PowerBook G4 1 Ghz's SuperDrive only sees 650 MB on my 700 MB CD-Rs?

Hi. I just burned some files to TDK 700 MB blank CD-Rs. However, I
noticed Finder says there is only 660 MB free. Is this right? I
understand that there might be cluster size issue, but 40 MB loss is
huge.

I am using MacOS X 10.2.8 on my PowerBook G4 1 Ghz. I use Finder to
copy files and burn them. Did I miss something or is this normal?

Thank you in advance.
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Hello!

I'm considering buying a Powerbook G4 1GHz 12". I would like to know if
there are any heating problems with this model?

Thanks.

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> Hi. I just burned some files to TDK 700 MB blank CD-Rs. However, I
> noticed Finder says there is only 660 MB free. Is this right? I
> understand that there might be cluster size issue, but 40 MB loss is
> huge.
>
> I am using MacOS X 10.2.8 on my PowerBook G4 1 Ghz. I use Finder to
> copy files and burn them. Did I miss something or is this normal?
>
> Thank you in advance.
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In article <S0idnZ6yL4uLWAmiU-KYvw@mminternet.net>, [email]ANTant@zimage.com[/email]
wrote:
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> Hi. I just burned some files to TDK 700 MB blank CD-Rs. However, I
> noticed Finder says there is only 660 MB free. Is this right? I
> understand that there might be cluster size issue, but 40 MB loss is
> huge.
>
> I am using MacOS X 10.2.8 on my PowerBook G4 1 Ghz. I use Finder to
> copy files and burn them. Did I miss something or is this normal?[/color]

Apple doesn't appear to acknowledge the 700MB CD-Rs that have become
commonplace. OS X assumes that a blank CD-R, fully used will be 660 MB.
You can see this also in Disk Copy.

It's really annoying and I recommend investing in Toast. It'll burn the
full 700+ MB faster and easier.

Greg B.

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In article <null-E717F7.09513321102003@zeus-ge0.rdc-kc.rr.com>,
Greg Buchner <null@invalid.com> wrote:
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> In article <S0idnZ6yL4uLWAmiU-KYvw@mminternet.net>, [email]ANTant@zimage.com[/email]
> wrote:
>[color=green]
> > I am using MacOS X 10.2.8 on my PowerBook G4 1 Ghz. I use Finder to
> > copy files and burn them. Did I miss something or is this normal?[/color]
>
> Apple doesn't appear to acknowledge the 700MB CD-Rs that have become
> commonplace. OS X assumes that a blank CD-R, fully used will be 660 MB.
> You can see this also in Disk Copy.[/color]

It acknowledges the 700 MB CD-Rs, it's just that the Finder will never
let you burn a whole CD. It reserves 40 MB for its own use. There was a
thread on this issue earlier.

You can see this by inserting a regular 650 MB CD-R. I just inserted
one, and the Finder claims there is only 601.2 MB available.

Either way, I totally agree about Toast - that's the way to go if you
burn often.

Doug

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