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Chapter 3 Using Your iMac 63
Using Your Optical Drive
The optical drive in your iMac is a SuperDrive. Use the SuperDrive to install software
from CDs and DVDs, play music from audio CDs, and play DVD movies. You can also
burn your home movies to make video DVDs that can be played in most home DVD
players. You can burn music CDs that can play in most CD players, and save documents
or other digital files to blank CD-R, CD-RW, DVD±R, DVD±RW, and DVD+R Double Layer
(DL) discs using the Finder. You can store nearly twice as much data (up to 8.54 GB) on
a DVD+R DL disc.
Note: If you have data on floppy disks, use an external USB floppy disk drive to transfer
the data to your iMac. You can purchase an external USB floppy disk drive from an
Apple Authorized Reseller, an Apple Store retail location, or the online Apple Store at
www.apple.com/store.
Warning: The SuperDrive in your iMac supports standard circular 12 cm discs.
Irregularly shaped discs or discs smaller than 12 cm are not supported. Noncircular or
small discs may become lodged in the drive. If a disc becomes lodged in the drive,
see the troubleshooting information on page 85.