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TITLE
CD-RW and SuperDrive: Specifications and Usage Information
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Article ID:
Created:
Modified:
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58770
1/29/01
6/7/01
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TOPIC
This article provides specifications and usage information for the CD-RW and SuperDrive drives used in some Apple products.
DISCUSSION
CD-RW Drive
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Digital audio signals from the CD-RW drive can be played through the sound outputs under the control of the Sound Manager.
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The CD-RW drive is an ATAPI drive and is device-select jumpered as Device 0 (master) in an ATA Device 0/1 configuration.
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The CD-RW drive can write to discs with maximum capacities of 656 MB, Mode 1 and 748 MB, Mode 2, and has a playing time of 74 minutes and 42 seconds. (The data capacity and playing time are dependent on the cutting speed of the disc and track pitch.)
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The CD-RW drive can rewrite many times to a CD-RW disc and can write multiple sequential sessions to a CD-R disc. Sessions can be added to a CD-RW disc until it is full
(4)
. CD-R writing is permanent and cannot be erased and rewritten.
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The CD-RW drive has a 4 MB memory buffer
CD-RW Media Capabilities
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Media Type
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Operation
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Speed
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CD-R
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Write
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8x
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CD-RW
(1)
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Write
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4x
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CD-ROM
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Read
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32x
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The CD-RW drive also works with CD-DA, CD-ROM XA data, CD-I, CD-R Ready, Photo CD (single and multiple sessions), CD-WO (fixed and variable packets), Video CD, Enhance Music CD, and discs containing combinations of formats CD-DA, CD-ROM data, and CD-ROM XA in accordance with ISO and CD-ROM XA standards.
DVD-R/CD-RW Drive (SuperDrive)
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The DVD-R/CD-RW SuperDrive can burn DVD titles on 4.7-gigabyte general-use DVD-R discs. To assure that your media is first-quality, purchase it from The Apple Store.
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The SuperDrive drive can read and write DVD-R, CD-R and CD-RW media (the drive does not write to "high speed" (10x) CD-RW media.)
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The DVD-R/CD-RW drive also provides DVD-Video playback with DVD MPEG2 decoding.
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Digital audio signals from the DVD-R/CD-RW drive can be played through the sound outputs under the control of the Sound Manager.
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The DVD-R/CD-RW drive is an ATAPI drive and is device-select jumpered as Device 0 (master) in an ATA Device 0/1 configuration.
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DVD-R/CD-RW can rewrite many times to a CD-RW disc, can write multiple sequential sessions to a CD-R disc, and can write a DVD-R disc in the "Disk at Once" mode
(4)
. For CD-R and DVD-R discs the writing is permanent and cannot be rewritten.
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The SuperDrive has a buffer size of 2 MB when performing a write and 512 KB when performing a read.
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The SuperDrive cannot read or write 2.6 GB or 4.7 GB DVD-RAM discs.
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The SuperDrive has not been tested for use with DVD-RW discs.
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Software for writing data to a DVD-R disc is not provided by Apple, but third-party software is available. Search the Macintosh Product Guide for options.
DVD-R/CD-RW Media Support
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Media Type
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Operation
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Speed
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DVD or DVD-ROM
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Read
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4x (7.8 MB/s)
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DVD-R
(2)
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Write
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2x
(3)
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CD-R
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Write
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4x or 8x
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CD-RW
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Write
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4x
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CD or CD-ROM
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Read
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24x
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The DVD-R drive also reads DVD-Video, DVD-ROM and DVD-R, as well as CD-ROM, CD-Audio, CD-R, CD-RW, CDI, CD Bridge, CD Extended, CD Mixed Mode, and Photo CD media.
Notes
1. The CD-RW drive does not write to "high speed" (10x) CD-RW media.
2. The SuperDrive can read, but cannot write to 3.9 GB or 4.7 GB DVD-R (for Authoring) discs.
3. Confirmed with Apple media only.
4. Disc Burner 1.x software does not write multiple sessions to CD-R or CD-RW discs. Third-party software may have this feature. See article 58760 "
Disc Burner 1.x Software Records Single Session Only
" for additional information.
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