My first thoughts were that my Superdrive’s lens probably needed a clean, since my iMac is now 2 years old. I tried some of the disks in another Mac and all was well. All of a sudden, it refused to recognise any media I inserted, made strange (and quite worrying) ‘grinding’ noises and then (eventually) ejected everything I tried not just blank media, but stuff I’d burned previously and movies I’d bought. I was recently burning a whole load of DVDs when my Mac’s Superdrive started playing up. with the PowerMac G4 being an older model would this.
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Updated: 27th February 2015 14/06/14 Some readers have contacted Master Your Mac to say that their Superdrive started working - after months of nonsense and frustration - after they read this post and tried the credit card method. In a previouse post I was trying to find out why I could not install OS Tiger to a computer with a new hard drive and no existing OS found out it has a CD drive not DVD so in search of a single layer DVD drive I can not find any ony the single/duel layer drives. Keep the Wii horizontaly while cleaning and take your time. There are better and worse ones, of course, but in essence a Wii drive is a standard DVD drive. If not, you might create really tiny scratches on the lens. A cotton swab will do just fine if you're gentle. AppleCare is a service mark of Apple Computer. High-percentage alcohol and detergents might damadge the lens, as they are leaving residue and might cause a chemical reaction on the lens's surface. DVD Studio Pro, Finder, iMovie, iPod, iTunes, Power Mac, and SuperDrive are trademarks of Apple Computer, Inc. Click to expand.That's actually a VERY bad idea. High-percentage alcohol and detergents might damadge the lens, as they are leaving residue and might cause a chemical reaction on the lens's surface.Ī cotton swab will do just fine if you're gentle.
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As of 2022, it still looks like a useful tool for Mac disk cleaning that removes junk slowing down and reducing the computing power of your Mac. CNET and other tech journalists also praise functionality. A cotton swab will do just fine if you're gentle. Disk Doctor is developed in the UK and was awarded the 'Mac Gem’ award by MacWorld in 2013.
High-percentage alcohol and detergents might damadge the lens, as they are leaving residue and might cause a chemical reaction on the lens's surface. But in 2011, a friend's kid wanted to watch a DVD.Ĭlick to expand.
I can't remember the last time there was anything I needed to read or load from a CD. I rarely used the SuperDrive in my 2009 MacBook Pro. Glad i didn't have to get the drive replaced or even buy a cleaning kit. I already had issue with dust on the lens of various CD/DVD drives in.
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