Nic Barnes
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is there any way of making the os select an external drive to burn a disc in, instead of the built in drive?
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ed
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I seem to remember my friend telling me that they only let you use the internal drive on them when we were discussing getting the external drive they sell.
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Nic Barnes
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I've got a copy of toast and an external drive, but that doesn't seem to be working. the internal drive has been erring constantly for a while now. seems to be a common fault.
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Sam
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I've had problems burning to some discs using Toast and the internal drive in my MacBook Pro, I now use this program (free) called Disco to burn stuff and it's great, works with everything and isn't so bloated like Toast is!
http://discoapp.com/
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Balling
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Does the Mac register the external drive at all?
Also, what's the benefit of using third party software to burn discs? I've just always done it directly from OS X...
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John
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Do macs as default not let you burn to an external drive
Although it's largely irrelevant now anyway.
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Dom
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quote: Originally posted by ed
I seem to remember my friend telling me that they only let you use the internal drive on them when we were discussing getting the external drive they sell.
I know there was an issue with external drives and using the DVD player under 10.3/10.4; required patching the player app.
But i've always assumed there wasn't an issue using an external drive as a burner, just playback (i suspect due to licensing).
Nic - Have a look at Patchburn, it might sort the problem out. Otherwise do a Google around your external burner and the OSX version you're using as there might be an issue.
Balling - Control/more options over the burning of the discs ie: if you need to change book type or speed etc
[Edited on 27-07-2012 by Dom]
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