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Common Ways To Eject A Disk From A Mac

Posted on September 25, 2016September 7, 2016 by Tim Hannon in Hardware, Macintosh, macOS (formerly OS X), Software

Here’s a list of common ways to eject a disk from a Mac. This disk could be a CD, a DVD, a USB flash drive or an external hard drive. Some Apple keyboards have an eject key. It is commonly located in the upper right corner of the keyboard. Press the eject key to eject … Read more

Use Remote Disc To Share A CD/DVD Drive Between Macs

Posted on August 31, 2014November 24, 2023 by Tim Hannon in macOS (formerly OS X), Software

Did your new Mac come without a built-in CD/DVD drive? If you have an older Mac you can use a feature called Remote Disk to share the older Mac’s CD/DVD drive with your newer Mac. Here are instructions on how to set up that feature:

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Burn DVD of iPhoto Slideshow using iDVD

Posted on August 24, 2014March 18, 2022 by Tim Hannon in Photo

Here are instructions on how to burn an iPhoto slideshow to a DVD. Specifically, these instructions are for people who have the current versions of iPhoto (9.5.1) and iDVD (7.1.2) and want the slideshow to automatically start playing when the disc is inserted into a DVD player. 

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Options For Converting Old Video Tapes, Films And 35 mm Slides

Posted on February 1, 2012February 17, 2019 by Tim Hannon in Movies, Photo, Scanning, Seattle, Services

GT Recording, HomeDVD and iMemories are three companies that clients have used to convert VHS tapes to DVD. All companies also convert audio tapes and film and will scan 35mm slides.

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How to Recycle Floppy Disks, Zip Disks, Videotapes and More

Posted on January 1, 2012April 4, 2025 by Tim Hannon in Recycling, Services

Do you have a pile of old zip disks, floppy disks or videotapes that you want to get rid of? If your pile isn’t too large then you could hand it to me at our next appointment and I’ll send it on to GreenDisk. If your pile is larger or you aren’t one of my … Read more

How to Copy a DVD using Mac OS X’s Disk Utility

Posted on February 7, 2011March 29, 2019 by Tim Hannon in Movies, Software

Here are instructions on how to copy a DVD. Important Note: Using Disk Utility will NOT work for all DVDs. Most commercial DVDs intentionally have copy-protection mechanisms in place to prevent disk duplication. This method should work fine for DVDs you made using iDVD, for example.

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