Blank CD not showing on Desktop

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Blank CD not showing on Desktop

Not sure if I'm posting this question in the right place, but I have bought some Imation CD-R disks and when I insert them into the drive, they do not show up on the desktop. I successfully burnt some photos from Iphoto, but when I re-inserted the disk, the Disk Utilities came up and I can't access them. Any ideas?

IMAC, Mac OS X (10.4.4), CD-R

Posted on Mar 30, 2008 1:06 PM

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Answer 1

BDAqua

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Mar 30, 2008 1:34 PM in response to Christine Davies

Hi, first off, what does it say in System Preferences>CDs & DVDs for preferences for inserting Blanks & such?

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Answer 2

Mar 31, 2008 5:47 AM in response to Christine Davies

Hi, I'm having this problem too. When I insert a blank CD-R, iTunes opens, and I am able to burn music to a disc using iTunes. But I can't get the disc to display on the Desktop. I understand that after inserting the disc, I am supposed to get a dialog box asking me to name the disc, but this doesn't happen. As a result, I am unable to copy photos or Word documents onto blank discs.

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Answer 3

Mar 31, 2008 8:51 AM in response to Christine Davies

Hi, in preferences, it says Open Disk Utility

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Answer 4

Niel

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Mar 31, 2008 8:59 AM in response to Christine Davies

Change that to Open Finder or Ask what to do.

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Answer 5

Mar 31, 2008 12:05 PM in response to Niel

Thank you. I exported the files straight to the CD-R and then burnt it that way, and it seems fine and I can now see it on the Desktop. Thank you!

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