Can't insert CD on DVD drive Hi: I don't use my DVD drive too much, and this afternoon when trying to insert a disk to do a burn, it won't go in. To the best of my knowledge there's no disk inside. Regardless, I tried the typical solutions suggested in this forum, (1) ...
I have El Capitan on a DVD and go through the process of choosing the DVD to boot instead of the hard drive by holding option on startup. El Capitan boots, however after the language selection screen where I am supposed to go into disk utility to erase the previous hard drive, the HDD...
family life is not that different from one day to the next. I am away from the house for a large part of the day, and when I am home it is often dark outside - restricting me to indoor shots. Net result is that taking interesting snap-shots has been more difficult than I expected...
Apple formed its business case on single-source iron-fisted control over operating margin by having ‘the one’ that it stirred up an iFanboi brigade to support, using that to drive bargains that were good for Apple but terrible for everyone else. Eric S. Raymond: People who make excuses f...
When you have a problem with your system, Apple Hardware Test is often suggested for determining if the problem is… well… with a hardware component. If you can not run this test, it could impact support or even warranty response for an iMac with an issue unrelated to the hard drive. ...
"[robg adds: Mini CDs (and any other non-standard CD size or shape, for that matter, should never be put into a slot-loading CD/DVD drive on any Mac that is thus equipped. If you have a tray-loading drive, I think the Mini CD format might work, but I haven't tested one myse...
Hard drives fail. It is not a matter of “if” but rather a matter of “when” your hard drive is going to fail. We preach this all the time in regards to having aproper backup strategyin place to prepare from when that failure happens. But it seems now, that when that happens to...
Step 2.Insert a blank CD-R or CD-RW into your computer's CD/DVD drive. Make sure your computer recognizes the blank CD. Step 3.Select the playlist you created in iTunes. Click on "File" > "Burn Playlist to Disc". A pop-up window will appear with burn settings. Here are the opt...
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My External disc drive is not showing on my MacBook Air Plugging my Apple external disc drive into both Mac desktop and Macbook Air and it is not making any sound, not showing up in Finder and any disc inserted is being ejected again. Any suggestions or has the disc drive died? Thank...