Blank CDs and DVDs for burning ALWAYS shows up on my desktop! Just like ANY HD icon, or external plugged in to any port. Make sure you have your preferences correct in the CD/DVD Hardware Preferences Panel.
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Blank CDs and DVDs for burning ALWAYS shows up on my desktop! Just like ANY HD icon, or external plugged in to any port. Make sure you have your preferences correct in the CD/DVD Hardware Preferences Panel.
If you want to burn cd's and dvd's the easy way then buy Toast Titanium.
It is worth the 80 dollars and no headaches.
Mac OS X doesn't really make it easy to burn your own cds or dvds although it can be done. You have to know how to use itunes, and Disk Utility.
This takes a while to learn these tricks.
--Eric
It is worth the 80 dollars and no headaches.
Mac OS X doesn't really make it easy to burn your own cds or dvds although it can be done. You have to know how to use itunes, and Disk Utility.
This takes a while to learn these tricks.
--Eric
Well, you can return it for a full refund or just exchange it for another apple product such as a MacBook. Do you really need the macbook pro? Ask yourself that. It is an upgrade from just a macbook. Then again, the macbook is great from my experience of owning a 2.0 ghz intel core duo processor and it does everything great for me. Getting a macbook would save you money, time amongst other things. If you see yourself not needing the upgrade of a pro then get a macbook and you'll be just fine. Not many complaints from what i've seen on a macbook than those of a pro.
I've honestly never ever heard of "DrayTek" ... but routers from all the major brands generally work fine. So for now, since I wouldn't know where to start with the configuration of a DrayTek router, I'll just assume the router is doing its job correctly.
It does rather sound like you're right, though, that the antenna cable harness may be the issue. This is exactly the sort of thing you see in that case.
It's also possible that, even though your other computer is connecting, for complicated reasons the culprit is interference that you've never noticed before. So it might also be worth it to do one of the following:
- Change the channel on your router and see what happens
- Take the MBP somewhere else, like a café with a hotspot (for that matter, did they try to connect to the store Wifi at the Apple Store?) and see whether it can connect.
Yeah, this issue is fairly strange, and it sounds more like hardware than anything else...And Mac really is a superb environment. Be patient, but at the same time, politely demand results from your Apple Store. If you have a brand new MBP, and it's sitting in the Apple Store and can't even connect to their Wifi, they need to fix it immediately, and they should provide you with a loner if they cannot (or for that matter, just replace it). It's not reasonable that they expect you to wait for several weeks while they fix a $3000, brand new computer that isn't functioning properly at a basic level.
I believe you are still subject to the 10% restocking fee though once the box is opened.
So you spend $80 on Toat so you can avoid having to create a burn folder?
Toast is usfull formany things but if all you want is to same some file to a CD you don't need it
Thanks for the moral support - I am going to play today with different routers and different settings.
Good luck
Hope you get the issue resolved sooner rather than later so you can join the 'happy customer' mindset. If you get it sorted, I'm sure we would all be interested to hear about it.
OK so I was unhappy with the MBP for the following reasons
1) WiFi did not work - or did but only for 20-60 mins then would drop requiring a launch of Safari, a click of diagnostics then all would be well again for a bit. Also poor WiFi signal.
2) Blank media (DVDs or CDs) refused to eject
3) A main interactive element daily is the "file manager" but Finder appeared worse than Windows File Explorer and a LOT worse than 3rd party Windows file managers like my favourite Directory Opus.
4) Heavy, large form factor compared to say Sony Vaio's.
Vista was no option and XP I was sick and tired of so I have no choice but to solve the above. Here is the state of play
1) It seems my newish and expensive DrayTek (~350USD) router and my MBP don't like each other. No matter what settings I play with it drops, and has a fairly weak signal compared to what the PCs get. But it seems that on all the cheap routers I could find, there was no problem. That sucks a bit. Not sure which end is at fault.
2) Reinstall of OS fixed eject issue. Shame I had to reinstall Leopard on a virgin machine to get Leopard to eject blank media. It would not even show desktop icon for inserted blank media before the reinstall.
3) Trying ForkLift right now but it's not as good as Directory Opus on PC. There must be more dual-pane file manager things out there?
4) Nothing I can do about it, so if it is a very short business trip and I only need the Web browser, I just take my titanium Sony Vaio.
I am sure I will get there with the MBP, as it does feel in terms of software very classy compared to XP. You know, it feels like an Audi compared to a Skoda or VW at best (compared to XP). XP seems rather a noddy/childs play by comparison which is why I began hating it so much.
1) WiFi did not work - or did but only for 20-60 mins then would drop requiring a launch of Safari, a click of diagnostics then all would be well again for a bit. Also poor WiFi signal.
2) Blank media (DVDs or CDs) refused to eject
3) A main interactive element daily is the "file manager" but Finder appeared worse than Windows File Explorer and a LOT worse than 3rd party Windows file managers like my favourite Directory Opus.
4) Heavy, large form factor compared to say Sony Vaio's.
Vista was no option and XP I was sick and tired of so I have no choice but to solve the above. Here is the state of play
1) It seems my newish and expensive DrayTek (~350USD) router and my MBP don't like each other. No matter what settings I play with it drops, and has a fairly weak signal compared to what the PCs get. But it seems that on all the cheap routers I could find, there was no problem. That sucks a bit. Not sure which end is at fault.
2) Reinstall of OS fixed eject issue. Shame I had to reinstall Leopard on a virgin machine to get Leopard to eject blank media. It would not even show desktop icon for inserted blank media before the reinstall.
3) Trying ForkLift right now but it's not as good as Directory Opus on PC. There must be more dual-pane file manager things out there?
4) Nothing I can do about it, so if it is a very short business trip and I only need the Web browser, I just take my titanium Sony Vaio.
I am sure I will get there with the MBP, as it does feel in terms of software very classy compared to XP. You know, it feels like an Audi compared to a Skoda or VW at best (compared to XP). XP seems rather a noddy/childs play by comparison which is why I began hating it so much.
So you spend $80 on Toast so you can avoid having to create a burn folder?
Toast is useful for many things but if all you want is to same some file to a CD you don't need it
Actually one buys Toast because it's light years ahead of Mac's burning utility.
It will compress discs to size, Make DVD's, Make Music discs, Has additional programs to :Transfer tivo video & Burn to disc, CD Spin Doctor to record & Burn Record & Tape backups, DiscCover, to create Labels, & Has the presets for my Epson R1800 already loaded. There are many other attributes that I didn't cover, but you get the drift.Comparing Mac's burn program to Toast is like comparing Gimp to Photoshop CS3 Extended, or Iphoto To Aperature, or Lightroom. No Contest.
In short the effectiveness & Versatility, of Toast is more than worth the price to many of us.
Toast is useful for many things but if all you want is to same some file to a CD you don't need it
Actually one buys Toast because it's light years ahead of Mac's burning utility.
It will compress discs to size, Make DVD's, Make Music discs, Has additional programs to :Transfer tivo video & Burn to disc, CD Spin Doctor to record & Burn Record & Tape backups, DiscCover, to create Labels, & Has the presets for my Epson R1800 already loaded. There are many other attributes that I didn't cover, but you get the drift.Comparing Mac's burn program to Toast is like comparing Gimp to Photoshop CS3 Extended, or Iphoto To Aperature, or Lightroom. No Contest.
In short the effectiveness & Versatility, of Toast is more than worth the price to many of us.
So Toast is able to do what DVD Shrink does then right?
You can rip your DVD to the HDD with Handbrake and then use Toast to pull out certain components and reburn to a blank DVD?
Oh, on that topic... for those who don't have Toast, check out this piece of software:
http://burn-osx.sourceforge.net/
It's a simple, free piece of software that does a few extra burning tasks... for those of us who don't do these things all that often, and maybe therefore don't feel like buying Toast for them, this is nice to have around. It includes a really basic ability to burn video to DVD and VCD as well, including inline format conversion.
Not that Toast really has anything to do with the burn problem the OP has. I mean, whichever app you use, the DVD should not get stuck in the MBP!
http://burn-osx.sourceforge.net/
It's a simple, free piece of software that does a few extra burning tasks... for those of us who don't do these things all that often, and maybe therefore don't feel like buying Toast for them, this is nice to have around. It includes a really basic ability to burn video to DVD and VCD as well, including inline format conversion.
Not that Toast really has anything to do with the burn problem the OP has. I mean, whichever app you use, the DVD should not get stuck in the MBP!
Blank discs never show in the Finder. Just make a burn folder with the data you want in it and then click burn. No need to muck around with the disc.
Try to go to a room farther away from your wireless router, you might be getting some packet errors from being close with a powerful antennae.
I have to disagree with what he said about Macs having inferior WiFi. My niece just got a Gateway notebook and my MacBook gets a far stronger signal strength. It has to be faulty hardware to blame.
It's really the *metal* Macs that get bemoaned for this... particularly the MBP. The plastic ones, like yours, have always had an excellent reputation. I've never owned a metal-cased Mac personally, though, so I don't have a strong feel for how big a difference it makes.
I use handbrake for things I'm ripping to mp4. If I'm looking to leave it in video_ts type format then I use MacTheRipper. After that yes, Toast will size to your media.
No Mic in Sound now
OK so last weekend, brand new MBP, no disc eject and nearly no WiFi. Leopard install fixed no disc eject and now I've got the WiFi pretty much working. I tried different channels, different security, no security but in the end found that setting it to G only (as opposed to A, B or super G) has kept it fairly stable. If I put it into sleep I still have to fiddle on wake but hell, it pretty much works.
Anyhow stage two with my new MBP - install popular apps. So I installed Skype but there is no input from the mic! If I go into Sound in System Preferences it recognises the mic of the headset as you see the input becoming lined in, but it shows no input. If I do a Skype test call there is no mic input. Any ideas? Or is this switch to a Mac experience just going from bad to worse? Certainly nothing just works for me so far.
PS I've tried more than one headset. With the internal mic you see the sound meter move, but with the headset nothing (yes i select line in). You see a spike on the input level of line in when I plug in the headset but speech registers nothing on the input scale.
OK so last weekend, brand new MBP, no disc eject and nearly no WiFi. Leopard install fixed no disc eject and now I've got the WiFi pretty much working. I tried different channels, different security, no security but in the end found that setting it to G only (as opposed to A, B or super G) has kept it fairly stable. If I put it into sleep I still have to fiddle on wake but hell, it pretty much works.
Anyhow stage two with my new MBP - install popular apps. So I installed Skype but there is no input from the mic! If I go into Sound in System Preferences it recognises the mic of the headset as you see the input becoming lined in, but it shows no input. If I do a Skype test call there is no mic input. Any ideas? Or is this switch to a Mac experience just going from bad to worse? Certainly nothing just works for me so far.
PS I've tried more than one headset. With the internal mic you see the sound meter move, but with the headset nothing (yes i select line in). You see a spike on the input level of line in when I plug in the headset but speech registers nothing on the input scale.
I would seriously go to the Apple store, be very polite, tell them my situation, and ask for a replacement. I'm 85% sure they'll be cool about it.
Certainly at odds with my experience. I do have a Airport Extreme at home, but I use my MBP wirelessly at work (using Cisco LEAP, no less) as well as a very wide variety of wireless routers in airports and hotels all over the hemisphere. I can almost always be up and running wirelessly while my traveling partner(s) are still futzing with getting a connection.
I don't understand. Disks always show in the finder for me (tiger). Disk burning couldn't be easier. Put disk in. Drag files to disk. burn disk.
Using a burn folder is one step too many for a quick burn.
