You are very welcome! It sure scared me when I went into System Preferences and couldn't find that particular preference pane!
As far as I know there is no way to do this by holding a key down, etc. It actually doesn't take long, though, to go in and change your preferences though I realize it is slightly inconvenient. -- Cheryl I tried and tried to turn over a new leaf. I got crumpled wads of tear-stained paper thrown in the trash! Then God gave me a new heart and life: His joy for my despairing tears! And now, every day: "This I call to mind, and therefore I have hope: The steadfast love of the Lord never ceases; his mercies never come to an end; they are new every morning; great is your faithfulness." (Lamentations 3:21-23 ESV) On Jun 18, 2014, at 8:56 AM, Mike Busboom <mbusb...@gmail.com> wrote: > Hi, Cheryl, > > First of all, thank you for this information. I'll follow your instructions. > > > Do you know if there is any command, such as holding down a specific key > while inserting a CD or DVD for just the occasional CD or DVD perusal? > > Thanks so much. > > Mike > > On 18,Jun,2014, at 15:47, Cheryl Homiak <cah4...@icloud.com> wrote: > >> Yes, there is a pane in System Preferences that gives you options for what >> happens when you insert various types of cds and dvds. However, at least in >> Mavericks, unless you still have a built-in cd/dvd drive, that pane only >> appears when you attach an external cd/dvd player/burner, which I just >> discovered when trying to answer this question; I had just assumed that pane >> was still there. It appears to me that it isn't necessary to actually have >> anything in the external drive to make the pane appear but I don't know >> whether or not having a cd or dvd in the drive changes the options in the >> pane; I would think it doesn't. Of course, if you still hav a computer with >> a built-in drive, the pane will be there also. So set your preferences in >> this pane and then make sure in finder preferences you have the box checked >> for cds and dvds to show in finder and I think this should meet your need. >> >> Hth. >> >> >> -- >> Cheryl >> >> I tried and tried to turn over a new leaf. >> I got crumpled wads of tear-stained paper >> thrown in the trash! >> Then God gave me a new heart and life: >> His joy for my despairing tears! >> And now, every day: >> "This I call to mind, >> and therefore I have hope: >> The steadfast love of the Lord >> never ceases; >> his mercies never come to an end; >> they are new every morning; >> great is your faithfulness." >> (Lamentations 3:21-23 ESV) >> >> >> >> >> On Jun 18, 2014, at 8:21 AM, Mike Busboom <mbusb...@gmail.com> wrote: >> >>> Hi everyone. >>> >>> Is there a way on the Mac to insert a CD and not have it automatically >>> launch? I need to explore the contents of several CDs and just using >>> Finder would do great, provided I could do so without the CD or DVD in >>> question automatically beginning to play. >>> >>> Many thanks. >>> >>> Mike >>> >>> -- >>> You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups >>> "MacVisionaries" group. >>> To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an >>> email to macvisionaries+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. >>> To post to this group, send email to macvisionaries@googlegroups.com. >>> Visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/macvisionaries. >>> For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout. >> >> -- >> You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups >> "MacVisionaries" group. >> To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an >> email to macvisionaries+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. >> To post to this group, send email to macvisionaries@googlegroups.com. >> Visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/macvisionaries. >> For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout. > > -- > You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups > "MacVisionaries" group. > To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an > email to macvisionaries+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. > To post to this group, send email to macvisionaries@googlegroups.com. > Visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/macvisionaries. > For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout. -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "MacVisionaries" group. To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email to macvisionaries+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. To post to this group, send email to macvisionaries@googlegroups.com. Visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/macvisionaries. For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout.
