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Are G5's supposed to burn DVD+R discs?
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Because mine is right now.
I'm working out in the yard so my eyes weren't adjusted to the darkness in here. The only light is from my monitor. I grabbed a DVD, popped it in, and started the burn w/DiskCopy. Working fine. As I get up to go back out, I see the case said "DVD+R". I thought Apple didn't support them.
Mike
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That's cool! I know for a fact that the DVD burners supplied in Macs are now fully compatible with DVD-R and DVD+R. What I didn't know was that the software supported it. I thought you'd have to get Toast or some other burning program in order to burn to DVD+R.
I have a multi-format DVD+/-R drive myself, but I have never really seen any reason to buy DVD+R media. I don't understand how it's functionally different from DVD-R.
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Well, that's my point - I didn't think it WAS supported, and I accidentally tried. I don't want people going out buying DVD+R because of this. I was using my G5's internal drive, not a third party drive.
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Originally posted by starman:
Well, that's my point - I didn't think it WAS supported, and I accidentally tried. I don't want people going out buying DVD+R because of this. I was using my G5's internal drive, not a third party drive.
Mike
See Apple's site:
http://www.apple.com/macosx/newfeatu...essionals.html
search for +R on the page.
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That doesn't mention anything about Apple Macintosh machines recording DVD+/-R/RW. It mentions that Panther will support DVD burning via external multi-format burners attached to your Mac.
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Originally posted by hldan:
That doesn't mention anything about Apple Macintosh machines recording DVD+/-R/RW. It mentions that Panther will support DVD burning via external multi-format burners attached to your Mac.
My response quoted the wrong message. What my response was meant to refer to was the statement from a different message above stating:
I know for a fact that the DVD burners supplied in Macs are now fully compatible with DVD-R and DVD+R. What I didn't know was that the software supported it
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Is this the latest gen machines, or does this apply also to the first gen G5s?
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Originally posted by driven:
Is this the latest gen machines, or does this apply also to the first gen G5s?
My first gen dual 1.8 doesn't recognize +R. But then again, I'm using a Pioneer DVR-106 that didn't come with my G5.
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My first generation G5 (early model Dual 2.0 with the stock 4x Pioneer DVR-106) works just fine with DVD+R and DVD+RW. Right after 10.3 came out and included support for the "+" formats, I bought a DVD+RW to try.
Reads/writes data just perfectly via the Finder. +R/+RW is not supported in the iApps, however.
G5 users (and late model iMacs & eMacs) can use the "+" format DVDs with MacOS X 10.3 if they wish, but for now only in the Finder (or via Toast). At least its handy for those of us who exchange data with PC users frequently...
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i have a first gen G5, and it has always burned a +R and +RW disk without any issues. It has the A06 drive mechanism
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My first Gen 2'0 ghz G5 with the pioneer didn't start to burn DVD+R until after the 10.3.3 update. Wouldn't do it before that jsut gave me an unrecognized media error. Since it has supported it I have burned 10 to 20 DVD+r's only because I got a spindle that was marked wrong and got a great price on it. Usually the DVD-R media is cheaper, at least for me.
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Originally posted by southtdi:
My first Gen 2'0 ghz G5 with the pioneer didn't start to burn DVD+R until after the 10.3.3 update. Wouldn't do it before that jsut gave me an unrecognized media error. Since it has supported it I have burned 10 to 20 DVD+r's only because I got a spindle that was marked wrong and got a great price on it. Usually the DVD-R media is cheaper, at least for me.
DVD-R has become considerably cheaper as of late.
(Also: DVD-R media seems to work in all of my DVD players whereas the DVD+R will not.)
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