Intel Mac :: G5 Is No Longer Reading DVDs?
Mar 24, 2012Our Imac G5 is no longer reading DVDs.
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iMac, Mac OS X (10.6.7), randomly goes to sleep
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OS X :: IBook G4 Not Reading DVDs But Recognize CDs
Aug 19, 2010Our iBook G4 won't recognize DVDs. It reads CDs fine, and I just upgraded the OS to Tiger and it read that DVD as well. However, when inserting a regular DVD (movie, etc., original copy, not burned) it says "this disc contains no volumes recognized by OS". I reinstalled the original OS and software, upgraded to Tiger and have reset the computer and checked the system preferences to make sure it wasn't set to ignore DVDs. The player worked in the past, not sure what is going on.
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Aug 30, 2014My Macbook pro has started to eject cds and dvds without reading them. This is a new development, it did not used to do this.
I have tried a number of different cds and dvds but none seem to be accepted.
What can be done...do I need take it in or is the problem fixable?
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MacBook Pro
Laptops :: Superdrive Freezing DVDs - Not Reading Menus In MBP
Sep 2, 2008I've rented 3 dvds from Netflix and tried to watch them in my MBP, thinking there was a problem with the dvd, but they all have the same issues. The video will suddenly freeze but the audio keeps going. The only way I can get out of this frozen screen is to use the remote that came w/ my MBP to eject the dvd. Also, the dvd menus are no longer functional. I can only press play but I can not navigate the menus with my remote, or with the mouse (the mouse cursor disappears now when I put a dvd in the drive). When I press play, it will play for about 10 minutes and then freeze. It seems like each time it's freezing about halfway into a track/chapter. I can eject the dvd, go back to the beginning, skip forward to the next track, and rewind to just after the point where it freezes, but I have to do this with EVERY track/chapter.
And I have to eject it every time or it won't play at all. This is a dvd-burning Superdrive. I have no idea how I would go about replacing the drive if it's broken, as it's built into the laptop with no way that I can see to access it. The laptop is just barely out of warranty. Here's another Mac oddity: when I log into Apple's own forums, the option to post a new thread in any of their forums is gone. It's not at the top of the page where it used to be, nor is it anywhere on any of the pages that I've visited. I'm talking about when I go to the main discussions page, and then click on the link for Macbook Pro or iPod, there's nothing there for posting.
MacBook Pro :: Superdrive Not Reading Dvds After Lion Upgrade?
Jun 24, 2012Superdrive not reading dvd movies after lion upgrade.
Also cannot bure DVD -r discs after upgrade. All was fine with Leopard.
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MacBook Pro, Mac OS X (10.7.4)
MacBook Pro :: Reading DVDs Slightly Funny Sound When Spinning Then Spits Them Out?
Sep 28, 2010Hope you can help out here. Been having a few problems reading DVDs ( slightly funny sound when spinning then spits them out ) - although it would read some OK, such as System disk.I out in a DVD just now, and it pulled it in, but then nothing - no spinup at all.And now I can't eject it - tried the eject button, logging out and back in again, restarting while holding down the trackpad button.Nothing worksAny ideas?Macbook Pro 2.8
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Mar 21, 2012I am running OSX 10.7.3. Yesterday all my thousands of fonts completely disappeared from Suitcase Fusion 2. I was told by Extensis that I could not get them back, but that I needed to upgrade to Fusion 3 which would be compatible with Lion. I did that. When I tried to get my stored fonts off the CDs and DVDs I'd stored them on all the CDs appeared to be blank and I got a message on the DVD that it cannot be read on my computer. (I have used all these CDs and DVDs before.)
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Mac Book Pro, Mac OS X (10.4.8)
IMac No Longer Acknowledges Blank Dvds
Jun 23, 2012my iMac no longer acknowledges blank dvds since I upgraded to lion.
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iMac (USB 2.0), Mac OS X (10.7.4)
OS X V10.7 Lion :: Shaun Sheep DVDs No Longer Playing
Apr 4, 2012I held back from upgrading to LION, but recently installed it in a partition on my MacBook Pro (15 inch, late 2008). The OS is now updated to Lion 10.7.3.Since the instation and upgrade some of my video DVDs are not playing. My DVDs are all Region 2 PAL. I'm based in London, England.Specifically, my Shaun the Sheep collection are not being detected or mounting in the superdrive. Other DVDs are unaffected and play just fine.
I've a second partition on the hard drive with Snow Leopard installed, but when I tried the DVDS on that they no longer worked either though had previously been fine on that OS.Should I stop thiinking of playing them on the MacBook Pro?
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MacBookPro, Mac OS X (10.7.3)
Intel Mac :: It Is Not Reading SD Card
May 12, 2012My iMac won't read my SD card. Once I ejected the card it stopped reading SD cards. I updated my system and it read the card, but then once I ejected it it stopped reading cards again.
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iMac (21.5-inch Mid 2010), Mac OS X (10.7.4)
Intel Mac :: DVD+R Not Reading In The DVD Drive?
May 28, 2012Has anyone else had a problem with a DVD+R not reading in the DVD drive on the Mac?
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iMac
Intel Mac :: Remove Something From Reading List?
Mar 30, 2012Stuff keeps multiplying in my reading list. How do i get rid of it?
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iMac, Mac OS X (10.7.2)
Intel Mac :: Eject A DVD That Seems To Be In A Reading Loop?
May 6, 2012how can i eject a dvd that seems to be in a reading loop
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Feb 20, 2012My iMac is currently rejecting (spitting out any and all) CDs but accepting and playing DVDs. I have re-set the system management (shut down, unplugged, etc.) and, though I read somewhere to re-set power managment unit, cannot see direct instrucitons on how this should be done on an iMac. Couple of curious points: First, even newly played or burned discs have been emerging a little scratched for as long as I can remember. And, sometimes when playng a DVD, it has to "skip over damaged area."
This is my iMac 27" OS X 10.6.8
Intel Mac :: It Ejects Some DVDs?
Mar 11, 2012my iMac won't read some dvds. Specifically at the moment, a factory Paul McCartney live dvd. When inserted, it tries to read it, whirrs and clunks for about 20 seconds then ejects it. It plays on my old G4 1.2dp and both my bluRay player and dvd players in my lounge. I've had problems like this with dvd-r's before but not with factory made dvd's. Since it plays on my home system and G4 I guess it's not a region issue (I'm in the UK) and I can't find any info on the dvd that says it's any particular region. Other factory dvd's can play fine?
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imac 2.66 i5 4g, Mac OS X (10.6.7)
Intel Mac :: Some DVDs Not Playing In It?
Mar 11, 2012some original / genuine DVDs not playing in my iMac!
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iMac (27-inch Late 2009), Mac OS X (10.7.3)
Intel Mac :: It Will Not Recognize DVDs
May 2, 2012When I insert a DVD it nothing happens. I hear it spin for a few seconds and then it is ejected. Will not launch DVDPLayer or start playing if I open DVDPLayer. MUsic CDs work fine. Is this a hardware failure or can I try some
Info:iMac (27-inch Late 2009), Mac OS X (10.7.3)
Intel Mac :: It Keeps Spitting Out Dvds
May 3, 2012My imac keeps spitting out dvds but reads software and music cds perfectly fine.
Info:iMac (21.5-inch Mid 2010), Mac OS X (10.6.8)
Intel Mac :: How To Play CDs / DVDs Created On PC
Apr 22, 2012I have been trying to get my new iMac to play CDs and DVDs that have been created on a PC. All I can get it to do is say "Supported disk not available" Is there something I am not doing right? Or do I have to download some other program to get it to interface with the PC or what. I am brand new to the Mac world.
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iPhone 3G, iOS 5.0.1
Intel Mac :: Can't Read Data On Certain DVDs
Apr 23, 2012I am a graphic designer and often supplied with photos from the photographer after a shoot. My computer Intel Corei7(2009), running 10.6.8 with OPTIARC DVD RW AD-5680H drive, shows the disk as a blank disk (even in disk utility). Other older Macs available to me read the disk just fine. current disk that cannot be read: recordable memorex dvd-r?
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iMac, Mac OS X (10.6.8), 27" 2.8 GHz Intel Core i7
Intel Mac :: Burned Dvds Won't Read On Pc
May 16, 2012I burned a DVD from a disk image using Disk Utility.I tried loading the dvd on several PC's, but they will not load or read.
Info:iMac, Mac OS X (10.6.8)
Intel Mac :: DVDs Won't Play On Computer?
Jul 5, 2012I just got my computer back from having the hard drive replaced and now every time I try to put a DVD in, it spins for a minute and then just spits the dvd right back out. They play fine on the dvd player and ps3 but not the imac.
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iMac, Mac OS X (10.7.4)
Intel Mac :: High Disk Activity - Reading And Writing
Mar 1, 2012I have noticed a lot of disk activity reading and writing, it maxes out in bursts up to a couple of minutes at a time and overall seams to be reading and writing a lot of the time, with no processor activity at all. There is no obvious culprits in the activity monitor but terminal displayed large number of read and writes for mds, but spot light is not indexing (no dot in Mag glass) and this has been happening from months now.
Possibly longer noticed it when recieved replacement drive due to crook seagate, may have been doing this but could not hear it. Running last Snow Leopard on iMac 27 mid 2011 i7 custom with 8 gb of ram. also should note this unit has had load of issues Bad Ram, some software problems would not sleep (software) none of which have ever manifested on any of my other (older) macs. Also have noted that this drive activity does seem to coincide with using safari on occasion??
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iMac (27-inch Mid 2011), Mac OS X (10.6.8)
Intel Mac :: Cannot Burn DVDs In Either IDVD Or IMovie
Feb 24, 2012The DVD ejects before the process ends, and is blank. I have an iMac running Lion. Significantly, nothing at akll comes up about disc burning in the 'About My Mac' utility.
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iMac, Mac OS X (10.7.3), Garageband
IMac (Intel) :: Optical Drive Suddenly Stopped Reading?
Jun 4, 2014I was in the middle of ripping a series of CDs in iTunes when the drive suddenly stopped reading the CDs' contents - I have tried several CDs, including re-trying ones I had already ripped. It does not get beyond track list. Do I need a new drive or can I solve it? I have also tried using a CD cleaning disc. 3 years old iMac with Mavericks installed, no previous problems. It still reads disc title and content list and loads / ejects correctly.
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iMac, Mac OS X (10.7)
OS X :: Intel Mac Mini 06 Failing, Wont Accept CD's Or DVDs?
Sep 7, 2009I have been having some problems recently with my 06 mac mini that i got in august time its the intel one with GMA950 and a superdrive (i think!) lol its the mashita UJ-846 one. Thats what system profiler says at least lol. :-)
Anyways enough about that, for a while now, it wont accept DVDs or CDs in the drive. I have tried to boot off the install DVD and do hardware test, but the DVD ejected. and it just booted straight into the OS..
Is it time to get a new DVD drive? i got a lacie D2 a coupla years back to help with burning DVDs, cos it wouldnt burn DVDs neither, whether thats cos its the superdrive or cos it was failing, i dont know. At the time i searched about and it seemed like it was a DVD drive that was prone to failing on people.Is there anything i can do to test, n see how busted this bad boy actually is??
Its not essential that i need it working as i use the other DVD drive when required. But if i did want to install SL on it, that could be a bit problematic..
Intel Mac :: Apple Hardware Test And OS X Lion 10.7.3 - No DVDs
May 7, 2012How can I run AHT on my iMAC 21.5 inch, MID 2011 and Mac OS X Lion 10.7.3 (11D50)? There were no DVDs in the package, no restart key-stroke combination connected to internet-aht, no aht is included in the package I bought and downloaded from Apstore. One of the 4 rear USB ports seems to be death from the very first moment. I would like to use the AHT to see if this is some SW misconfiguration or is it a HW problem.
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iMac, Mac OS X (10.7.3)
Intel Mac :: DVD Player Doesn't Recognise DVDs. Keeps Ejecting?
May 13, 2012I've been having problems with my iMac recently, more precisely with my DVD drive. I think it's a software problem, and no mechanical problem. Let me explain:
When I insert a DVD:
- it will sometimes work perfectly. I can read, burn or whatever I feel like…
- it will sometimes not work. I don't know why, but the drive gives a few try (mechanical noises), and than ejects the DVD. If I try a few more times to reinsert it, it will sometimes just keep the DVD and not eject it, without recognizing it. When I try to open the Disk Utility program, it will simply froze. Or it will open after 5 minutes, but the DVD player will not exist and not appear.
I need to restart the computer. Sometimes it will work after the restart. Sometimes not. It's really random, and I haven't found out on what it depends… Sometimes, when I reboot it because of a trapped-unrecognized DVD, the DVD player will not open. "Initialization error [-70012]"…
I've tried Option-Cmd-P-R at the Start, but it didn't help… I feel like there's something wrong with the software.
It's a 2 years old iMac, using Snow Leopard (Mac OS X 10.6.8).
I've tried looking on the net, but a lot of people are experiencing mechanical problems (it simply never works), which I think is not the case here (it does randomly work perfectly).
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iMac (24-inch Early 2009), Mac OS X (10.6.8)
Intel Mac :: Writing/playing Double Layer DVDs?
Jun 3, 2012My Imac has recently began to show some problems with Dual layers DVDs that I did not experience before. It doesn't burn any DVD9 anymore. Even worse, I can not play any DVD9 I'd burnt on the same drive before, because they are constantly ejected, while before that (till 1-2 months ago) I had no problem with the same discs. With retail dvds or dvd5s (+R or -R). Does it mean that my DVD drive has become defective?
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iMac, Mac OS X (10.6.8)
IMac (Intel) :: OS X Yosemite (10.10.1) How To Enable Burning Of DVDs
Dec 4, 2014What is required to enable the burning of DVDs from a new iMac Retina (OS X 10.10.1)? Will an external Super Drive be adequate?
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iMac (Retina 5K, 27-inch, Late 2014), OS X Yosemite (10.10.1)
