Mac Mini :: Discs Occasionally Accepted After Repeated Attempts
Sep 6, 2009
We have had a Mac Mini for a long time and are very happy with it. However, we have had a recurring problem with playing DVDs or CDs. Sometimes ago it started rejecting any disc. However repeated insertions of some particular discs would occasionally be accepted. We finally added an external DVD to the set up but would like to sort out the problem if we can.
Today I tried to upload one of our music CDs into ITunes and tried the internal player. It recognised the disc as a music disc but would only upload it a 1x where the extenl will copy at up to 6-7 times. We have just this week upgraded from Tiger to Snow Leopard - however, the problem existed with Tiger for the last 6 months or so.
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