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Old 04-05-2009, 17:16   #1
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Stopping a Macbook Automatically Loading a CD/DVD
I was wondering if it was possible to stop a CD/DVD automatically loading whenever you open the lid of the Macbook or log back in?

Something I have been meaning to ask since I got it last year and kept forgetting about
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Old 04-05-2009, 17:22   #2
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Re: Stopping a Macbook Automatically Loading a CD/DVD
Yup.

Go to System Preferences > CD & DVDs > It will then let you choose what the mac will do when you enter a CD.

So by default it will iTunes for music CD's, and DVD player for video's DVDs. So I would change these and set it to ignore.
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Re: Stopping a Macbook Automatically Loading a CD/DVD
Cheers Damien but it still starts spinning. Damn thing lol!
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Re: Stopping a Macbook Automatically Loading a CD/DVD
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Cheers Damien but it still starts spinning. Damn thing lol!
But it doesn't run any program right? I not sure if you can stop it spinning because the Mac needs to know what you just put it in.
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Re: Stopping a Macbook Automatically Loading a CD/DVD
Yeah that's right. Sorry should have made my original question clearer

There are times when I leave a disc in to go back later and after an initial load up I was hoping there might be a way to stop it loading every time it came out of standby.

Not to worry...learnt something else as a consequence
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