Reader Jeffrey Boyd has some old discs that he’d like to use in a new Mac. He writes:
I have a few DVD-RAM discs left over from an older Mac that had a DVD-RAM-compatible burner. The discs are enclosed in a case and double-sided. I no longer have the burner but I wonder if there is a way to play/dump the contents of the discs.
There is, but not with the media drive in your current Mac. Regrettably, Apple’s SuperDrives aren’t compatible with DVD-RAM discs. However, Mac OS X does support these discs, with the right player.
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Other World Computing (and a variety of other vendors) sell media drives that are compatible with DVD-RAM discs. A compatible external USB drive can be had for around $90.
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To play the disc you’ll have to remove it from its case. Once you do, you read one side at a time. So, when you’ve copied the data you want from Side 1, eject the disc, flip it over, and pull the data from the second side.
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MyTechGuide provides nicely illustrated instructions on how to remove a DVD-RAM disc from its enclosing cartridge.