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Using your optical drive – Apple Mac mini computer User Manual

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Chapter 3

Using Your Mac mini

Using Your Optical Drive

You can install or use software from CDs and DVDs using your optical drive. You can

play music from audio CDs and play DVD movies. You can also burn music CDs that

can play in most CD players, and you can save documents and other files on CD-R and

CD-RW discs.

If your Mac mini has a SuperDrive, you can burn your home movies to make video

DVDs that can be played in most home DVD players. You can burn music CDs that can

play in most CD players, and save documents and other files to blank CD-R, CD-RW,

DVD±R, DVD±RW, or DVD+R Double Layer (DL) discs using the Finder. You can store

nearly twice as much data (up to 8.54 GB) on a DVD+R DL disc.

Note: If you have data on floppy disks, use an external USB floppy disk drive to transfer

the data to your Mac mini. You can purchase an external USB floppy disk drive from an

Apple Authorized Reseller, an Apple Store retail location, or the online Apple Store at

www.apple.com/store/.

Warning:

The optical drive in your Mac mini supports standard circular 12 cm discs.

Irregularly shaped discs or discs smaller than 12 cm are not supported. Noncircular or

small discs may become lodged in the drive. If a disc becomes lodged in the drive,

see the troubleshooting information on page 63.

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