Every time I try to burn a disk it goes to initialize the disk at full speed, even when I say burn at 8x. The thing spins up and shakes the heck out of my macbook. I have made many coasters now and I think this thing is seriously flawed. I have tried different manufacturers of CD-R's with the same result. Looks like I'm headed into the dealer for a new Super Drive unless anyone has any suggestions for me to try. I am using Itunes to do it. Maybe that's the problem... any freeware I could try in it's place?
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Burning disks on Macbook is frustrating me...
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No reason why you shouldn't be able to burn effectively and efficiently with iTunes. No need for 3rd party software.
It does sound like you may have a hardware issue.
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It does sound like you may have a hardware issue.
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No reason why you shouldn't be able to burn effectively and efficiently with iTunes. No need for 3rd party software.
It does sound like you may have a hardware issue.
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That's what I thought. Guess I will head in tomorrow and let my dealer try it and see what they find. It's not an Apple store but an Apple dealer that's darn close. Now to see how their service is any good. The funny thing is I bought this in December and never tried to burn anything until recently. Kinda wish I'd tried it sooner...I hate the thought of them taking my book apart for fear of something else going wrong
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No I haven't I have only used it a couple times and my book is clean. Anyway my last attempt worked for some reason. I guess I will keep trying it and if it keeps up I'll just take it in.
That alone should tell you something is wrong. That's a hardware problem and no 3rd party software will solve that. Take it and and good luck.