Thank you. I shall try that later today. In the meantime, have you any thoughts on: > System Preferences next to: When you insert a video DVD, it says - Ignore. > I have clicked on Open DVD Player, but it just returns to Ignore. Keith On 16 Apr 2013, at 12:56, Randy B. Singer wrote: > > On Apr 16, 2013, at 3:48 AM, Keith Mills wrote: > >> Yes I have - including those which I have previously played. > > Okay, try this. > > Take a really soft cloth and clean the shiny side of one of your DVD's really throughly. Don't rub in a circular pattern; only from the center to the edge and vice versa. > > Then try the DVD again. > > If that doesn't help, an optical lens cleaning disk will likely help. e.g.: > http://is.gd/DDNmjP > > ___________________________________________ > Randy B. Singer > Co-author of The Macintosh Bible (4th, 5th, and 6th editions) > > Macintosh OS X Routine Maintenance > http://www.macattorney.com/ts.html > ___________________________________________ > > > > _______________________________________________ > X-Newbies mailing list > X-Newbies at listserver.themacintoshguy.com > http://listserver.themacintoshguy.com/mailman/listinfo/x-newbies -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: <http://listserver.themacintoshguy.com/pipermail/x-newbies/attachments/20130416/482a470a/attachment.htm>