The Macintosh Disk Utility is kind of odd. You first need to choose the destination, then hit the burn button, then select the source file then find the "ready to burn" checkbox and, finally, hit the burn button in that dialogue.
Slowing my burn speed did fix my problem. cdh On Mar 30, 2010, at 6:46 PM, Sarah Alawami wrote: > I did not see it under disk utilities. I saw the dialogue and then the burn > button. and that's it. I'll have a play with it though. > On Mar 30, 2010, at 11:35 AM, Chris Hofstader wrote: > >> You can change the speed if you check the box that says "Ready to burn." >> It's odd but it worked for me. >> On Mar 30, 2010, at 1:34 PM, Sarah Alawami wrote: >> >>> You cannot reduce the speed when burning images. I've tried and the speed >>> is dimmed out. >>> On Mar 30, 2010, at 8:21 AM, James & Nash wrote: >>> >>>> Hi cdh >>>> On 30 Mar 2010, at 15:07, Chris Hofstader wrote: >>>>> Recently, I have had to try out a number of different GNU/Linux distros. >>>>> I use Safari to download them from their web sites and then, using disk >>>>> utility, burn the DVD. I got this to work with the SpeakUp Modified >>>>> Fedora but all other downloads cause Disk Utility to crap out on >>>>> verification. >>>>> >>>>> This is on a six month old MacBook Pro 13 which shouldn't have any really >>>>> bad problems yet. >>>> >>>> I've found this too. Have you tried to reduce the burning speed to the >>>> lowest possible speed for your machine? Sometimes for some reason when >>>> DVDs etc are burned quickly, some sort of corruption takes place. This >>>> makes me wonder why such speeds exist if corruption occurs after using >>>> them. >>>> >>>> HTH >>>> >>>> TC >>>> James, Lyn, Nash & Twinny >>>>> Hi, >>>>> >>>>> Recently, I have had to try out a number of different GNU/Linux distros. >>>>> I use Safari to download them from their web sites and then, using disk >>>>> utility, burn the DVD. I got this to work with the SpeakUp Modified >>>>> Fedora but all other downloads cause Disk Utility to crap out on >>>>> verification. >>>>> >>>>> This is on a six month old MacBook Pro 13 which shouldn't have any really >>>>> bad problems yet. >>>>> >>>>> Any ideas? >>>>> >>>>> cdh >>>>> >>>>> -- >>>>> You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups >>>>> "MacVisionaries" group. >>>>> To post to this group, send email to macvisionar...@googlegroups.com. >>>>> To unsubscribe from this group, send email to >>>>> macvisionaries+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. >>>>> For more options, visit this group at >>>>> http://groups.google.com/group/macvisionaries?hl=en. >>>>> >>>> >>>> -- >>>> You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups >>>> "MacVisionaries" group. >>>> To post to this group, send email to macvisionar...@googlegroups.com. >>>> To unsubscribe from this group, send email to >>>> macvisionaries+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. >>>> For more options, visit this group at >>>> http://groups.google.com/group/macvisionaries?hl=en. >>>> >>> >>> -- >>> You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups >>> "MacVisionaries" group. >>> To post to this group, send email to macvisionar...@googlegroups.com. >>> To unsubscribe from this group, send email to >>> macvisionaries+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. >>> For more options, visit this group at >>> http://groups.google.com/group/macvisionaries?hl=en. >>> >> >> -- >> You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups >> "MacVisionaries" group. >> To post to this group, send email to macvisionar...@googlegroups.com. >> To unsubscribe from this group, send email to >> macvisionaries+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. >> For more options, visit this group at >> http://groups.google.com/group/macvisionaries?hl=en. >> > > -- > You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups > "MacVisionaries" group. > To post to this group, send email to macvisionar...@googlegroups.com. > To unsubscribe from this group, send email to > macvisionaries+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. > For more options, visit this group at > http://groups.google.com/group/macvisionaries?hl=en. > -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "MacVisionaries" group. To post to this group, send email to macvisionar...@googlegroups.com. To unsubscribe from this group, send email to macvisionaries+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/macvisionaries?hl=en.
