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  • Quote: Originally posted by ricksbrain Do you have an Apple Store nearby, even just to talk to someone there? Yep. I guess I'll have to go in to town (I'm in the berbs) and talk to someone in a Mac store, thanks for all your help Rick, thanks…
  • Quote: Originally posted by iPeon Change it to "Ask what to do" Thanks for the suggestion iPeon, did what you suggested but the problem is that once the Blank CD/DVDs are inseted they don't show on Desktop or in Finders side col..
  • Quote: Originally posted by lundy I don't have the answer, but two different accounts not seeing the disk means the problem is in one of the files in the /Library or /System/Library folders. At this point I would go to the Apple Discussions an…
  • Quote: Originally posted by lundy I don't have the answer, but two different accounts not seeing the disk means the problem is in one of the files in the /Library or /System/Library folders. At this point I would go to the Apple Discussions an…
  • Quote: Originally posted by Whyatt Thrash Or try repairing your startup disc... Restart, and after you hear the "doing" startup chime, immediately press "shift". Release shift when the grey screen with the apple comes up. This will startup in saf…
  • Quote: Originally posted by ricksbrain Ditto-- but asn obvious question-- does repairing permissions do anything for you? Thanks Rick, did did what you sugested and Nothing?! any more sugestion.
  • Quote: Originally posted by ricksbrain Are the cds recognized by disk utility? Hey Great... I think / hope? finaly I can answer with a YES! I do see that disk utility recognizes the blank CD, what next? I hope this means good things!
  • Quote: Originally posted by lundy Sure is starting to sound like just a software glitch. First, make a new test account in System Preferences -> Accounts, log out, log into the new account and see if it can see the blank disk. thanks ag…
  • Quote: Originally posted by lundy See if the optical drive shows up in System Profiler (Apple Menu -> About This Mac -> More Info - >Hardware -> Disc Burning). Thanks Lundy, This is what I get: ATA-3 Bus: PIONEER DVD-RW DVR-10…
  • Quote: Originally posted by Whyatt Thrash Go to System Preferences: DCs & DVDs Look at "When you insert a blank CD" What does it say? Thanks Whyatt, it reads "open Finder" on both. What now?
  • Quote: Originally posted by niji what is happeing to you once happened to me with my last 15"powerbook that died a quiet death 2 months ago. both of yr symptoms, actually. but i think that in my case there were two separate problems: the inabili…
  • Quote: Originally posted by ricksbrain I think the flashing planet has soemthing to do with trying to boot off a network... About the cds, are these the same type you've always used? My sister's iMac for instrance, won't work with some HP med…
  • Thank you Mr.Me for your prompt reply, but ahhhh?! what next? you see this has never hapened to me and.... I'm kind of stuck, any suggestions? Tks again. Jml
  • Quote: Originally posted by jabohn Try moving Preview's prefs to the trash. They can be found if you go to your user folder > Library > Preferences and it's named something like com.apple.preview.plist If that doesn't work, you will hav…
  • Quote: Originally posted by jabohn Does it open other file types properly? Nop, no responce at all, JPEG, PDF, etc...
  • Quote: Originally posted by jabohn Does Preview launch properly at all? If not, was the Preview application in it's default location before you installed the update? If it was moved, the update would result in a faulty app. Thanks for your…