Is Apple Superdrive actually a DVD-RW???

[tdogg4ya]

I have a Apple Superdrive in my G4 933 Tower, Pioneer model # DVR-104. In toast this reads as a Pioneer DVD-RW. Can I burn DVD-RW discs on my Superdrive using toast? and erase again using toast like cdrws?

[The village idiot]

If it is a Pioneer DVR-104 then it should be fairly simple to find out what kind of formats it will burn. Just look through the DVD writers forum.

[tdogg4ya]

Found it on apple's website. It is a dvd-rw, but iApps don't burn them, Can do in toast, thanks

http://docs.info.apple.com/article.html?artnum=42718

tdogg4ya

[ronin]

tdogg

Go to the Apple Forums and search under iMovie or iDVD for the "DVD-RW trick". Basically you just load a DVD-R when iDVD asks you for a disc. Then after it has accepted the DVD-R, and before the burn process begins...open the drive and switch in a DVD-RW. You can burn a DVD-RW in iDVD. At least you can with 103 Superdrive, so I assume you can with the later models. I do it all the time as my work flow....I burn to DVD-RW, preview the burned disc, if ok then I copy the VIDEO_TS folder to my HD, then using Toast I burn a DVD-R using Apple DVD-R's. That way I hope not to make any coasters with my Apple DVD-R's which are still abit pricey.

HTH

ronin

[tdogg4ya]

thanks for the tip, I'll try that too!

[galactica]

As far as if your drive will burn dvd-rw disks, yes. As you mentioned Toast will allow you to use this disk and burn and erase.

As for iApps, the "trick" mentioned above works all the time for me, i dont see why it wouldnt for you.

enjoy