Re: CD won't import

[W.Adrian D'Alessio]

I have used a cleaner disk successfully in old Mac drives.
A tiny brush is on it and a bit of fluid is added.  You could even open up
the drive. Use a flashlight to peer inside a drawerless drive. You may see
a scary hair ball in there ! You might even disassemble the top .

https://www.amazon.com/Player-Cleaner-Remover-Restore-Repair/dp/B01N7QIX95/ref=sr_1_3?ie=UTF8&qid=1486343640&sr=8-3&keywords=optical+disk+drive+cleaning+brush

You might also find the cleaning disk at Walmart - etc.

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On Sun, Feb 5, 2017 at 2:38 PM, Bill Spencer  wrote:

> Yes it was. How would I check it, please?
>
> On Sunday, February 5, 2017 at 12:06:49 PM UTC-5,
> joh...@pharmacy.arizona.edu wrote:
>>
>>
>> > On Feb 4, 2017, at 3:12 PM, Bill Spencer  wrote:
>> >
>> > Doesn't play in iTunes. But I put it in my wife's older iMac and it
>> imported into her iTunes fine (if slowly) so I just copied the files across
>> and I guess I'm okay. Should probably burn a new disc just on principle.
>> Thanks!
>>
>> Was this on the same machine you had that DVD error on? Might be a
>> failing or dirty optical drive in the Mac.
>>
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>> Bruce Johnson
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>>
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Re: CD won't import

[Bruce Johnson]

I’ve got no idea how to test one, I’ve got an optical drive cleaner around (you 
can get one just about anywhere: Target, WallyWorld, Best buy, Office Depot or 
Staples, Walgreens, Biglots, even.)


I suspect picking up a new external one is probably a good idea, though, since 
you use it a fair bit. These are cheap and readily available: 


Just a random example from Google. These have the great advantage that you 
don’t have to disassemble your iMac to fix it, and you can use them on 
computers that don’t have optical drives too. 

I have one at work that I use even though my iMac’s drive is fine, because I’ve 
got a second monitor up where the disc goes in and out, and it’s been useful 
numerous times for it’s portability.

> On Feb 5, 2017, at 12:38 PM, Bill Spencer  wrote:
> 
> Yes it was. How would I check it, please?
> 
> On Sunday, February 5, 2017 at 12:06:49 PM UTC-5, joh...@pharmacy.arizona.edu 
> wrote:
> 
> > On Feb 4, 2017, at 3:12 PM, Bill Spencer  wrote: 
> > 
> > Doesn't play in iTunes. But I put it in my wife's older iMac and it 
> > imported into her iTunes fine (if slowly) so I just copied the files across 
> > and I guess I'm okay. Should probably burn a new disc just on principle. 
> > Thanks! 
> 
> Was this on the same machine you had that DVD error on? Might be a failing or 
> dirty optical drive in the Mac. 
> 
> -- 
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> College of Pharmacy 
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> 
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Re: CD won't import

[Bill Spencer]

Yes it was. How would I check it, please?

On Sunday, February 5, 2017 at 12:06:49 PM UTC-5, 
joh...@pharmacy.arizona.edu wrote:
>
>
> > On Feb 4, 2017, at 3:12 PM, Bill Spencer > 
> wrote: 
> > 
> > Doesn't play in iTunes. But I put it in my wife's older iMac and it 
> imported into her iTunes fine (if slowly) so I just copied the files across 
> and I guess I'm okay. Should probably burn a new disc just on principle. 
> Thanks! 
>
> Was this on the same machine you had that DVD error on? Might be a failing 
> or dirty optical drive in the Mac. 
>
> -- 
> Bruce Johnson 
> University of Arizona 
> College of Pharmacy 
> Information Technology Group 
>
> Institutions do not have opinions, merely customs 
>
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Re: CD won't import

[Bruce Johnson]

> On Feb 4, 2017, at 3:12 PM, Bill Spencer  wrote:
> 
> Doesn't play in iTunes. But I put it in my wife's older iMac and it imported 
> into her iTunes fine (if slowly) so I just copied the files across and I 
> guess I'm okay. Should probably burn a new disc just on principle. Thanks!

Was this on the same machine you had that DVD error on? Might be a failing or 
dirty optical drive in the Mac.

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Re: CD won't import

[Russell Courtenay]

I usually use Exact Audio Copy (PC only) as it works very hard to make an exact 
bit by bit copy of the data on the disk. Works pretty well but some disks won't 
rip on EAC either...

Russell Courtenay

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> On Feb 4, 2017, at 3:12 PM, Bill Spencer  wrote:
> 
> Doesn't play in iTunes. But I put it in my wife's older iMac and it imported 
> into her iTunes fine (if slowly) so I just copied the files across and I 
> guess I'm okay. Should probably burn a new disc just on principle. Thanks!
> 
>> On Saturday, February 4, 2017 at 3:51:46 PM UTC-5, 
>> joh...@pharmacy.arizona.edu wrote:
>> 
>> > On Feb 4, 2017, at 6:39 AM, William Spencer  wrote: 
>> > 
>> > Hi there: I recently bought a used CD that plays fine in the car and 
>> > through the stereo, but when I try to import it into iTunes, the import 
>> > always fails about 80% of the way through. Any thoughts on why, and how to 
>> > fix the problem? Thanks! 
>> 
>> I'm not sure, I’ve run across a couple CD’s like that; some error in the 
>> encoding or disk damage that the players skip over but iTunes can’t. I've 
>> got a couple others where the imported songs skip between tracks and back 
>> during playback. 
>> 
>> Does it play in iTunes? Maybe try importing it first via Audacity thence 
>> into iTunes? Make a disk image of it and see if THAT imports? 
>> 
>> -- 
>> Bruce Johnson 
>> University of Arizona 
>> College of Pharmacy 
>> Information Technology Group 
>> 
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>> 
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Re: CD won't import

[Bill Spencer]

Doesn't play in iTunes. But I put it in my wife's older iMac and it 
imported into her iTunes fine (if slowly) so I just copied the files across 
and I guess I'm okay. Should probably burn a new disc just on principle. 
Thanks!

On Saturday, February 4, 2017 at 3:51:46 PM UTC-5, 
joh...@pharmacy.arizona.edu wrote:
>
>
> > On Feb 4, 2017, at 6:39 AM, William Spencer  > wrote: 
> > 
> > Hi there: I recently bought a used CD that plays fine in the car and 
> through the stereo, but when I try to import it into iTunes, the import 
> always fails about 80% of the way through. Any thoughts on why, and how to 
> fix the problem? Thanks! 
>
> I'm not sure, I’ve run across a couple CD’s like that; some error in the 
> encoding or disk damage that the players skip over but iTunes can’t. I've 
> got a couple others where the imported songs skip between tracks and back 
> during playback. 
>
> Does it play in iTunes? Maybe try importing it first via Audacity thence 
> into iTunes? Make a disk image of it and see if THAT imports? 
>
> -- 
> Bruce Johnson 
> University of Arizona 
> College of Pharmacy 
> Information Technology Group 
>
> Institutions do not have opinions, merely customs 
>
>

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Re: CD won't import

[Bruce Johnson]

> On Feb 4, 2017, at 6:39 AM, William Spencer  wrote:
> 
> Hi there: I recently bought a used CD that plays fine in the car and through 
> the stereo, but when I try to import it into iTunes, the import always fails 
> about 80% of the way through. Any thoughts on why, and how to fix the 
> problem? Thanks! 

I'm not sure, I’ve run across a couple CD’s like that; some error in the 
encoding or disk damage that the players skip over but iTunes can’t. I've got a 
couple others where the imported songs skip between tracks and back during 
playback. 

Does it play in iTunes? Maybe try importing it first via Audacity thence into 
iTunes? Make a disk image of it and see if THAT imports?

-- 
Bruce Johnson
University of Arizona
College of Pharmacy
Information Technology Group

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