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Using Mac and an external DVD
Jul 30, 2019 12:08:56 #
I wasn't going to ask about this as I know someone on here will call me an idiot for not knowing anything about this. But here goes. I have an Apple 27" 5K computer. I bought the Apple USB Superdrive when I bought the computer. I put some photos on a DVD+RW and went to look at the and download them and I can't get them to download. I have to click on each one separately to look at. I looked online in u tube and other sites but still no help for me. Without being to nasty could someone please at least point me in the right direction to accomplish this. What I am going to do is send photos for someone to use on their website. Thanks in advance.
Tom
Tom
Jul 30, 2019 12:19:11 #
cyclespeed
Loc: Calgary, Alberta Canada
Need more details
Where are the images stored? On a DVD or external HD
Where are the images stored? On a DVD or external HD
Jul 30, 2019 12:20:48 #
cyclespeed wrote:
Need more details
Where are the images stored? On a DVD or external HD
Where are the images stored? On a DVD or external HD
I have them on my hard drive and loaded them onto the DVD. Thanks
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Jul 30, 2019 13:20:41 #
tshift wrote:
I wasn't going to ask about this as I know someone... (show quote)
Have you tried opening Photos on your Mac and then clicking file, then import?
Jul 30, 2019 14:19:43 #
pmorin wrote:
Have you tried opening Photos on your Mac and then clicking file, then import?
There is no file when I do that.
Tom
Jul 30, 2019 14:43:46 #
tshift wrote:
There is no file when I do that.
Tom
Tom
Then you may have either a corrupted dvd or perhaps it wasn’t ‘finished’ when the data was written.
Does the drive show up on your file system?
Jul 30, 2019 14:58:04 #
So, you had photos on a hard drive, put them on a CD/DVD and now you want to do what? Download them back onto your computer? I'm a little lost here with the scanty information provided. Are you trying to email from the CD/DVD? Can't you just email from your computer as the images are there? When asking questions it is very helpful, if you want some degree of accuracy in the answers, to provide detailed and specific information. You should be able to drag and drop from the CD/DVD back onto your hard drive but I don't understand why you'd want to do that. So, very confused but willing to help if I actually had more specific information.
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Jul 30, 2019 15:18:54 #
MichaelH
Loc: NorCal via Lansing, MI
pmorin wrote:
Then you may have either a corrupted dvd or perhaps it wasn’t ‘finished’ when the data was written.
Does the drive show up on your file system?
Does the drive show up on your file system?
This sounds correct. There are two parts to copying anything to CD or DVD. First you copy to the external and at this stage it seems that the files are on the DVD. Then you "burn" or finish the process. On the Mac either Right Mouse Click the icon of the CD/DVD or hold down the Control key and Left Click on the icon and choose Burn from the resulting menu. You should now be able to dismount the CD/DVD and re-insert it and be able to copy the files back to your Mac.
Jul 30, 2019 18:06:27 #
Did you copy the files to the CD queuing area and not burn & close the CD?
Files in the queuing area are not on the CD, yet.
Files in the queuing area are not on the CD, yet.
Jul 30, 2019 18:08:07 #
via the lens wrote:
So, you had photos on a hard drive, put them on a ... (show quote)
I don't want to download them back on my computer. I was just trying to see if the end user could get them off the DVD. I am doing work for a city shooting photos of their parks. I was going to send the photos on a DVD for them to have and use on their website. I put the DVD into my Apple USB SuperDrive and tried to get them off the drive. Photos show up but I can't get them off of DVD.
Tom
Jul 30, 2019 19:27:58 #
tshift wrote:
I don't want to download them back on my computer. I was just trying to see if the end user could get them off the DVD. I am doing work for a city shooting photos of their parks. I was going to send the photos on a DVD for them to have and use on their website. I put the DVD into my Apple USB SuperDrive and tried to get them off the drive. Photos show up but I can't get them off of DVD.
Tom
Tom
Have you tried drag and drop? Plug in a "thumb" drive and see if you can drag and drop to the thumb drive, which is used more often today than DVD. If you can see them on the DVD, which I think you said you could, then you should be able to do a drag and drop. I don't use DVD's at all. Is it possible the DVD is a READ only DVD? Thus, no ability to manage photos from it. Can't you drag and drop from your original files on the hard drive?
Jul 31, 2019 06:44:03 #
tshift wrote:
I wasn't going to ask about this as I know someone... (show quote)
Good luck. I think it's interesting that you start off about how nasty, some of the people on this site are.
Jul 31, 2019 07:52:48 #
Tshift: I have an identical setup as you do, a 27" iMac and external DVD drive. The solution, as I learned it, is simple. Buy Toast Titanium. For more than ten years, with prior iMacs, I learned that Toast is the perfect way to transfer RAW files (and more probably) to a CD or DVD.
Open Toast, then insert your camera memory card into the card reader. Toast will open a large window where you simply drag stuff and place it there. Before you do, double click on your camera's memory card, and then drag the image folder onto Toast. It will offer a large RED record button. Click on it, and you are done.
It is that simple, and will be your favorite way to burn you image files to a CD or DVD disc.
Open Toast, then insert your camera memory card into the card reader. Toast will open a large window where you simply drag stuff and place it there. Before you do, double click on your camera's memory card, and then drag the image folder onto Toast. It will offer a large RED record button. Click on it, and you are done.
It is that simple, and will be your favorite way to burn you image files to a CD or DVD disc.
Jul 31, 2019 09:33:40 #
I seem to recall reading somewhere that recent Mac OSs can work with external DVD devices but not for some reason with their own Superdrives.
Jul 31, 2019 09:37:09 #
Not with their own "Superdrives"? That doesn't sound too super to me.
Mine happen to be made by LG, and was the only one (that I wanted) on Amazon because it had its own external power supply, and not deriving power via USB. For an external drive, especially one that will be both read and record, I think having its own power supply is smart.
Mine happen to be made by LG, and was the only one (that I wanted) on Amazon because it had its own external power supply, and not deriving power via USB. For an external drive, especially one that will be both read and record, I think having its own power supply is smart.
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