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    clearing DVD-RW on mac

    Discussion in 'Apple and Mac OS X' started by Scrb45, Sep 5, 2006.

  1. Scrb45

    Scrb45 Notebook Enthusiast

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    hey, i just burned the wrong files onto my DVD-RW on my macbook pro, and it seems like i cant clear the files to start again. i tried just moving them to the trash, but it says i dont have permission. is there any type of program that i can use or method i can try that will let me start with a clean slate on this dvd-rw? thanks
     
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    I don't use DVD-RW so this is a guess. Right click on the DVD on the desktop and choose 'Get Info'. Go do to Ownership and Permissions and select read & write. Then click on Details and choose Apply to enclosed items. I think that will work. Incidentally this is a reason why I just use once-write DVD's. They are cheaper and don't really have issues like this.
     
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    didnt work, thanks for the attempt tho
     
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    figured it out, i had to run disk utility, and then i was easily able to erase and start new
     
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