iMac G5s and Mini-discs.

[Alvinho]

Hello BG!

Sorry if this has been asked before (though I did a search and came up empty), but my uncle has a question for BG: Do iMac G5s read mini-discs? He has some sort of mini-disc dvd thing, and was wondering of the G5 will read the mini-disc or what. I know nothing about apple or macs, so decided to ask here. Thanks in advance! =D

[souleman]

Mini-disc or Mini-CD. You need a mini-disk player to play a mini-disk. Mini-CD, depends on the CD drive. Check to see if it has a smaller area the size of the disk in the middle of the tray.

[Isiolia]

iMac G5s are slot loaders, so the half-side CDs/DVDs are probably a no-go. Use an external drive or make an image of the disc on another machine I guess.

If it's an actual Sony MD player, it'd depend on which. The newer Hi-MD devices apparently have Mac software for them (http://esupport.sony.com/US/perl/swu-do ... mdl=MZM100 for example).

The last time I looked at an MD player for myself, years ago, functionality was very limited in terms of a PC interface. All they seemed to have was a PC app that would convert audio to ATRAC and upload it to the device via USB, saving some time.

[Alvinho]

Cool, thanks for the tips/your time.