Mini CDs on Mac Mini

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tilttilt
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in Genius Bar edited January 2014
Hi all



People sometimes give me demo CDs which are the size of minidiscs, smaller than the usual CDs physically. On a tray-loading CD drive it is easy to read these as they fit into the smaller diameter tray. How would one go about reading these on a slot-loading Mac?



Thanks and cheers

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  • Reply 1 of 5
    thereubsterthereubster Posts: 402member
    It wont. Dont EVER put a min CD into a slot loading drive. EVER Dont even think about it. It will never come out again. (and I'm not kidding!) Get them to give you a normal sized CD or use a tray loading drive.
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    jwink3101jwink3101 Posts: 739member
    i did it once with my powerbook. Man was i pissed off at how stupid it was.



    I did get it ut eventually. I did it by taking a normal CD and kept pushing the mini one into the end of the drive and then trying to eject it agian. Eventually a little but if the CD came out and i got it with needle-nose plyers
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    altivec_2.0altivec_2.0 Posts: 995member
    Slot load Imac G3's take Mini cd's no prob.
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    tilttilt Posts: 396member
    Hmm... one reply that contradicts the first two. Thanks for the responses I shall use those discs on my PC instead



    Thanks and cheers
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    maccrazymaccrazy Posts: 2,658member
    Quote:

    Originally posted by Altivec_2.0

    Slot load Imac G3's take Mini cd's no prob.



    not accoridng to Apple - although I want to try now!! Apple state that only 'flat carrier trays' can use nonstandard CD shapes. NOT the slotted or slot loading.



    http://docs.info.apple.com/article.html?artnum=58641
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