# Can I put this tiny CD in my MacBook or my car? **URL:** \ **Category:** Factual Questions\ **Created:** [May 22, 2008, 1:45am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/can-i-put-this-tiny-cd-in-my-macbook-or-my-car/450190 "2008-05-22T01:45:06Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 11\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![Acsenray](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/acsenray/32/4519_2.png) [@Acsenray](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Acsenray)\ **Post date:** [May 22, 2008, 1:45am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/can-i-put-this-tiny-cd-in-my-macbook-or-my-car/450190/1 "2008-05-22T01:45:06Z")
I’ve got this tiny CD that was a free promotional item or something. In the traditional CD players, with the drawer that opens, I can play it. But I doubt I can stick it in my MacBook or my car CD player, that automatically sucks the disc in. Am I right about this? ---
**Author:** ![NurseCarmen](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/n/5daacb/32.png) [@NurseCarmen](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/NurseCarmen)\ **Post date:** [May 22, 2008, 1:57am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/can-i-put-this-tiny-cd-in-my-macbook-or-my-car/450190/2 "2008-05-22T01:57:13Z")
Won’t work in a slot loading macbook, and it’s a pain in the ass to get it out if you try. I work in IT, and I’ve managed to get two out, one had to go in for repair. ---
**Author:** ![beowulff](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/beowulff/32/542_2.png) [@beowulff](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/beowulff)\ **Post date:** [May 22, 2008, 2:06am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/can-i-put-this-tiny-cd-in-my-macbook-or-my-car/450190/3 "2008-05-22T02:06:23Z")
Sure, you can put the CD\*\* IN.\*\* You just won’t be able to get it out. :smack: ---
**Author:** ![lizardling](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/f4b2a3/32.png) [@lizardling](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/lizardling)\ **Post date:** [May 22, 2008, 6:59am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/can-i-put-this-tiny-cd-in-my-macbook-or-my-car/450190/4 "2008-05-22T06:59:06Z")
Which brings to mind – how does the Wii CD-sucking mechanism work? One is able to insert, play, and eject successfully two different sizes of game CDs (Wii and GC). ---
**Author:** ![Red\_Barchetta](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/da6949/32.png) [@Red\_Barchetta](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Red_Barchetta)\ **Post date:** [May 22, 2008, 7:22am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/can-i-put-this-tiny-cd-in-my-macbook-or-my-car/450190/5 "2008-05-22T07:22:38Z")
[QUOTE=lizardling] Which brings to mind – how does the Wii CD-sucking mechanism work? One is able to insert, play, and eject successfully two different sizes of game CDs (Wii and GC). [/QUOTE] Glad you asked, because I was just about to do the same! ---
**Author:** ![atomicbadgerrace](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/8e7dd6/32.png) [@atomicbadgerrace](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/atomicbadgerrace)\ **Post date:** [May 22, 2008, 8:19am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/can-i-put-this-tiny-cd-in-my-macbook-or-my-car/450190/6 "2008-05-22T08:19:16Z")
Your experience will vary depending on each player. In my old car, the CD player would accept the disc, but be unable to spit it out consistently. In my new car, it accepts, reads, and returns the smaller disc as easily as the larger ones. You could google for the specific model of CD player you have, to see if others have posted their results. ---
**Author:** ![Tim\_T-Bonham.net](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/46a35a/32.png) [@Tim\_T-Bonham.net](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Tim_T-Bonham.net)\ **Post date:** [May 22, 2008, 8:38am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/can-i-put-this-tiny-cd-in-my-macbook-or-my-car/450190/7 "2008-05-22T08:38:19Z")
So are there blank ‘donut’ CD rings available, where you can insert one of the mini-CD’s and then have it work in all CD players? Like the old fillers that you could insert in the large hole of a 45rpm record to make it play on a 78/33 record player. ---
**Author:** ![atomicbadgerrace](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/8e7dd6/32.png) [@atomicbadgerrace](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/atomicbadgerrace)\ **Post date:** [May 22, 2008, 8:48am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/can-i-put-this-tiny-cd-in-my-macbook-or-my-car/450190/8 "2008-05-22T08:48:23Z")
[QUOTE=t-bonham@scc.net] So are there blank ‘donut’ CD rings available, where you can insert one of the mini-CD’s and then have it work in all CD players? Like the old fillers that you could insert in the large hole of a 45rpm record to make it play on a 78/33 record player. [/QUOTE] [Wiki](http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mini_CD#Compatibility) suggests that adapters are available, but I’ve never seen one for sale anywhere. ---
**Author:** ![Red\_Barchetta](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/da6949/32.png) [@Red\_Barchetta](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Red_Barchetta)\ **Post date:** [May 23, 2008, 7:25am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/can-i-put-this-tiny-cd-in-my-macbook-or-my-car/450190/9 "2008-05-23T07:25:50Z")
So no answers regarding the Wii question? ---
**Author:** ![Mangetout](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/mangetout/32/19_2.png) [@Mangetout](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Mangetout)\ **Post date:** [May 23, 2008, 8:06am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/can-i-put-this-tiny-cd-in-my-macbook-or-my-car/450190/10 "2008-05-23T08:06:56Z")
[QUOTE=atomicbadgerrace] [Wiki](http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mini_CD#Compatibility) suggests that adapters are available, but I’ve never seen one for sale anywhere. [/QUOTE] I used to have just such an adaptor - it was pretty terrible and I’m sure would mechanically fail in modern drives where the disc is spun at multiples of the ‘single’ speed (and I think most devices do this now anyway - even audio CD players play from a read-ahead bufffer) It was just a flat plastic ring into which the CD was clipped and retained by four tiny little sprung plastic legs - I don’t think it would even work with slot-loaders - I reckon it was too thick and even if not, the mini cd would pop out when it was loaded - this was an adaptor for tray or spindle-loading CD players that for some reason needed a full-sized disc (such things did exist, way back in the olden days). ---
**Author:** ![Derleth](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/b9e5f3/32.png) [@Derleth](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Derleth)\ **Post date:** [May 23, 2008, 10:02am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/can-i-put-this-tiny-cd-in-my-macbook-or-my-car/450190/11 "2008-05-23T10:02:42Z")
The best solution seems to be burning the contents of the tiny CD to a normal-sized CD-R using a computer with a standard tray-loading (“coffee cup holder” ;)) CD drive. (I don’t know if you specified whether the MacBook has a tray-loaded drive or not.)