My apple dvd writer on my macpro m1. Mac asks me to inialise the inserted dvd. How do I do that.
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Original Title: How Dvd initialize
MacBook Pro 16″, macOS 15.5
"Uninitialised" is the proper status for a blank optical disc as seen by Disk Utility. The status will remain as such until you burn data to the disc, at which time the OS will initialize the disc and write your data to it.
In addition, when you insert a blank disc into the drive, you may be greeted by a Finder window alerting you to the fact that a blank disc is recognized and asking what you would like to do with it. Typically you can select to "Ignore" it and then go about making preparation to write your data.
Store information on CD and DVD discs on Mac - Apple Support
Thanks neuroanatomist (btw one of my favourite subjects when I studied medicine ...we had an amazing lecturer Tomlinson I think was his name)…I checked and the CD DVDs were ticked….I’d seen that before and it was ab initio.
I recall that right at the start a. DVD Icon DID appear on the desktop but one could not burn the MP4 to it whan I put it into the icon……never saw it again after that….got the power problem messager….that has now disappeared too…..so the problem may well have evolved ...
Tks so much for you and everyone else trying to help me…..perhaps we need AI help on this community????
Bazcook wrote:
perhaps we need AI help on this community????
No thank you. Current LLM programs will happily generate very detailed text that looks like it is authoritative and should be correct, but that is, in fact, completely wrong. Not all of the time, but enough of the time …
AI could quickly generate the AVERAGE answer (and if not, make something up that looks typical).
That includes writings from people who are completely clueless, and from situations that do not apply to you in the slightest.
You are looking for the appropriate answer, and that requires far more thought than AI can currently provide.
First the amazing news. The MacPro suddenly started seeing the DVD and it wrote a 3Gig MP4 to it perfectly. Heaven knows why or if it will happen again.
Second AI
I have mixed feelings about AI.
Really coming along in photographic processing and I work in Beta testing with this (for free).
Very promising in medicine and evidence base analysis for guideline for example.
Music : very emotive area especially with Spotify using AI musicians. However, there are also some really good university tutorials on how to use AI creatively eg unblocking you when you are stuck musically or for lyrics.
Holocaust survivors: I have helped record their experiences and AI is being used to create AI versions of each survivor that future generations will be able to quiz. A lot of money has gone into it and it is improving but not there yet.
The key is how well it is managed.
This community is AMAZING and thanks so much. However, if one had the resources one could use ALL your advice historically to inform the algorithms that would be used to create a BOT that would HELP us provide possible answers that we would validate and be used to improve its advice. We are not here for ever so it would be a LEGACY which we be helping to inform. Hope helpful: very emotive area I know...
Very helpful ref initialisation...
I think neuroanatomist
has given good advice on my power problem I suspected as much...
Just checked and I have exactly this usbA to C adaptor which I use all the time for my mouse,
Have you cleaned the SuperDrive? Slot-load drives tend to get filthy over time.
A connected drive of that class WILL show in System Information. Select "USB" from the left-hand contents pane. IT may give you information on power usage as well.
I think we have to consider the shortcomings of the SuperDrive as well. Apple last updated that drive 13 years ago. That's pre-dinosaurs in computer time. We see reports of success with the but alos too many issues with newer Macs and OS version..
How to initialize a DVD in an Apple DVD writer on MacBook Pro M1?
