A while ago we tried burning stuff with my new PowerBook G4 to a CDRW but
Finder refused to find the disc. Toast on another Mac worked OK. But should
OSX manage that fine without external applications? Ie. was this a bug?

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On Sun, 26 Jun 2005 08:47:51 -0500, Kristoffer Lawson wrote
(in article <bmyve.8754$fc7.1691@reader1.news.jippii.net>):

> A while ago we tried burning stuff with my new PowerBook G4 to a CDRW but
> Finder refused to find the disc. Toast on another Mac worked OK. But should
> OSX manage that fine without external applications? Ie. was this a bug?

From the tech specs for the current G4 PowerBooks.....

Better still, the SuperDrive-equipped PowerBook G4 is compatible across the 
board, supporting DVD-Video, DVD-ROM, DVD-R, DVD+R, DVD-RW, DVD+RW, as well 
as CD-ROM, CD-Audio, CD-R, CD-RW, CD Bridge, CD Extended, CD Mixed Mode and 
Photo CD media.

If the CD-RW wasn't recognized by the Finder something must be wrong.



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James L. Ryan -- TaliesinSoft

There may be a bug in Tiger.   There's another thread here (initiated by 
"Ilgaz ocal" concerning inability to allocate a CDRW for writing.

In article <0001HW.BEE4204A005E2DB1F0407550@news.supernews.com>,
 James L. Ryan <taliesinsoft@mac.com> wrote:

> On Sun, 26 Jun 2005 08:47:51 -0500, Kristoffer Lawson wrote
> (in article <bmyve.8754$fc7.1691@reader1.news.jippii.net>):
> 
> > A while ago we tried burning stuff with my new PowerBook G4 to a CDRW but
> > Finder refused to find the disc. Toast on another Mac worked OK. But should
> > OSX manage that fine without external applications? Ie. was this a bug?
> 
> From the tech specs for the current G4 PowerBooks.....
> 
> Better still, the SuperDrive-equipped PowerBook G4 is compatible across the 
> board, supporting DVD-Video, DVD-ROM, DVD-R, DVD+R, DVD-RW, DVD+RW, as well 
> as CD-ROM, CD-Audio, CD-R, CD-RW, CD Bridge, CD Extended, CD Mixed Mode and 
> Photo CD media.
> 
> If the CD-RW wasn't recognized by the Finder something must be wrong.

James L. Ryan <taliesinsoft@mac.com> wrote:
> 
> From the tech specs for the current G4 PowerBooks.....
> 
> Better still, the SuperDrive-equipped PowerBook G4 is compatible across the 
> board, supporting DVD-Video, DVD-ROM, DVD-R, DVD+R, DVD-RW, DVD+RW, as well 
> as CD-ROM, CD-Audio, CD-R, CD-RW, CD Bridge, CD Extended, CD Mixed Mode and 
> Photo CD media.
> 
> If the CD-RW wasn't recognized by the Finder something must be wrong.

Yes, this is indeed what happens with my PowerBook and Tiger. I believe the
same problem occurred with a friend's iBook and Panther, but it worked using
Toast on that same laptop. Another friend's Linux machine also worked.

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