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DVD-RW in Jaguar?
I was aware that the super-drive on my G4 iMac was DVD-RW capable, but having consulted the Mac Help and Knowledge Base, I was under the impression that disc-burning in the Finder only supported DVD-R Media (10.1.5) Does this mean that Jaguar adds DVD-RW capabilities? I hope so, as this would greatly simplify backing up my work.
DVD-RW in Jaguar?
I've burned DVD-RW disks in the finder at least since 10.1 ... I can't remember if I did earlier than that.
Most of the time I use Toast, but occasionally I use the finder to do it (after erasing it with Disk Utility first).
Funny thing too .. I would ask my local mac shops (Tekserve and Digital Society here in NYC) about when they would offer DVD-RWs to buy so I could use them with my SuperDrive .. they would try to convince me that my SuperDrive was incapable of burning DVD-RWs .. actually argue with me about it .. damndest thing.
Point is, great feature that Apple seems to go out of its way to not advertise.
DVD-RW in Jaguar?
I don't think you understand - the only support OSX has for CD-RW is to erase them. For burning the only thing you can do is burn exactly like a CD-R.
DVD-RW in Jaguar?
"I don't think you understand - the only support OSX has for CD-RW is to erase them..."
DVD-RW in Jaguar?
There are two different types of media being mentioned, but the basic principles are the same. They're both Re-Writable optical storage mediums at the end of the day. I wasn`t actually referring to hard-disk like functionality in my initial posting, although this feature would be useful. (doesn`t DVD-RAM allow this?) I know the Finder treats a CD-RW as a CD-R once it has been initialised, I just wasn`t sure if it allowed DVD-RW to be used and re-used as a DVD-R for back-up purposes (prior to a clean install of Jaguar). Backing up my Home to a single disc (4.29GB after initialising) is a lot easier than spreading it across a series of CD-RWs and Zip Disks!
DVD-RW in Jaguar?
Doesn't matter whether its DVD-RW or CD-RW, OSX doesn't support using either as an "actual rewritable format" - merely that it supports erasing them so that you can burn to them again. |
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