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    iMac G5s and Mini-discs.

    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

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    Re: iMac G5s and Mini-discs.

    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.

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    Re: iMac G5s and Mini-discs.

    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.

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    Re: iMac G5s and Mini-discs.

    Cool, thanks for the tips/your time.

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