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Mar 5, 2013 7:54 AM in response to SimoneBirleyby Stephenion,How much? Take one or two files, measure the original size on the HDD, then measure the size on the DVD? What happens if you copy them off the DVD to that other Mac's HDD?
Have you tried Burner to burn a data DVD too yet?
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Mar 8, 2013 3:35 AM in response to Stephenionby SimoneBirley,Have written a disc of only 5Mb with no problem, as it's usually backing up I'm doing they're full DVD's, ie 7/8GB, gets to 'filling chache 28%' then gets stuck, hence thinking its a memory problem, common prolem of old, before HD were GB's in size!
Having copying issues with the Mac concerned too so not been able to burn DVD straight from the Mac either.
Still struggling on & only getting issues withthe Mac after trying to write DVD's
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Mar 8, 2013 4:18 PM in response to SimoneBirleyby rccharles,Not all brands of DVD are the same. Are you using the same brand as before?
How about if you backup from the same machine as the dvd burner is on. Fast or slow?
How about if you copy the data to the hd from the other machine. fast or slow? Could be network traffic.
Warning. The "life span" from manufacture to manufacture. Should try reading your oldest DVD to verify that you can still read them. I hard there are special archive DVD for long lasting storage.
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Mar 8, 2013 7:09 PM in response to SimoneBirleyby Glen Doggett,SimoneBirley wrote:
Having copying issues with the Mac concerned too so not been able to burn DVD straight from the Mac either.
Still struggling on & only getting issues withthe Mac after trying to write DVD's
how much free space do you have on the boot drive? Could it be filling up with temp file space needed to compose the DVD disc image before burning?