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iMac and mac mini refusing to burn cds! am I cursed?

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  • 13-02-2011 6:01pm
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    whoopdedoo
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    so I've got a mid 2009 iMac 24" running 10.6.6 and mac mini 10.6.6 and both are refusing to burn tracks to cd for me

    has there been faults in these products?

    should I call Cork or the shop I got them in?

    iMac is 17 months old and mac mini is only 10 months


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    Liameter
    Banned (with Prison Access) Posts: 898 ✭✭✭Liameter


    What is the exact wording they display in the "refusal"?
    What burn software are you using?
    What discs are you using?


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    yoyo
    Moderators, Technology & Internet Moderators Posts: 11,011 Mod ✭✭✭✭yoyo


    Could be poor burning software, bad media (discs), drive needs firmware update (No idea if Macs allow firmware updates) or drive is broken, when you say it refuses to burn tracks, is it it starts burning and shows an error? Try picking up or getting some decent brand media (ie verbatim) and try again, sometimes cheap media can fail mid burn, moreso DVDs than CDs

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    whoopdedoo
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    cheers lads, the problem is no matter what disc I insert it chugs away for 15 - 20 secs until it just spits the cds back out,

    it also only plays some burned cds and not others

    after doing some googling it turns out theres been a lot of people with the same issues with their 24"

    my only worry is not getting satisfaction from the reseller or apple cork


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    Liameter
    Banned (with Prison Access) Posts: 898 ✭✭✭Liameter


    Liameter wrote: »
    What is the exact wording they display in the "refusal"?
    What burn software are you using? <
    What discs are you using?

    Have you tried downloading and installing the free "Burn" software for OSX?
    http://burn-osx.sourceforge.net/Pages/English/home.html


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    barryj
    Registered Users Posts: 185 ✭✭barryj


    whoopdedoo wrote: »
    my only worry is not getting satisfaction from the reseller or apple cork

    If the machine won't burn discs, then there's no reason Apple won't repair it under warranty. If the machine is 10 months old, then it's still covered under original warranty. The older one won't be unless you purchased AppleCare.

    As others have suggested, I'd try a different brand/batch of discs first though.

    - barry


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    greglo23
    Registered Users Posts: 1,028 ✭✭✭greglo23


    http://support.apple.com/kb/ht2801
    Have a look here. I had the same problem last week and this sorted it out for me. http://support.apple.com/kb/HT1411 This should be the relevant link.


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