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- Intel MacBookPro 15" Lion OS. iPad2, iPhone 4S, + 13" MacBook + eMac + G4, fanboy since 1985
I'm running an '08 Macbook Pro (2.53 processor, 4 gig memory) 15 inch.
Upgraded to Lion last week. Loving it. However, straight after the update I noticed my superdrive wouldn't recognise (mount) CDs, though it would play DVDs just fine. I assumed that my drive was on the way out or maybe busted, as I did some forum trawling elsewhere and it seems there is evidence that this can sometimes happen (ie: the CD optics can fail but DVD optics carry on working).
But, I thought this was somehow way too coincidental, as it was working fine before the Lion upgrade and only stopped working right after the update.
So, I went into System preferences > CD & DVDs > and turned off the standard preferences I had selected, then went back in & turned them all back on again (same as my old settings) and the drive now works fine.
Just a heads up that this "glitch" may not be a failing drive, but more likely a system upgrade bug that is easily cleared.
If it at least saves *one* trip for *one* person to a Mac store, it's worth my time typing this.
cheers
Karlos
Upgraded to Lion last week. Loving it. However, straight after the update I noticed my superdrive wouldn't recognise (mount) CDs, though it would play DVDs just fine. I assumed that my drive was on the way out or maybe busted, as I did some forum trawling elsewhere and it seems there is evidence that this can sometimes happen (ie: the CD optics can fail but DVD optics carry on working).
But, I thought this was somehow way too coincidental, as it was working fine before the Lion upgrade and only stopped working right after the update.
So, I went into System preferences > CD & DVDs > and turned off the standard preferences I had selected, then went back in & turned them all back on again (same as my old settings) and the drive now works fine.
Just a heads up that this "glitch" may not be a failing drive, but more likely a system upgrade bug that is easily cleared.
If it at least saves *one* trip for *one* person to a Mac store, it's worth my time typing this.
cheers
Karlos