Apple Releases Disc Recording Update 1.0

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Apple Releases Disc Recording Update 1.0

Posted by pudge on Tuesday July 23, 2002 @12:58PM from the yeah-great-now-that-everyone-has-a-built-in-cd-r-drive dept.

micah_lanier writes "From Software Update: The Disc Recording Update delivers additional iTunes and Finder support for a number of LaCie, EZquest, and Iomega CD-R devices. For a specific list of supported devices, visit the Apple CD-R Compatibility site."

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Software update has it, no reboot required by tm2b · 2002-07-23 13:53 · Score: 2, Informative

It's also available via software update panel in the preferences application.

Surprisingly, it does not require a reboot.

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1. Re:Software update has it, no reboot required by ProfKyne · 2002-07-24 01:23 · Score: 1
  
  Yeah, but does it require 10.1.5 or can i upgrade while still in 10.1.4 ? I'm avoiding 10.1.5 b/c of reported problems with DHCP.
  
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2. Re:Software update has it, no reboot required by dthable · 2002-07-24 01:43 · Score: 1
  
  Problems with DHCP? Do you have a link? I've been trying to figure out why my laptop has problems recieving IP and DNS information at times. Might be the cause of my problems....
3. Re:Software update has it, no reboot required by ProfKyne · 2002-08-01 02:18 · Score: 1
  
  Unfortunately, no. I think it was on MacFixit. They post their news for a little while and then it becomes subscriber-only, and I'm not a subscriber. But I still haven't upgraded to 10.1.5 yet because of the problems... google around I'm sure there's more info out there.
  
  Sorry
  
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Oops! Reboot required! by tm2b · 2002-07-23 14:00 · Score: 5, Informative

I was wrong, rebooting is required - for whatever reason, I wasn't warned that a reboot would be required before I installed the patch.

Whatever...

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no scsi by onShore_Jake · 2002-07-23 14:40 · Score: 1

Interestingly, the compatibility page lists exactly zero scsi drives. Why do they wish to be like that. Im guessing they are being lay to the z here.
1. Re:no scsi by pi+radians · 2002-07-24 02:08 · Score: 2
  
  I'm using a LaCie SCSI burner, with zero problems. Infact, it doesn't work under OS9 without Toast, but under OS X it performs flawlessly.
  
  I don't know how or why, but it works great for me.
  
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2. Re:no scsi by Lev13than · 2002-07-24 03:49 · Score: 1
  
  I have full support with my Yamaha 8424SZ (or whatever the letters are). It's a stock PC version that "just works" in 10.1.5. Very nice integration.
  
  A good source for scsi compatibility is: http://www.xlr8yourmac.com/scsi_.html
  
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3. Re:no scsi by ek_adam · 2002-07-24 07:40 · Score: 1
  
  My SCSI Smart & Friendly Turbowriter CD-RW works for data CD burning in the Finder, but is not recognized by iTunes.
Re:Oops! Reboot required! by IAmATuringMachine! · 2002-07-23 17:32 · Score: 3, Informative

Rebooting is required to load the drivers into kernel space. Say you have an unsupported drive - to save memory and not cause trouble burning is disabled in finder, etc. We want to detect our newly supported drive and then we can enable such things - could probably do it on the fly, but it's always good to reboot if one's ego can handle it.

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Whats amazing to me is by Photar · 2002-07-23 18:21 · Score: 0, Troll

that there are only 10 comments. aparently nobody cares.

How many slashdotters use macs? of those how many use OS X? of those how many have cd burners? Of those how many have incompatable ones?

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1. Re:Whats amazing to me is by dthable · 2002-07-24 01:46 · Score: 4, Informative
  
  I don't really think there's much to comment on. When I purchased my CD-RW, I printed out the compatability page and brought it shopping. If it wasn't on the list, I didn't even consider it. I'd bet most Mac users follow this pattern and thus, not a lot of unsupported hardware in the field.
  
  Besides, what could be more exciting for end users than device drivers?
2. Re:Whats amazing to me is by amichalo · 2002-07-24 05:24 · Score: 1
  
  When I purchased my CD-RW, I printed out the compatability page and brought it shopping. If it wasn't on the list, I didn't even consider it.
  
  My shopping experience was a bit different. While I too carried the shopping list with me, I found that the fastest drives were not on the list. I then contacted an Apple Store where they were helpful in letting me know what would be on the upcomming CDR update for OS X.
  
  By using this method, I was able to buy a fast drive that was unsupported in OS X, usable in OS 9, but knew it would be soon available to OS X as well.
  
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3. Re:Whats amazing to me is by dthable · 2002-07-24 07:14 · Score: 1
  
  ...I then contacted an Apple Store where they were helpful...
  
  To live in an area with an Apple store would be bliss. <Sigh>
4. Re:Whats amazing to me is by raddan · 2002-07-24 08:23 · Score: 1
  
  I actually discovered that an alledgedly incompatible USB CD-R worked just fine once I took it out of the external chassis and replaced the ATAPI CD-ROM that was in my case.
  This prompted me to buy a refurbished Matsushita DVD/CD-R/CD-RW for $50 which I tried the very same trick with, and it works beautifully. Apparently there was an issue with the USB bridge, but not the actual burner mechanism itself.
5. Re:Whats amazing to me is by Anonymous Coward · 2002-07-24 14:34 · Score: 0
  
  You don't need to live in the area to call them...
6. Re:Whats amazing to me is by mbbac · 2002-07-25 00:47 · Score: 1
  
  My HP CD Writer isn't supported. I bought it before I bought my Mac. But, the reason I bought it is because I thought it would be supported. It's USB and it boasts Bondi iMac styling, so I thought it was obvious HP was marketing it to the Mac market.
  
  I'm doing what you did from now on.
  
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Re:Oops! Reboot required! by Juanvaldes · 2002-07-23 21:10 · Score: 2, Informative

I wasn't warned that a reboot would be required before I installed the patch.
Did for me, I think you just glossed over it...
Gotta Luv SU by ScumBiker · 2002-07-23 22:48 · Score: 2

I really like Software Update. It just plain works. I'm installing the Disc recording Update as I write this, I can't wait to see if it will finally allow me to burn iso's I get from various places, not just Mac specific iso's. I can't seem to burn FreeBSD iso's using desktop software (DiskCopy), is there anything in Fink I can install into X that allows for full-featured burning on a SuperDrive? I haven't looked yet (yep, I'm a lazy bastard).

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1. Re:Gotta Luv SU by phillyclaude · 2002-07-24 02:28 · Score: 1
  
  SU is great! it can install SO much without bogging down the system. if you have ever used WindowsUpdate, you will know what i mean. it basically monopolizes the *whole* system
  
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2. Re:Gotta Luv SU by Hadlock · 2002-07-24 04:02 · Score: 2
  
  i managed to burn a (bootable) PC iso of mandrake linux using disk copy. no problem. you may want to try with another iso.
  
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Neo Jukebox support? by ClaraBow · 2002-07-24 01:20 · Score: 1

Does anyone know if there is any planned support for
Neo Jukebox on OS X. Even a generic usb-ide driver would d0, if possible.
1. Re:Neo Jukebox support? by Lao-Tzu · 2002-07-24 06:40 · Score: 1
  
  There is a driver for USB mass storage devices which is already part of the operating system. It is /System/Library/Extensions/IOUSBMassStorageClass.k ext, labelled com.apple.iokit.IOUSBMassStorageClass. It should work with your Neo Jukebox the same as it should work with my Neo 25, but the USB chipset in the Neos is flawed. I was able to get it to work in Linux once upon a time by modifying the USB mass storage driver to ignore some of it's integrity checks... I wonder if the Apple driver could be similarly modified. Hm... IOUSBMassStorageClass oughta be part of the open source darwin... hm...
Re:Oops! Reboot required! by mach_5 · 2002-07-24 02:22 · Score: 2, Informative

Not at my Mac at the moment. But normally when a reboot is required a little blue icon of the Apple power key is shown next to the update, denoting that installation requires a reboot.
Re:Oops! Reboot required! by Slur · 2002-07-24 09:47 · Score: 2

Any time an update is displayed with a left-pointing-triangle-in-a-circle next to it it requires a reboot.

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Nice... by henele · 2002-07-24 11:24 · Score: 1

Now, instead of pulling a freeze then a dirty great kernel panic, iTunes recognizes my Lacie USB CD-RW (weirdly, after turning it on, then off then back on again :/ ).
The cool thing is the update works transparently with Titanium, where as with OS 9 the two sets of drivers would often screw around with each other.
These two points together with lots of other little things (uummmm, flurry...)make me steadily more comfortable with the whole X thang. peace.
must we be informed of these? by chump+daddy · 2002-07-24 12:20 · Score: 2, Insightful

I mean, who doesn't regularly check software update manually anyway?? but maybe I'm mental because I'm used to looking after loads of big servers and I check for security updates daily. what would be good would be a discussion of what has changed. I use Toast - will this update affect me?
1. Re:must we be informed of these? by henele · 2002-07-24 21:30 · Score: 1
  
  Like I said in my previous post, and this could be totally unfounded :), but I *think* iTunes and Toast sort of 'share' driver resources, this recorder update meant my burner now works with both programs.
  
  Now, the problem is, if that isn't so and it screws something up I don't have a clue how to remove it :) Back in the 9 days it would be a simple hunt-the-extension game but that stuff has just got a wee bit harder :)
  
  peace
2. Re:must we be informed of these? by Anonymous Coward · 2002-07-25 02:10 · Score: 0
  
  Yes, in OSX, iTunes and Toast live together in harmony. but in OS 9, you had to reboot in different extension sets (either with the iTunes or Toast extensions disabled) to use one or the other. Classic OSs didn't like running Toast if Apple's Disc Burner extensions were enabled; Toast won't even recognize the drive. (Damn, I love progress).