Erasing DVD-RAM discs Gabriel Dorado discovered he could not select the "Install Mac OS 9 Drivers" option when trying to Erase a DVD-RAM disc from Apple's Disk Utility via the internal drive in ...

Reader Jeffrey Boyd has some old discs that he’d like to use in a new Mac. He writes: I have a few DVD-RAM discs left over from an older Mac that had a DVD-RAM-compatible burner. The discs are ...

In type 1 disks the DVD-RAM does not leave the caddy, while in type 2 disks it is possible to remove the DVD-RAM from its caddy. This media is not compatible with commercial DVD-ROM and DVD player ...

As the name implies, DVD+R dual-layer and DVD-R dual-layer discs double the capacity by having a second layer affixed to the disc. Now you have 8.5GB (opposed to 4.5GB) of storage capacity.

Considering DVD-RAM discs support up to 3x (4140 kB/s), something was clearly wrong. I connected the drive to my Windows 10 virtual machine and saw mostly similar speeds, except when writing an ...

At first blush, using a network-attached DVD-RAM jukebox sounds like an easy way to add hard disk storage. Each disc can hold 2.6G bytes of data, and like CD-RWs, they are rewritable media.

And DVD-RAM discs can be rewritten 100,000 times, while a DVD-R/DVD-RW disc can be rewritten 1,000 times. DVD-RAM can be used for both data storage and video editing.

The DVD-RAM disc can be reused up to 100,000 times. *Simplification of the electro-mechanical device. The disc drive requires much less maintenance and is more stable than videotape recorders.