MacBook Pro will not read DVD-R

I'm facing the same problem. When I called the customer care, the reply I get is "ask the provider to issue a CD that is compatible with the mac book". This kind of driving me crazy

I can't thank you enough for the advice about cleaning the DV lens. For the past year I have been having major problems with recording to DV. I assumed it was the discs so I spent a fortune trying out different brand discs. Some would work for awhile but then wouldn't work. So, after reading your comment, I went out and bought a cheap CD that you pop into the disc drive and it is supposed to clean the lens. I didn't expect much but amazingly the DV recorder now works perfectly and all the discs I thought didn't work in it, now do. Amazing really. Thanx again for advice about the cleaning. Very much appreciated.

I tried the canned air a few weeks back. it helped for a while but no longer works

i got a cleaning disk today - it fixed the problem, it says to do it every 10 hours... so i guess we should.

Is it too late to add a "me too" to this thread ? Its frustrating to have backups I can access via my Mini but not on my ( considerably more expensive & newer ) Powerbook. Sad.

same same same same Fu......ng problem here..so frustating !!
Can't install some really expancive soft I v just bought !!
Thanx apple for all this S..t on your customer.

Compressed Air Blasts helped me on a Macbook Pro 17" with the latest as-of-writing firmware/updates (10.5.7)

A cleaning disk did the trick for me.

thanks man this really helped me get through the problem i was facing with the blank media, etc......i did exactly instructed here and bam installation of software i needed off a backup disc.

same problem...

It doesn't recognize it when I burn a DVD.
Professional discs like software work.
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cleaning lens with disc cleaner fixed my problem, thanks! i could read CDs, burn DVDs, but could not read DVD-ROM or DVD-R. all fixed now.

Yep, $6 GE Laser Lens Cleaner from Target. Worked for me! Thought I had to get a new laptop for a while there.

Just wanted to say that I had this exact problem and canned air did the trick for me, as well. I'd recommend that as the first option to try for anybody, given how cheap and easy it is.

My DVD player is still working but its only copying some of the items. For instance, i wanted to put 193 photos on the blank Sony DVD. It only copied 5 images! any ideas guys?

Same here and with the same model. DVD-R disks refuse to even mount. No problem with DVD or software disks.

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