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7 Replies Last post: Jul 24, 2008 12:18 PM by halchinery

halchinery

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Jul 22, 2008

Jul 22, 2008 11:56 AM

In the Burn disk in SuperDrive Window, am not able to check the box "leave disk appendable."

Thanks for any help.

Tom_Diola

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Oct 19, 2001

1. Jul 22, 2008 2:17 PM

in response to: halchinery

Re: In the Burn disk in SuperDrive Window, am not able to check the box "leave disk appendable."

So is this when you use a CD or DVD?

MacCheetah3

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Apr 2, 2001

2. Jul 22, 2008 6:56 PM

in response to: halchinery

Re: In the Burn disk in SuperDrive Window, am not able to check the box "leave disk appendable."

Hi
A little more info would be preferred.

Anywho.. Are you following these steps?..

• (Mac OS X 10.4): Recording on a CD-R disc more than once

• Mac OS X 10.5 Help: Burning to a recordable CD more than once

• Mac OS X 10.5 Help: Burning a disk image on a CD or DVD with Disk Utility

It would appear that Apple doesn't support multi-session on DVD±R or DVD±RW media.

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halchinery

4 posts since
Jul 22, 2008

3. Jul 23, 2008 5:13 AM

in response to: MacCheetah3

Re: In the Burn disk in SuperDrive Window, am not able to check the box "leave disk appendable."

I followed those instructions in steps 1 through 4. Step 3 is the hangup! The check box that says" leave disk appendable" will not let me check it. If I cannot check that box, I cannot append my DVD.
Help!

MacCheetah3

6,630 posts since
Apr 2, 2001

4. Jul 23, 2008 5:46 AM

in response to: halchinery

Re: In the Burn disk in SuperDrive Window, am not able to check the box "leave disk appendable."

Hi
Apple doesn't seem to allow that feature for recordable or rewritable DVDs.

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halchinery

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Jul 22, 2008

5. Jul 23, 2008 6:31 AM

in response to: MacCheetah3

Re: In the Burn disk in SuperDrive Window, am not able to check the box "leave disk appendable."

Hello,

If you have access to the book "Mac OSX Leopard" the missing manual, please refer to page 439. The book says it's possible.

Thanks for your help.
Hal

MacCheetah3

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Apr 2, 2001

6. Jul 23, 2008 9:01 AM

in response to: halchinery

Re: In the Burn disk in SuperDrive Window, am not able to check the box "leave disk appendable."

Hi
I thought you could as well but I don't see a reference to multisession burning with DVDs, they only mention CD and CD-R. This, which isn't really helpful to your situation, is the only thing that mentions anything about not being able to append...

• Multisession burn option not available in all applications

I'll give it a try here in a bit ( when I get a bit of free time ) and see if I have that option available.

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halchinery

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Jul 22, 2008

7. Jul 24, 2008 12:18 PM

in response to: MacCheetah3

Re: In the Burn disk in SuperDrive Window, am not able to check the box "leave disk appendable."

Hi again,

Today I tried a CD-RW disk. I was able to check the append box OK!

Apparently A DVD is NG for this purpose. Looks like David Pogue is incorrect on p 439.

Thanks for all your help.

Hal

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