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Help with burning program to disk.
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Elixir
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Dec 17, 2007, 04:09 PM
 
quick silly question but how would i go about copying a program from one disk to the other?

i just drag the contents from the disk to my desktop and then pop in the blank dvd disk?

eh, sorry for the nub question.
     
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Dec 18, 2007, 03:52 PM
 
This is possible but it is upon to the program. Which program is?
     
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Dec 18, 2007, 04:04 PM
 
Yes, for most applications that will work. You don't have to drag anything to the desktop, however. You can insert a blank DVD, open it in the finder, drag what you want to copy into it and then click the Burn button.

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Dec 18, 2007, 04:14 PM
 
I'd use disk utility to make an image of the original disk and then burn it.
     
Elixir  (op)
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Dec 18, 2007, 09:15 PM
 
Originally Posted by bballe336 View Post
I'd use disk utility to make an image of the original disk and then burn it.
this is what i did since i was trying to make yet another copy of leopard.

here is the crazy thing that has occurred: my macbook pro does not recognize sony DVD+R DL's, but my IMac and mac mini do. however, the imac and mac mini do not recognize Nexxtech DVD+R DL's but my macbook does.

whats going on here?
     
   
 
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