# What direction do you put discs into a mac? **URL:** \ **Category:** random\ **Created:** [June 28, 2008, 7:28pm UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/what-direction-do-you-put-discs-into-a-mac/264689 "2008-06-28T19:28:02Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![h2o](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/h/35a633/32.png) [@h2o](https://forum.kirupa.com/u/h2o)\ **Post date:** [June 28, 2008, 7:28pm UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/what-direction-do-you-put-discs-into-a-mac/264689/1 "2008-06-28T19:28:02Z")
Should the label (top) of the disc be facing me? This is weird, I’m using my friend’s computer today and no one is really here, can’t call anyone and seems like the answer isn’t online either. Don’t want it to get stuck in the computer. Thanks in advance. ---
**Author:** ![h2o](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/h/35a633/32.png) [@h2o](https://forum.kirupa.com/u/h2o)\ **Post date:** [June 28, 2008, 7:28pm UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/what-direction-do-you-put-discs-into-a-mac/264689/2 "2008-06-28T19:28:56Z")
What pos design by the way, they should at least have a diagram or something on there to give you a clue. ---
**Author:** ![nobody](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/n/94ad74/32.png) [@nobody](https://forum.kirupa.com/u/nobody)\ **Post date:** [June 28, 2008, 7:37pm UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/what-direction-do-you-put-discs-into-a-mac/264689/3 "2008-06-28T19:37:23Z")
Label faces you. Common sense. ---
**Author:** ![sekasi](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/5f8ce5/32.png) [@sekasi](https://forum.kirupa.com/u/sekasi)\ **Post date:** [June 28, 2008, 8:13pm UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/what-direction-do-you-put-discs-into-a-mac/264689/4 "2008-06-28T20:13:24Z")
If there is no label, the purple hue side should be face down 😉 ---
**Author:** ![Jeff\_Wheeler](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/59ef9b/32.png) [@Jeff\_Wheeler](https://forum.kirupa.com/u/Jeff_Wheeler)\ **Post date:** [June 28, 2008, 8:55pm UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/what-direction-do-you-put-discs-into-a-mac/264689/5 "2008-06-28T20:55:43Z")
How could you possibly screw that up? It’s the exact same as any CD/DVD player you’ve ever used. ---
**Author:** ![TheCanadian](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/67e7ee/32.png) [@TheCanadian](https://forum.kirupa.com/u/TheCanadian)\ **Post date:** [June 28, 2008, 9:32pm UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/what-direction-do-you-put-discs-into-a-mac/264689/6 "2008-06-28T21:32:26Z")
I try to mash them in sideways so that the desc is perpindicular to the drive. ---
**Author:** ![Esherido](https://yyz1.discourse-cdn.com/flex011/user_avatar/forum.kirupa.com/esherido/32/2158_2.png) [@Esherido](https://forum.kirupa.com/u/Esherido)\ **Post date:** [June 28, 2008, 9:37pm UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/what-direction-do-you-put-discs-into-a-mac/264689/7 "2008-06-28T21:37:41Z")
^ Me too, it seems to always break my discs, but I still keep trying. Eventually it will work. :lol: Just kidding. ---
**Author:** ![TheCanadian](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/67e7ee/32.png) [@TheCanadian](https://forum.kirupa.com/u/TheCanadian)\ **Post date:** [June 28, 2008, 9:38pm UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/what-direction-do-you-put-discs-into-a-mac/264689/8 "2008-06-28T21:38:55Z")
Sometimes I’ll stick them in a fire and liquefy them so that I can just pour them right into my computer. ---
**Author:** ![Templarian](https://yyz1.discourse-cdn.com/flex011/user_avatar/forum.kirupa.com/templarian/32/7152_2.png) [@Templarian](https://forum.kirupa.com/u/Templarian)\ **Post date:** [June 28, 2008, 9:42pm UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/what-direction-do-you-put-discs-into-a-mac/264689/9 "2008-06-28T21:42:29Z")
^Nah I like to put random cd’s into my drive shiny side up and just turn light scribe on. Saves on paper. ---
**Author:** ![Phenex](https://yyz1.discourse-cdn.com/flex011/user_avatar/forum.kirupa.com/phenex/32/686_2.png) [@Phenex](https://forum.kirupa.com/u/Phenex)\ **Post date:** [June 28, 2008, 10:09pm UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/what-direction-do-you-put-discs-into-a-mac/264689/10 "2008-06-28T22:09:09Z")
Make sure you pour some acid in the drive to clean it. You don’t want your disc getting dirty, do you now? ---
**Author:** ![redelite](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/dc4da7/32.png) [@redelite](https://forum.kirupa.com/u/redelite)\ **Post date:** [June 29, 2008, 4:26pm UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/what-direction-do-you-put-discs-into-a-mac/264689/11 "2008-06-29T16:26:43Z")
…seriously? 😑 ---
**Author:** ![indiasfinest](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/i/5e9695/32.png) [@indiasfinest](https://forum.kirupa.com/u/indiasfinest)\ **Post date:** [June 30, 2008, 4:50am UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/what-direction-do-you-put-discs-into-a-mac/264689/12 "2008-06-30T04:50:35Z")
ROFL ---
**Author:** ![Syous](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/57b2e6/32.png) [@Syous](https://forum.kirupa.com/u/Syous)\ **Post date:** [June 30, 2008, 4:54am UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/what-direction-do-you-put-discs-into-a-mac/264689/13 "2008-06-30T04:54:51Z")
The CD drive is on the keyboard. The slot on the side is where you put the iPod UltraNano to recharge. ---
**Author:** ![indiasfinest](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/i/5e9695/32.png) [@indiasfinest](https://forum.kirupa.com/u/indiasfinest)\ **Post date:** [June 30, 2008, 5:00am UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/what-direction-do-you-put-discs-into-a-mac/264689/14 "2008-06-30T05:00:59Z")
Haha ignore those above me, they’re just kidding and aren’t really jerks, the shiny side faces down ---
**Author:** ![TheCanadian](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/67e7ee/32.png) [@TheCanadian](https://forum.kirupa.com/u/TheCanadian)\ **Post date:** [June 30, 2008, 5:25am UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/what-direction-do-you-put-discs-into-a-mac/264689/15 "2008-06-30T05:25:48Z")
Nope, I really am a jerk. ---
**Author:** ![Esherido](https://yyz1.discourse-cdn.com/flex011/user_avatar/forum.kirupa.com/esherido/32/2158_2.png) [@Esherido](https://forum.kirupa.com/u/Esherido)\ **Post date:** [June 30, 2008, 1:44pm UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/what-direction-do-you-put-discs-into-a-mac/264689/16 "2008-06-30T13:44:40Z")
Make sure you squish some blueberries into the slot before inserting the disk. CD drives love blueberries. ---
**Author:** ![prg9](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/8dc957/32.png) [@prg9](https://forum.kirupa.com/u/prg9)\ **Post date:** [June 30, 2008, 1:53pm UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/what-direction-do-you-put-discs-into-a-mac/264689/17 "2008-06-30T13:53:18Z")
> [@TheCanadian;2350773](#): > > I try to mash them in sideways so that the disc is perpendicular to the drive. > [@Esherido;2350776](#): > > ^ Me too, it seems to always break my discs, but I still keep trying. Eventually it will work. :lol: Just kidding. :thumb: This story reminds me of a encounter from a place I used to work years ago. The owner hired a guy in a different department, his first day people were gone or something and the guy came to me and had a few questions. 1.) Why wouldn’t the floppy disk go in (Answer: it was backwards, D’oh!) 2.) Why wont my mouse work (Answer: it was also backwards, D’oh!) Solution: NEXT please! (of course I am not saying you should be fired h2o 😉 ---
**Author:** ![t0mm0](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/9d8465/32.png) [@t0mm0](https://forum.kirupa.com/u/t0mm0)\ **Post date:** [June 30, 2008, 2:03pm UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/what-direction-do-you-put-discs-into-a-mac/264689/18 "2008-06-30T14:03:24Z")
Careful though, with macs you have to rewind the cds manually. Otherwise they will chew them ---
**Author:** ![anon1712571](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/9dc877/32.png) [@anon1712571](https://forum.kirupa.com/u/anon1712571)\ **Post date:** [June 30, 2008, 2:43pm UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/what-direction-do-you-put-discs-into-a-mac/264689/19 "2008-06-30T14:43:25Z")
I enjoy putting them in the _right_ way! ---
**Author:** ![Esherido](https://yyz1.discourse-cdn.com/flex011/user_avatar/forum.kirupa.com/esherido/32/2158_2.png) [@Esherido](https://forum.kirupa.com/u/Esherido)\ **Post date:** [June 30, 2008, 2:47pm UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/what-direction-do-you-put-discs-into-a-mac/264689/20 "2008-06-30T14:47:59Z")
^ By that you mean the rainbow-colored way? [Next page](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/what-direction-do-you-put-discs-into-a-mac/264689.md?page=2)