.amazon.com/Player-Cleaner-Remover-Restore-Repair/dp/B01N7QIX95/ref=sr_1_3?ie=UTF8&qid=1486343640&sr=8-3&keywords=optical+disk+drive+cleaning+brush You might also find the cleaning disk at Walmart - etc. Adrian D'Alessio aka; Fluxstringer [email protected] http://www.flickr.com/photos/fluxstreamcommunication/ http://www.facebook.com/FluxStringer https://www.youtube.com/user/fluxstringer http://www.linkedin.com/in/fluxstreamcommunications On Sun, Feb 5, 2017 at 2:38 PM, Bill Spencer <[email protected]> wrote: > Yes it was. How would I check it, please? > > On Sunday, February 5, 2017 at 12:06:49 PM UTC-5, > [email protected] wrote: >> >> >> > On Feb 4, 2017, at 3:12 PM, Bill Spencer <[email protected]> wrote: >> > >> > Doesn't play in iTunes. But I put it in my wife's older iMac and it >> imported into her iTunes fine (if slowly) so I just copied the files across >> and I guess I'm okay. Should probably burn a new disc just on principle. >> Thanks! >> >> Was this on the same machine you had that DVD error on? Might be a >> failing or dirty optical drive in the Mac. >> >> -- >> Bruce Johnson >> University of Arizona >> College of Pharmacy >> Information Technology Group >> >> Institutions do not have opinions, merely customs >> >> -- > You received this message because you are a member of the iMac Group, a > group for those using Apple iMacs and eMacs. > The list FAQ is at http://lowendmac.com/imac/list.shtml and our > netiquette guide is at http://www.lowendmac.com/lists/netiquette.shtml > To post to this group, send email to [email protected] > To leave this group, send email to [email protected] > For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/ > group/imaclist > > --- > You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups > "iMac Group" group. > To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an > email to [email protected]. > For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout. > -- You received this message because you are a member of the iMac Group, a group for those using Apple iMacs and eMacs. The list FAQ is at http://lowendmac.com/imac/list.shtml and our netiquette guide is at http://www.lowendmac.com/lists/netiquette.shtml To post to this group, send email to [email protected] To leave this group, send email to [email protected] For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/imaclist --- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "iMac Group" group. To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email to [email protected]. For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout.
