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Orion27 · Feb 25, 2003, 03:28 PM

Created a back up folder and inserted
CDRW disc. Burned the backup. Went to rewrite with a backup and I get the message disc can't be modified. was'up?

Orion27 · Feb 25, 2003, 03:41 PM

ok I get it. RTFMM !!

Art Vandelay · Feb 25, 2003, 03:41 PM

You have to use Disk Utility to erase the CD-RW first. Then you can reburn the CD.

Orion27 · Feb 25, 2003, 03:55 PM

Disk Utility does sees the disk but the
options are all grayed out> No selection
of operations is possible?

bradoesch · Feb 25, 2003, 06:15 PM

Originally posted by Orion27:
Disk Utility does sees the disk but the
options are all grayed out> No selection
of operations is possible?

Are you clicking on the name of the drive or the volume? I believe you have to click the drive or else you won't be able to erase the disc.

Orion27 · Feb 25, 2003, 09:09 PM

thank you. I much as I do with computers
I can be a complete idiot!

Developer · Feb 25, 2003, 09:13 PM

Originally posted by Orion27:
I can be a complete idiot!

Could also be that erasing a CD-RW is a little bit unintuitive in OS X.

Anand · Feb 25, 2003, 09:15 PM

You are not an idiot. Most people with Pc can just add files to a CD untill it is the CD is full. The mac needs a better way to do this. In addition, it needs to be able to take an open session disk from a PC, add files to it, and send it back to the PC without any problem. Apple needs to do this.