Kenu Posted December 17, 2007 Report Share Posted December 17, 2007 I am trying to archive some files to a dvd disc set. I get a message saying the disc is locked. How do I unlock the disc so I can add to my archive set? Never had this happen before? Retrospect 6.1.138 RDU 6.1.13.101 Mac OS 10.4.11 Pioneer DVD-RW DVR-110D Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
rhwalker Posted December 17, 2007 Report Share Posted December 17, 2007 There seems to have been a bug introduced in recent RDU that is still present in RDU 6.1.13.101 that makes it only work with DVD+R media. I suggest that you either use DVD+R media or revert to an older RDU version, perhaps 6.1.9.102 or 6.1.8.101. Older RDU versions are downloadable here: http://kb.dantz.com/article.asp?article=7886&p=2 Russ Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Kenu Posted December 20, 2007 Author Report Share Posted December 20, 2007 I just upgraded my Mac to a Mac Pro with Leopard. Are either or both of the RDU's you suggested, compatible with Leopard and the Mac Pro? If not, can I mix my storage set media with DVD-R and DVD+R discs? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
rhwalker Posted December 20, 2007 Report Share Posted December 20, 2007 Quote: I just upgraded my Mac to a Mac Pro with Leopard. Are either or both of the RDU's you suggested, compatible with Leopard and the Mac Pro? Yes, both are. The issue is not Leopard; the issue is the bugs introduced in some of the recent RDUs. Quote: can I mix my storage set media with DVD-R and DVD+R discs? I don't believe so, but I don't use optical media, only tape. Russ Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Kenu Posted December 20, 2007 Author Report Share Posted December 20, 2007 My experience. Dropping in older RUD's 6.1.9.102 or 6.1.8.101 didn't solved the problem. Retrospect started to write to the DVD-R, then the beachball would appear and Retrospect would be hungup. Then I switched to DVD+R discs which seem to work for the moment. Two of my storage sets are a combination of -R and +R. Retrospect doesn't seem to write to DVD-R discs, just +R. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lennart_T Posted December 21, 2007 Report Share Posted December 21, 2007 I got the same Pioneer drive as you and even if I can write to DVD-R discs, the DVD+R discs are much faster. (Both media are 16x). So stick with DVD+R and don't look back. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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