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comment Are you sure you want to delete this zzzzzz? Cancel The All-New Pro Tech Toolkit The high performance electronics repair kit. On Sale Now 1 Answer Filter by: Most Helpful Newest Oldest Chosen Solution originalmachead @originalmachead Rep: 104.3k 58 37 313 Posted: 04/15/2012 Options Permalink History Burn speed is one of the possible factors related to this problem. In iTunes->Burn Playlist to Disc->Choose Options: Choose the option from the Preferred Speed pop-up menu, Change the CD recording speed, Specify a burn speed the attempt to burn a disc failed the disc drive didn't respond properly that is lower than the maximum speed rating for your optical drive. (try 1/2 that maximum speed ) Other possible variables: BE sure the disc is clean. Wipe the shiny surface with a soft, damp cloth, working from center to edge. Do not move, bump, or shake the computer while the disc is being burned. Use blank discs that are rated for the burn speed of your drive, or consider using a different brand of disc (excessively cheap or off-brand optical disks are known to have problems). Quit all open applications you’re not using. If your startup disk is nearly full, try to free up space on it. The amount of free space on the startup disk needs to be greater than the amount of data you’re burning. Erase unnecessary files. Back up files you don’t use often, and then remove them. Repair your startup disk with Disk Utility, in the Utilities folder in the Applications folder. If none of the above possible fixes work you could have a damaged optical disk drive. If this Answer is helpful please remember to return and mark it Accepted. Was this answer helpful? Yes No Voted Undo Score 11 Cancel Comments: I don't know where I am supposed to mark accepted, and I don't know if my response has posted. But I had to join in order to submit, so forgive me if this is a double post. But I am really excited and just wanted to let you
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the selection below. Welcome to Mac-Forums! Join us to comment and to customize your site experience! Members have access to different forum appearance options, and many more functions. Results 1 https://www.ifixit.com/Answers/View/86287/How+can+I+fix+the+Medium+Write+Error to 7 of 7 Thread: Unable to burn to CD because of medium write error? Tweet Thread Tools Show Printable Version Subscribe to this Thread… 03-23-2013,11:31 PM #1 anyface View Profile View Forum Posts Member Since Mar 23, 2013 Posts 1 Unable to burn to CD because of medium write error? My Mini is older model Snow Leopard use to burned http://www.mac-forums.com/showthread.php?t=296997 ITunes playlist to discs without problems now it quits before the burn is complete leaving the message "burn could not be complete because of a "Medium Write Error". The disc doesn't mount on the desk top. Some say this is caused by dirt or dust on the optical drive and to blow it out with canned electronic cleaning air. I'm not ready to try that nor will I ever be even if I could find it. I'm looking for an easier solution but maybe it is time for trip to the shop Model Name: Mac Mini Model Identifier: Macmini3,1 Processor Name: Intel Core 2 Duo Processor Speed: 2.26 GHz Serial Number (system): YM9464E19G5 Mac OS X version10.6.8[/U] Reply With Quote 03-23-2013,11:49 PM #2 Slydude View Profile View Forum Posts Member Since Nov 15, 2009 Location North Louisiana, USA Posts 10,715 Specs:2.8 GHz MacBook Pro 10.11, 8 GB mem, iPhone 6+ The canned air is readily available at many big box retailers or electronics shops. it's really not difficult to blow it out. If you're uncomfortable with that have you given thought
This topic contains 6 replies, has 2 voices, and was last updated by DaveT 3 years, 3 months ago. Viewing 7 posts - 1 through 7 (of 7 total) Author Posts June 9, 2013 at 1:36 PM #922 DaveTParticipant I posted the following message on the Apple Forums since I didn't know what happened http://soundbytes.org/forums/topic/medium-write-error-for-cds/ to this site for a while. Now that it and I am back, I'm posting it below to see if anyone here can help. Since the post, I did try a CD brush cleaner, which seemed to help in reading CDs which suddenly didn't want to read [which hadn't happened until just recently], but made no difference in burning. Is it possible that "full" CDs is an issue, as all of the ones I am trying to burn 75 minutes [Whoops! Said 115 minutes when I write error meant 1:15 in my orig post 🙂 ] or so of music? [I burned them previously.] I tried downloading RealPlayer only to find out that the Mac version doesn't write CDs!! ORIGINAL POST: I have recently encountered a serious problem with "medium write error" when creating Audio CDs out of iTunes. It had happened sporadically in the past, and I reduced write speed, which seemed to fix it. But now, I can seldom create a CD with iTunes. I have searched this forum and the web for medium write error help, and seen numerous threads. I have tried reducing write speed to 1x, reduce time between songs to 2 seconds, bought brand new Verbatim CDs, reset PRAM, reset Language prefs, etc., etc. Some seemed to help for a while; I got a couple of fast burns after going to new blank CDs, but it always reverts to CD coasters. It seems to be iTunes only! I can record files on CD and DVD from a Burn Folder, and can read both, though I don't do that very often. The iTunes burn seems to always stop at a time remaining of about 4 minutes. The files total time is right around 74 minutes; my CDs are supposed to hold 80 minutes. I did read one post that said that almost full CDs were a problem. I tried cleaning the lens by the screen cleaning cloth wrapped around a business card method, but don't know where or how deep the lens is. I haven't tried compressed air, but have the same question. Where is the lens so that I am sure I am getting it? [My computer is an iMac 21.5] Is it possible that the serious problem arose with iTunes 11.0.3 being run on OS 10.6.8? The timing is about right. I have been going to upgrade to 10.8, but just haven't gotten around to it. Might that help? What about another program to make the burn? RealPlayer/Toast/etc. Can they work with from iTunes playlist? Any/all help is appreciated. This topic was modified 3 years, 4 months ago by DaveT.