CD-R's 700 MB + (on MacBook)

[Tim117]

I'm looking for some CD-R's (or DVD-R's) that are greater than 700 mb that work on MacBook? I have some Philips DVD-R's that are 4.7 gb but my computer simply ejects the disk and chooses not to recognize it.

 

[WildCowboy]

Dumb question: Does your MacBook have a SuperDrive? If it only has a combo drive, it will just spit out blank DVD-Rs because it can't do anything with them.

 

[webgoat]

http://www.supermediastore.com/

 

[Tim117]

Dumb question: Does your MacBook have a SuperDrive? If it only has a combo drive, it will just spit out blank DVD-Rs because it can't do anything with them.

I'm going to assume it has a combo. It's about a year old. Only has the GMA 950 graphics card.

 

[WildCowboy]

I'm going to assume it has a combo. It's about a year old. Only has the GMA 950 graphics card.

If you click on the Apple logo in the upper left, then "About This Mac", then "More Info...", it will pull up Apple System Profiler. Click on "Disc Burning" and it will give you information about the drive you have and what types of media it can read from and write to.

Generally the entry-level MacBooks come with only a combo drive, but you can upgrade to the SuperDrive...so it depends on what you purchased.

If you do have a combo drive, then you're stuck. There are CD-Rs larger than 700 MB, but they are very rare and I suspect they wouldn't be compatible since they utilize special techniques to increase the data density.

 

[Tim117]

If you click on the Apple logo in the upper left, then "About This Mac", then "More Info...", it will pull up Apple System Profiler. Click on "Disc Burning" and it will give you information about the drive you have and what types of media it can read from and write to.

Generally the entry-level MacBooks come with only a combo drive, but you can upgrade to the SuperDrive...so it depends on what you purchased.

If you do have a combo drive, then you're stuck. There are CD-Rs larger than 700 MB, but they are very rare and I suspect they wouldn't be compatible since they utilize special techniques to increase the data density.

MATSHITA CD-RW CW-8221:

Firmware Revision: GA0J
Interconnect: ATAPI
Burn Support: Yes (Apple Shipped/Supported)
Cache: 2048 KB
Reads DVD: Yes
CD-Write: -R, -RW
Burn Underrun Protection CD: Yes
Write Strategies: CD-TAO, CD-SAO, CD-Raw
Media: No

I wouldn't know.

 

[CalBoy]

Sorry OP, I don't think you have a Superdrive. Out of curiosity, why wouldn't an external drive work for this data? Are you planning on playing it elsewhere?

 

[Tim117]

Sorry OP, I don't think you have a Superdrive. Out of curiosity, why wouldn't an external drive work for this data? Are you planning on playing it elsewhere?

I'm sure it would. I'm just burning some data disks with some movies on them.

 

[yg17]

MATSHITA

Someone really didn't think things through when they named their company, did they?

 

[CalBoy]

I'm sure it would. I'm just burning some data disks with some movies on them.

If you're looking to backup your movies, then an external would work best anyways. If you're doing this to violate contracts, we won't be able to help you anymore.