Re: Can't Eject DVD - Problem Solved

2007-02-17 Thread J Philippe Chaperon
Hi Bill, Congratulations in getting the DVD out. To answer your question, there are 2 other ways I use to find out which apps are running: 1. Pressing 'Command' & 'Tab' keys will show all the running application icons 2. Going to 'Apple' -> 'Force Quit' will list all the running apps. Have a ni

Can't Eject DVD - Problem Solved

2007-02-17 Thread William Chesnutt
Solved it. For anyone who's curious I oppened the Utilities folder in Applications and launched Activity Monitor, then used this to progressively quit every running application. At some point I turned off something (I'm not sure what) which got us back to the log in window, from which I did a

Re: DVD PROBLEM

2005-12-04 Thread Shay Telfer
I made a DVD +RW back-up of myf olders including photos,applications, docs in toast 7. When I try to load the DVD Iget the spinning ball for hours on end. Any idea or have I lost valuable stuff tom samson [EMAIL PROTECTED] Well, you made a backup, so you won't have lost anything if the disk

DVD PROBLEM

2005-12-04 Thread thefrogs
I made a DVD +RW back-up of myf olders including photos,applications, docs in toast 7. When I try to load the DVD Iget the spinning ball for hours on end. Any idea or have I lost valuable stuff tom samson [EMAIL PROTECTED]

Re: Update to DVD problem

2004-10-12 Thread Shay Telfer
I refer to my earlier post. The DVD that I burnt was a DVD+R disc. Could that be why it isn't recognised by my computer (OS 10.3.5)? Michael. Yes. Apple's internal drives use DVD-R or DVD-RW. Thanks, Shay -- === Shay Telfer Perth, West

Update to DVD problem

2004-10-12 Thread Michael Hawkins
I refer to my earlier post. The DVD that I burnt was a DVD+R disc. Could that be why it isn't recognised by my computer (OS 10.3.5)? Michael.

Re: DVD problem

2004-10-12 Thread Shay Telfer
Yesterday I burnt a DVD using Toast 6 and an external La Cie burner. I can play the DVD if I load it in the La Cie burner, but the computer does not recognise the DVD if I put it in the computer's internal DVD drive (ie, no icon appears on the desktop for the DVD). I'm using OS 10.3.5 and have no

DVD problem

2004-10-12 Thread Michael Hawkins
Yesterday I burnt a DVD using Toast 6 and an external La Cie burner. I can play the DVD if I load it in the La Cie burner, but the computer does not recognise the DVD if I put it in the computer's internal DVD drive (ie, no icon appears on the desktop for the DVD). I'm using OS 10.3.5 and have not

Fwd: DVD problem with data

2003-01-16 Thread Frank Salleo
HI all Just to let you know the outcome. DVDs written using discburner in 10.2.3 can't be read on windows. As far as we can tell the format looks the same as DVDs written and readable on the pc. Writing the DVDs with toast 5.2 makes them windows readable.( and is about 2X faster than apples disc

DVD problem with data

2003-01-15 Thread pat
Thanks, Wamuggers, especially Rod, Shay and Mark Secker, for the helpful suggestions. The problem is resolved, and the PC is happily reading DVDs made on a Mac. Cheers, Pat pat wrote: > >Hello, Wamuggers, > > Ken Chan asked this question on 2 Jan, but no answers forthcame. This > >is my question

Re: DVD problem with data

2003-01-13 Thread Mark Secker
I'm pretty sure that the data DVD's that I've burnt with Toast are readable by PC I can double check tonight to confirm this though. -- ~ Mark Secker [EMAIL PROTECTED] 9380 2308 (GSE) 9380 1855 (ECEL) ECEL Computer Support Officer, University of Western Australia. CRICOS Provider No. 00126G ~

Re: DVD problem with data

2003-01-13 Thread Shay Telfer
Hello, Wamuggers, Ken Chan asked this question on 2 Jan, but no answers forthcame. This is my question also, on behalf of a scientist with a PC chock full of data. Would take 30 or 40 CDs to do the job, so he wants to do it on DVD. He has a DVD reader, but not a burner. Someone else with a

Re: DVD problem with data

2003-01-13 Thread Rod Lavington
Hello, Wamuggers, Ken Chan asked this question on 2 Jan, but no answers forthcame. This is my question also, on behalf of a scientist with a PC chock full of data. Would take 30 or 40 CDs to do the job, so he wants to do it on DVD. He has a DVD reader, but not a burner. Someone else with a

DVD problem with data

2003-01-13 Thread pat
Hello, Wamuggers, Ken Chan asked this question on 2 Jan, but no answers forthcame. This is my question also, on behalf of a scientist with a PC chock full of data. Would take 30 or 40 CDs to do the job, so he wants to do it on DVD. He has a DVD reader, but not a burner. Someone else with a Mac made