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please help
whenever i put a blank untitled cd in I name it and then it doesn't appear on the desktop. I have 10.2.1
however when i restart in 9.2 the cd appears on the desktop.
does anyone know what is going on?
please respond
thanks :)

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Given 's note that the internal drive shows the same blank disc under OS 9 but not on Mac OS X 10.2.1, the hardware and media are probably OK. That points to Finder settings, a per-user preference, or an OS X extension/third-party burn utility getting in the way rather than a physical failure. 's question about internal vs external and timing was answered in the thread and helps narrow troubleshooting to the OS X side.

Common diagnostic steps that historically resolve this kind of Jaguar behavior:

  • Verify Finder -> Preferences -> General has "CDs, DVDs and iPods" checked.
  • Open Disk Utility (Applications -> Utilities) to see whether the blank disc is detected there; if it is, the problem is Finder display only.
  • Boot into Safe Mode (hold Shift at startup) to rule out third-party kernel extensions (Toast and similar add-ons can interfere).
  • Test in a new user account to determine if the cause is a corrupted user plist.

If Disk Utility can see the disc but Finder does not, resetting Finder preferences and checking drive status from Terminal are useful. Back up the plist before removing it.

Useful Terminal checks:

drutil status
diskutil list
rm ~/Library/Preferences/com.apple.finder.plist
killall Finder

Additional useful actions include resetting PRAM (restart and hold Command+Option+P+R until the startup chime repeats), trying other brands/type of blank media (CD-R vs CD-RW), and installing the latest Jaguar updates (10.2.x) since many early Finder/driver bugs were fixed in later patches. If none of these show the disc in OS X while OS 9 still does, intermittent hardware/firmware faults are possible and System Profiler ATA/SCSI output will help further diagnosis.

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Hello,

Is this an internal CD-ROM, or external? USB or SCSI? Did this just start happening, or has it always behaved like this?

thanks

Christian

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its's an internal cd rom and it just started happening

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