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Create data DVDs readable by Mac and PC
Authored by: bark on Mar 25, '03 10:37:27AM

Toast definitely does it. The finder will only burn a data DVD that can be read by macs, not by PCs. I haven't tried it with 10.2.4, but it didn't work in 10.2.3

Apple tech support told me that toast would ruin the Superdrive, anyone else have issues with that?



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Create data DVDs readable by Mac and PC
Authored by: dfbills on Mar 25, '03 11:33:43AM

re: toast ruining superdrive

That's ridiculus! I use it all the time with multiple superdrives. Even two drives at once!



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Create data DVDs readable by Mac and PC
Authored by: mm2270 on Mar 25, '03 11:56:27AM

Wow! What hogwash! I've used Toast on Apple SuperDrives now for quite some time, and have NEVER had a problem with it. I can't believe some of the crap Apple tech support can conjur up sometimes! Where do they get this stuff? It's prolly just the "official" statement of Apple that they only support burning with their own built-in sw, even though the SuperDrive is nothing but the Pioneer DVR drive. Unbelievable!



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Create data DVDs readable by Mac and PC
Authored by: Goober on Mar 25, '03 05:54:38PM

Maybe you have some type of error or problem.
I've been burning data DVD's on a 733mhz first generation Superdrive only from the finder for PC use for over a year with dozens of discs seeing daily PC use.

I am only using Apple blank media. No real variables here. My office of 300 people are using 2000, NT and XP and no problems yet. The dvd's seem to read/load data a lot faster when put into a PC.

Best of luck.



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