blank cd's - are you kidding me?

[SooTyLaD]

ok, so i wanna burn a cd... i stick in a blank and a dialog comes up about opening the finder or itunes... i click cancel assuming the cd would just pop up in the finder sidebar and i could just drag files to it...

turns out cuz i pressed cancel, the cd gets stuck... and after a quick google this is a common thing!? - the eject button on the keyboard wouldn't work (then again it never has done anything for me...), the eject button on the menu bar and also in disk utility wouldn't work either. so i have to restart and hold the mouse/trackpad button to eject - seems really irish to me that does...

i have since figured out that if i put the disk in and choose finder at the dialog box... THEN the disk gets properly mounted and shows up on the desktop and in the sidebar, whereas before just nothing happened...

anyone else think its crazy that if you cancel the dialog box, you're looking at a restart???

 

[Maccy]

Sadly yes, couldn't you just hold down the eject button though?

 

[FreeStream]

Sadly yes, couldn't you just hold down the eject button though?

^^


Need to hold it down

 

[J1234]

Yep, eject button requires you to hold it down incase you accidentally press it when typing, handy stuff

 

[SooTyLaD]

i thought i'd tried that but i'll bear it in mind for next time cheers chaps

 

[Deleted member 329]

touch it long time


if it really is stuck and no matter what you do it wont come out come back and i will tell you how to fix it

 

[sidethink]

seems really irish to me that does...

Your honour, I object!

 

[Timdog]

Your honour, I object!

your british mate

 

[Indy500]

your british mate

Maybe he believes in a unified Ireland?

 

[Deleted member 651465]

The problem here is your a complete n00b

The solution: Try ejecting the disc, and perhaps set the Finder to open the disc automagically in the system preferences (under cd/dvd)