Hi, Cheryl, Your suggestion was very helpful; it worked perfectly.
Thank you very much, Mike On 18,Jun,2014, at 16:00, Cheryl Homiak <[email protected]> wrote: > You are very welcome! It sure scared me when I went into System Preferences > and couldn't find that particular preference pane! > > As far as I know there is no way to do this by holding a key down, etc. It > actually doesn't take long, though, to go in and change your preferences > though I realize it is slightly inconvenient. > > -- > Cheryl > > I tried and tried to turn over a new leaf. > I got crumpled wads of tear-stained paper > thrown in the trash! > Then God gave me a new heart and life: > His joy for my despairing tears! > And now, every day: > "This I call to mind, > and therefore I have hope: > The steadfast love of the Lord > never ceases; > his mercies never come to an end; > they are new every morning; > great is your faithfulness." > (Lamentations 3:21-23 ESV) > > > > > On Jun 18, 2014, at 8:56 AM, Mike Busboom <[email protected]> wrote: > >> Hi, Cheryl, >> >> First of all, thank you for this information. I'll follow your >> instructions. >> >> Do you know if there is any command, such as holding down a specific key >> while inserting a CD or DVD for just the occasional CD or DVD perusal? >> >> Thanks so much. >> >> Mike >> >> On 18,Jun,2014, at 15:47, Cheryl Homiak <[email protected]> wrote: >> >>> Yes, there is a pane in System Preferences that gives you options for what >>> happens when you insert various types of cds and dvds. However, at least in >>> Mavericks, unless you still have a built-in cd/dvd drive, that pane only >>> appears when you attach an external cd/dvd player/burner, which I just >>> discovered when trying to answer this question; I had just assumed that >>> pane was still there. It appears to me that it isn't necessary to actually >>> have anything in the external drive to make the pane appear but I don't >>> know whether or not having a cd or dvd in the drive changes the options in >>> the pane; I would think it doesn't. Of course, if you still hav a computer >>> with a built-in drive, the pane will be there also. So set your preferences >>> in this pane and then make sure in finder preferences you have the box >>> checked for cds and dvds to show in finder and I think this should meet >>> your need. >>> >>> Hth. >>> >>> >>> -- >>> Cheryl >>> >>> I tried and tried to turn over a new leaf. >>> I got crumpled wads of tear-stained paper >>> thrown in the trash! >>> Then God gave me a new heart and life: >>> His joy for my despairing tears! >>> And now, every day: >>> "This I call to mind, >>> and therefore I have hope: >>> The steadfast love of the Lord >>> never ceases; >>> his mercies never come to an end; >>> they are new every morning; >>> great is your faithfulness." >>> (Lamentations 3:21-23 ESV) >>> >>> >>> >>> >>> On Jun 18, 2014, at 8:21 AM, Mike Busboom <[email protected]> wrote: >>> >>>> Hi everyone. >>>> >>>> Is there a way on the Mac to insert a CD and not have it automatically >>>> launch? I need to explore the contents of several CDs and just using >>>> Finder would do great, provided I could do so without the CD or DVD in >>>> question automatically beginning to play. >>>> >>>> Many thanks. >>>> >>>> Mike >>>> >>>> -- >>>> You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups >>>> "MacVisionaries" group. >>>> To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an >>>> email to [email protected]. >>>> To post to this group, send email to [email protected]. >>>> Visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/macvisionaries. >>>> For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout. >>> >>> -- >>> You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups >>> "MacVisionaries" group. >>> To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an >>> email to [email protected]. >>> To post to this group, send email to [email protected]. >>> Visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/macvisionaries. >>> For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout. >> >> -- >> You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups >> "MacVisionaries" group. >> To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an >> email to [email protected]. >> To post to this group, send email to [email protected]. >> Visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/macvisionaries. >> For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout. > > -- > You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups > "MacVisionaries" group. > To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an > email to [email protected]. > To post to this group, send email to [email protected]. > Visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/macvisionaries. > For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout. -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "MacVisionaries" group. 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