A most basic question, no doubt, but here goes! I have a MacBook Pro with "Leopard" software on it. Now, I have just bought an MP3 CD. How can I listen to it on my laptop? When I slide it inside the computer, it simply comes back out. Do I have to dowload some software in order to make it possible for me to listen to the CD? If so, which is best? I do not mind paying a small sum if this is worth it.
View 2 RepliesThe drive in my G5 tower will read/write commercial or blank CDs and will read/write blank DVDs, however, it will not read most commercial DVDs. When I insert them it tries to read it then after a few seconds it just spits them back out. Occasionally commercial DVDs will read and mount fine, but this seems to be rare.
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Mac OS X (10.4.10)
I just switched from Snow leopard to Lion and i don't like the way that Lion has the mail preview set up as a 3 column vertical format. I thought in Snow Leopard you could change the set-up so it's either horizontal or vertical, but I can't seem to find that option in Lion. I want to have the list of my email messages in the top, horizontal window and the preview of the selected message in a horizontal window below. Am I missing this option to change the view format from vertical to horizontal somewhere?
Info:MacBookPro, Mac OS X (10.7.3)
How do I change a file or folder permissions from 'read only' to read/write.
I want to edit some music track information in iTunes, but my iTunes music folder is 'read only'
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iMac (21.5-inch Mid 2011), Mac OS X (10.7.3)
When I connect my external hard disk (Maxtor) to my Mac Book Pro, I am not able to copy/transfer files to it, though I can copy from it to my Mac. How do I change the permissions from Read Only to Read and Write?
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MacBook Pro
Mac OS X (10.5.6)
I cannot put files in my flash drive for some reason. How do I change this setting? My flash drive format is Windows NT File System (NTFS).
View 6 Replies View RelatedMy mac mini cant read DVD movies but can read Burned CD and Installers. I tried the DVD's with my macbook but works just fine. tried burning some files and it works as well. what do i need to do to fix my problem? do i need to update something or download some programs?
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View 1 Replies View RelatedI know this is lame, but I searched and can't find a solution. When I click on a day in ical it says it is a Read-only calendar. I repaired permissions, but it still says read only. The strange part is, in the Get Info screen, it says Read-Write for all the users.
View 5 Replies View RelatedI'm buying an external hard drive to use as a backup for my MacBook but also as a network drive that all the computers connected to my router (Airport Extreme) can use. There are two MacBooks and two PCs that connect to the network. I only need my MacBook to be able to write to the hard drive but I need the two PCs to be able to access and use the files on the hard drive. I was going to get a 1TB external and give it two partitions. The first partition is going to be the Time Machine backup for my MacBook and the other will be accessed by all computers on the network. What format will the second partition need to be so that both MacBooks and both PCs can view and use the files? Also what external hard drive would you recommend?
View 4 Replies View RelatedI can not get the read out loud to read the whole document , all is activated and I have checked the 'whole document' is clicked in the view menu The reader , reads only the section within a thin lined box, which i have to continue to manually move onto the next group of words My documents are PDF files and windows for mac?
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MacBook Pro, iOS 5.0.1, Brand new
This is a rather bizarre issue and I will try to explain the best I can. First off, I did a search, and found nothing recent that could help me with this issue.
Here are my specs: Uni-body Macbook Pro (late 2008) 15"-Snow Leopard I have checked for all updates, and am up to date on all things.
there my mac for some time has not been able to play dvds. It will attempt to read them, but then just spit it out after some time, if I try a bunch of times 6-8, I can sometimes get it to work, however, this rarely does.
View 1 Replies View RelatedI have an external Transcend HD, which has been working perfectly fine for around 5 months now. It is NTFS, and I use NTFS-3g and Macfuse. Been running fine. Was able to read and write. Suddenly I am only able to read though. I go into the "Get Info" pane and the option to choose whether I want to read and write, or read only is gone, and all that it says is "You can read only". getting this back to read and write is really appreciated. I really need this disk.
View 3 Replies View RelatedI was trying to write xmp data to my photo's, when I got errors on photo's in certain folders. ?Writing XMP Metadata? did not complete successfully. It seems all jpegs in a few particular folders have generate this error. I then noticed all those files were lacking a creation date. When trying to copy the "image taken on" date to the "creation date", using A Better Attributes, I didn't appear to have the right permissions.
Now this is, to me at least, the weirdest part: when I open Get Info on any of the images, it says "You can only read", even though all privileges are set to Read & Write (screenshot attached). The folder itself says "You can read and write". So far I've only seen this on files/folders on an external hard drive, formatted Mac OS Extended (Journaled). It's a WD My Book, connected via USB through a hub. Anyone ever seen this before? Is there anything I could try to fix this?
As the title says, I have a card reader that works great with a CF card, but the MBP won't recognize an SD card. This is a new problem for me. I also have an express card adapter for SD that won't read the card, either. I have tried 4 different SD cards, and these exact cards have worked for me in the recent past (within the past 2 months). They work fine in the camera. I also tried connecting the camera via usb, which was unsuccessful. I tried blowing air on the cards and the reader. I cannot get the cards to be read on my wife's macbook. This makes no sense to me, as it worked fine the last time I tried. I find it hard to believe that all cards are corrupt, or the cable is the problem because it reads the CF card.
View 16 Replies View RelatedLast night I could not read any DVD on my MBP. It would make noise like it was reading them and then it would spit them out. On the other hand it still reads CDs fine. I have since noticed that this is a very common problem among slot drive users. What are my options? Is there a simple and inexpensive fix (like cleaning it with compressed air) or should I look for a replacement drive? If I get a replacement drive and I attempt to do it by myself, would any slot drive work, or do I have to look for an specific model? How have you guys coped with this issue? My MBP is out of warranty. I have contacted a local authorized service shop and I am waiting on their response.
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View 3 Replies View RelatedI have a WD External 3TB HDD,for some reason it has the sharing and permissions set to 'You can only read', and file format is NTFS.I want change this to read and write.
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iMac, Mac OS X (10.7.3)
I was having issues with DVD+Rs and it was recommended by most of the folks who burn iDVD movies to use Verbatim DVD-Rs. So I tried them. They burn successfully in my drive, but when I try to play it, the drive treats it as a blank disk. When I try to burn something to it again, it treats it as a previously burned disk. Confusing. The burned DVD disk will play in my wife's PC and on the home DVD video player. . . .Â
Steve SONY DVD RW DW-D150A:  Firmware Revision:         1.MG Interconnect:    ATAPI Burn Support:         Yes (Apple Shipping Drive) Cache:    2048 KB Reads DVD:         Yes CD-Write:         -R, -RW DVD-Write:    -R, -RW, +R, +R DL, +RW Write Strategies:         CD-TAO, CD-SAO, CD-Raw, DVD-DAO Media:    To show the available burn speeds, insert a disc and choose View > Refresh
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Mac Pro, Mac OS X (10.6.8), Aperture 2.1
My mac book Pro won't read Audio CDs. This is not an OSX specific issue as it was a problem when I had Leopard and continues to be a problem no that I've upgraded to Lion. It's not a hardware issue; I have no trouble installing software from DVDs.
Info:MacBook Pro (15-inch Mid 2009), Mac OS X (10.7.3)
Yeah. I bought a couple of CD's and I wanted to import the music into my iTunes library. Â
So, I put a CD in and it didn't make the normal CD spinning sound and my Macbook spat out the CD. At first I thought it was a problem with the CD. Then I tried another CD and had the same problem. Then I put in another CD and another CD and realized it's probably my mac that's having a problem.Â
I've had my MacBook since August of last year and it's never previously had this problem.
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Mac OS X (10.6.8)
My iMac 27 inch can't read any DVD, only can CD, blank dvd or CD I tried to read many different DVDS but always happen the same.After 20 seconds, my Mac eject the disc.
Info:Mac OS X (10.6.8)
My mac does not read my DVD.Why?It is a film do I need to convert it ?
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iMac, Mac OS X (10.7.4)
I have a file whose cmd-I information states, under permissions, 'You can only read'. it is an empty folder. It shows as locked, but even when I unlock it, I cannot change the permissions or send it to trash. The permissions info says the admin user can read and write!Â
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iMac, Mac OS X (10.7.4), 4GB RAM
Why is it when I insert a CD into the "slot" does my Mac not read it....it pushes it back out. I have the correct disc, I have verified that several times. I have also checked the System preferences and I have marked ask what to do when a disc is inserted, but for some reason I can't burn or read any discs. I am using a Macbook 10.4.11.
View 7 Replies View RelatedI have unusual, although not debilitating issue with DVDs made on a white 13-inch MB (MB2,1, mid-2007, 2.16GHz, 2GB RAM, SuperDriveDVD=Matshita DVD-R UJ-857E) running Tiger 10.4.11 which cannot be read on a MBPro 15.4-inch (MBP4,1, early-2008, 2,4GHz, 2GB RAM, SuperDriveDVD player=HL-DT-ST DVDRW GSA-S10N) running SnowLeopard 10.6.4.
The DVDs were burned, a couple of years ago, on the white MB and contain a copies of files from my user (administrator) directory, mostly iWork and MSOffice files.
I am able to read the contents of the DVDs and open the individual files on the white MB but not on my MBPro: when I insert the disk, a finder window appears saying I have inserted a blank DVD and asks me how I wish to proceed in using it.
There many ways to recover the files, not least using the MB I created them with, but I would like to understand why this is occurring. Anyone have any ideas?
