Error messages: The disc can’t be burned because an unexpected error occurred (error code 0x8002006E). The disc can't be burned because the device failed to calibrate the laser power level for this media.

October 13, 2014

After reading the 10 pages of the Apple link and trying almost everything except adding a new account in the System Preferences, I went to Staples and bought a new box of Staples brand DVD+Rs and came home and tried them and they worked fine. I also changed the System Preferences for CDs and DVDs to just "Open Finder" instead of "Ask What to Do" - so I now bypass that dialogue box because I noticed when I burned a CD I never got that question and had NO TROUBLE burning a CD throughout this entire process. And now I seem to have no problem burning DVDs either....


The DVDs I bought were only 4X (burn speed) - kinda low number but that was also mentioned above. Whatever, after several days trying to figure out why I could burn CDs but not DVDs, my problem seems to be solved.

iMac, Mac OS X (10.6.8), Error messages: The disc can’t be b

Posted on Oct 13, 2014 1:13 AM

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Error messages: The disc can’t be burned because an unexpected error occurred (error code 0x8002006E). The disc can't be burned because the device failed to calibrate the laser power level for this media.

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