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Hi, all:
Will the USB SuperDrive I bought with my MacBook Air burn double-layered DVD's?
I ask because the movie I made in iMovie '11, and then shared to iDVD, is about 8 GB in size.
Thanks,
Bill in CT
MacBook Air, OS X Mavericks (10.9)
Yes it will
Writes DVD+R DL and DVD-R DL discs at up to 6x speed
Writes DVD-R and DVD+R discs at up to 8x speed
Writes DVD-RW discs at up to 6x speed and DVD+RW discs at up to 8x speed
Reads DVDs at up to 8x speed
Writes CD-R discs at up to 24x speed
Writes CD-RW discs at up to 16x speed
Reads CDs at up to 24x speed
Thanks, PV!
USB SuperDrive: Double-layered?
