Hi: Let me also add one thing.
I have read that, the slower the burn speed, the better. My own experience seems to confirm this. I'd rather wait a few mins longer and have a more readable disc. Thanks! On Feb 16, 2014, at 12:33 AM, Joseph Norton <[email protected]> wrote: > Hi: > > The trick to this is not to open finder. When you insert the blank DVD, > instead of selecting to open Finder, you should select the option to open > Disk Utility. > > Then, when Disk utility opens, select the Burn option from the tool bar, > navigate to the .iso image and then it will let you burn it. > > When you selected the "open Finder' option, it assumes you want to copy files > to a burn folder which you will burn to a DVD. This is not what you want if > you are working with a .iso or other image file. > > Hope this helps. > > > On Feb 15, 2014, at 6:52 PM, Anouk Radix <[email protected]> wrote: > >> Hi everyone, >> I wanted to experiment with bootcamp next to my mac os x so i wanted to burn >> a windows iso to dvd in order to try it out. >> I have an external dvd-drive that i have bought a few months ago and used >> successfully to read a few dvds in the past. >> I just bought some new dvdd and inserted one into the external drive. The >> mac recognized the dvd and i told it to open finder.I went to disk utility >> opened the relevant iso through option+cmd+o and selected burn from the >> files menu. >> Then i get a message cannot burn disk because the disk drive is not >> available. >> What might go wrong here? >> I am really peeved because i can apparently read dvds with this one but cant >> seem to write them. >> I also tried burning the file just from the finder window but the seem >> result. >> I also cant find where i can eject the disk on my macbook air 2013 since it >> does not show up on finder when containing an empty disc. >> Help would be appreciated since i need a bootable dvd (bootable flash wont >> work). >> Thanks in advance >> Greetings, Anouk, >> >> -- >> 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/groups/opt_out. > -- 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/groups/opt_out.
