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Works from Disk Copy on external CD-RW
Authored by: rv8 on Jul 20, '02 10:50:35PM

I've got a Cube, running OS X 10.1.5, with a LaCie 24x external CD-RW. I tried this hint after burning a CD-R from the Finder - it didn't work. The Finder complained that the previously burned CD-R was unusable. Then I burned a fresh CD-R from Disk Copy. This time I was able to append a second session. Great! Thanks for the hint.

I also noted that the process of burning a CD-R from Disk Copy is quite a bit quicker than doing it from the Finder. The Finder goes though a long "Preparing Data..." process after you tell it to burn the CD, but Disk Copy starts burning right away.

I am very, very pleased to finally be able to do multi-session CDs. :):)

Kevin Horton



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Works from Disk Copy on external CD-RW
Authored by: joesim on Jul 21, '02 06:41:09PM

One suggestion/question?

Did you use the "Burn Disc" item in the Finder's "File" menu.

This will probably not work in the first place on an already burned CD. After the initial burn, leave the "Finder" out of ALL involvement in the burning proceedure.

JUST use "Disk Copy".

Just a thought.....!



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Nope, used Disk Copy for both second attempts
Authored by: rv8 on Aug 06, '02 08:36:00PM

I used Disk Copy for the second attempt in both tests.

Test 1 - Burn fresh CD-R from the Finder, then use Disk Copy to try to append a second session - didn't work.

Test 2 - Burn first session using Disk Copy, then use Disk Copy to append a second session. Worked great.

This is using an external CD-RW drive. Maybe I would get different results with an Apple internal CD-RW, but I don't have one of those to test.



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