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CD or DVD too large to burn
MacBook Pro 13″, OS X 10.10
A CD can hold ~700MB of data.
A DVD can hold ~4.7GB of data.
How large is the file you are trying to burn?
What software are you using to burn your disc?
Store information on CD and DVD discs on Mac - Apple Support
A CD can hold ~700MB of data.
A DVD can hold ~4.7GB of data.
How large is the file you are trying to burn?
What software are you using to burn your disc?
Store information on CD and DVD discs on Mac - Apple Support
• Again - What is the size of the file you are attempting to write to disc?
Select the file and press Cmd-I (⌘I) to see.
• Is the file located on your computer or in the cloud?
If in the cloud, place a copy into a local folder and try to burn it from there.
• What brand and type of disc – CD-R, CD-RW, DVD-R, DVD-RW – are you attempting to write to? Some brands are better tolerated than others in inexpensive dvd burners.
• Has some data already been written to the disc before?
If so, it may not be possible to add additional data to that disc. Try burning to a new disc.
I seem to recall that a CD-R could be amended until full or finalized (?)... but it's been a long time since I've used them. I could be wrong - and probably am. I've had a lot of birthdays. 😉
If a CD-RW, then it could be erased and rewritten. Likewise with DVD-RW.
You may be right: ‘sessions’ now comes to mind. I think they may not have been available when I first started using CD-Rs, and maybe I was only twice successful with sessions.
Probably became reliable a long time ago.
I think I am having problems because my external hard drive, from which I was attempting to move files... to a DVD, was locked! I was able to get into its preferences> security and unlock it. I will try to put files on the DVD again. Your idea of moving the files to the desktop and copying to the DVD from there is a really good idea, and if I have trouble again will try that... to be continued.... Thank you!
My Mac keeps telling me my CD-R is "too large to fit on the disc. Remove some files and try again." even though there is plenty of space left on the disc.
I just have an external portable DVD writer.
A CD-R can only be written to once, as I remember.
Forwarding the thanks to @DIJ
yes thank you!
You’re welcome!🙂
CD or DVD file too large to burn
