[X-Newbies] CD of Photos

[John McGibney]

On Aug 30, 2005, at 5:20 PM, Steven Rogers wrote:
>
> On Aug 30, 2005, at 3:54 PM, Keith MILLS wrote:
>
>> A friend has sent me a CD of photos of the charity fête that we  
>> organise in our village (in TIF format). Normally when I insert a  
>> CD, it shows up on the desk top. This time - nothing. I am no  
>> expert and I have no idea of where to look. And believe me, I have  
>> tried.
>>
>
> If the media is unreadable, or is an unrecognized format, that is  
> sometimes what happens (i.e. nothing). If it has a scratch or lots  
> of fingerprints, that could cause it. It might be helpful to know  
> what created the disk - e.g. was it created on a PC, or did it come  
> from a photo processing shop, or a photo scanning kiosk, etc. Back  
> in the "old days" not every drive could read every type of CD-R  
> blank. Some would not read the gold ones, the green ones, etc. But  
> unless your Mac is pretty old, I can't imagine that being the problem.
>
> SR_______________________________________________

Check your Finder preferences to make sure that show 'CDs, DVDs &  
iPods' on desktop is checked.

John

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