Can't see contents of DVD

[Doggled]

Folks,

The usual health warning applies here - ie I'm new to MAC and completely flummoxed about how to view the contents of a DVD.

Background:
- my friend copied some homemade video files on a DVD
- I plug in the DVD and....nothing

Shouldnt the disk appear over in the left hand side of Finder along with the Macintosh HD and Network etc?

I'm trying Disk Utilities to create a disk image, but it's taking hours. Shurely there has got t be an easier way. No??

Thanks in advance for your advice.

 

[spinnerlys]

Have you checked the Preferences of Finder?

You can also see all drives by using CMD+ArrowUp several times in a Finder window, it will move you up the hierarchy.

Creating a disk image (.dmg) may take some time. I just did one of a DVD we produced and it took almost 30 minutes for 3-4GB.


Also have a look here to learn more about Mac OS X.

http://www.apple.com/support/mac101/
http://www.apple.com/support/switch101/
http://www.apple.com/findouthow/mac/ -- with videos

http://support.apple.com/kb/HT3131 - keyboard shortcuts

 

[Dave Braine]

Shouldnt the disk appear over in the left hand side of Finder along with the Macintosh HD and Network etc?

It should also appear on the right hand side of your desktop, where double clicking should open it.

 

[surflordca]

Shouldnt the disk appear over in the left hand side of Finder along with the Macintosh HD and Network etc?

Are you sure that the disk is finalized from your friend...