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    Can i have some help with Disc Utility please :)

    Discussion in 'Apple and Mac OS X' started by aphexacid, Apr 25, 2007.

  1. aphexacid

    aphexacid Notebook Consultant

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    I guess i never had the need to, becuase for the most part i am primarily a windows user. But i've never used Disc Utility in OS X to burn anything.

    I have an image (.dmg) that i would like to burn onto a DL dvd. my superdrive doesnt support DL burning. I have an NEC 3540 in an external case that i use with my laptops.

    My Powerbook recognizes the usb drive, but i cant figure out how to burn the file.

    Can someone please give me a little help, or point me to a good tutorial you know of. I know its probably very simple, and i almost feel like a shmuck asking, but i'd really appreciate it. :)
     
    aphexacid, Apr 25, 2007
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  2. ageezee

    ageezee Notebook Consultant

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    open disk utility...drag the .dmg you want to burn to the pane on the left. Highlight it and click the burn button. or right click on the .dmg and select open with disk utility...then click burn.
     
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  3. aphexacid

    aphexacid Notebook Consultant

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    ok, thank goodness i'm not completely mac-dense.

    I've been doing that, but i cant get it to let me select the usb burner. its greyed out.

    It let me do it once. it started to burn, and seemed like it was doing something at first, but wasnt. the disc was spinning, but there was no activity. it burned probly 1 byte on the disc. just enough to screw up an expensive verbatim dl.

    somethings got to be wrong here.

    i have tiger 10.4.9 btw
     
    aphexacid, Apr 26, 2007
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    TedJ Asus fan in a can!

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    Have you installed a profile for the external drive using PatchBurn?

    Although I thought that Disc Utility would work anyway... PatchBurn is for ensuring support from within iTunes, iDVD, DVD Studio Pro and the like.
     
    TedJ, Apr 26, 2007
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