Reading a mini cd

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tonydenson Author

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Reading a mini cd

How is one meant read a mini cd in a MacBook superdrive - I assume it can't just be inserted like a full size one ?

Unibody Macbook, Mac OS X (10.6.1)

Posted on Jan 6, 2010 2:23 PM

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Answer 1

Leet Sher

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Jan 6, 2010 2:44 PM in response to tonydenson

No, it cannot be inserted like a regular CD. Doing so will result in a messed up drive, with you being unable to get the disc out. I recommend that if you need to use a mini CD, get an adaptor for it.

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Adam White

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Jan 6, 2010 3:49 PM in response to tonydenson

I believe the safest way to use the mini cd is to use an external tray loading superdrive.

Adam

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Lyssa

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Jan 6, 2010 5:58 PM in response to tonydenson

As the other posters have mentioned, the slot-loading drives in Apple computers cannot handle mini-discs. You'll need an external drive for them.

~Lyssa

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tonydenson Author

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Jan 7, 2010 12:19 AM in response to Lyssa

As I thought. Yet another reason why I don't like the Apple way of doing optical drives. e.g. the lack of a physical button to eject. I will duplicate it on a PC to a regular CD. These small disks are really common, particularly amongst cheapskate Asian hardware suppliers.

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Lyssa

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Jan 7, 2010 9:47 AM in response to tonydenson

I personally like the slot-loading drive--I don't have to worry about it popping open if I'm carrying my laptop around.

However, I do agree that a drive that can properly accept mini-discs would be quite beneficial--especially since other devices with slot-loading drives can accept them (i.e.: the Wii), which causes folks to assume all slot-loading drives can accept those same discs.

~Lyssa

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tonydenson Author

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Jan 8, 2010 12:42 AM in response to Lyssa

Lyssa wrote:
I personally like the slot-loading drive--I don't have to worry about it popping open if I'm carrying my laptop around.
~Lyssa

Having used PC laptops from 1992 until 2006 I can't say I ever had a drive pop open. However, in the 3 years I have been running Macs I have lost count of the number of times I have had to jump through hoops with Mac OS to get a disk eject.

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Lyssa

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Jan 8, 2010 11:45 AM in response to tonydenson

tonydenson wrote:

Lyssa wrote:
I personally like the slot-loading drive--I don't have to worry about it popping open if I'm carrying my laptop around.
~Lyssa

Having used PC laptops from 1992 until 2006 I can't say I ever had a drive pop open. However, in the 3 years I have been running Macs I have lost count of the number of times I have had to jump through hoops with Mac OS to get a disk eject.

And I've had the opposite experience. If I'm using a PC laptop, I find myself constantly popping the drive open when I move the computer, and this drives me crazy! However, I've yet to have my MacBook or iBook give me serious troubles ejecting any discs.

~Lyssa

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