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How to Rescue a Scratched CD/DVD on Mac OSX
Step 1: Install Homebrew
In case you haven't heard of Homebrew, it's a software manager that can install all sorts of professional tools (actually, it can install almost anything) on your mac using ...
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How do I get my Mac to do nothing when I insert a cd?
You can do this in your Mac's system preferences:
Go to Apple > System Preferences > CDs & DVDs
You'll see a menu for When you insert a music CD
Change that menu from "Open iTunes" to "Ignore".
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Are these two optical drives interchangeable?
They are not interchangeable.
ATA is also referred to as PATA (Parallel ATtachment or IDE). SATA is is Serial ATA or Serial Attachment. ATAPI (ATA Packet Interface) is just the drive communication ...
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How do I stop DVD player from autoplaying?
You might have more success using RCDefaultApp (freeware, old but still functional) if only because it shows a few more choices of precisely what to ignore.
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How can I mount a hybrid CD in macOS
A few things:
The most likely problem: Apple dropped support for the "Mac OS Standard" HFS file system in macOS 10.15 Catalina. (Catalina retains support for the "Mac OS Extended" ...
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SSD for Mac Book Pro 2012 optical disc drive
SATA interfaces are backward compatible so you can use a SATA III drive on a SATA II/I port.
From the SanDisk Knowledgebase:
SATA II specifications provide backward compatibility to function on
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How to erase DVD-RW in Disk Utility
For anyone running High Sierra (10.13) or a similar version where a rewritable CD or DVD can't be erased from Finder because MacOS can't read it
use the the terminal instead:
drutil -drive 1 erase ...
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Does SuperDrive read 8GB DVDs?
If, by 8GB DVDs, you mean they're DVD+R DL DVDs, then the answer is yes.
The Apple SuperDrive supports the following media types:
CD-R, CD-ROM, CD-RW
DVD+R, DVD+R DL, DVD+RW, DVD-ROM
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Open CD/DVD tray when connected via remote-desktop and no eject key?
You can do it from the Terminal by entering the following command:
drutil tray eject
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Macbook pro ejects every CD/DVD just after a few seconds
This has happened to me a couple of times over the years, all I do is hold down the command key and the disc drive accepts it. I have an iMac (24-inch, Early 2009) running Yosemite 10.10.5
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Macbook pro ejects every CD/DVD just after a few seconds
This is how I fixed it. :) I tried resting it normally after it eventually registered, but it wouldn't stick. So obviously not a long term solution..
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Mac Pro cd drive stuck open
I got it fixed by inserting a needle in the case’s holes right underneath the lid. Keep pushing it up while holding the lid with a slight press, repeat the process and keep switching the holes all the ...
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Can I put a 1TB HDD in my optical Bay
Yes. You can put a 1TB drive in there.
The port that your optical drive connects to is a standard SATA III port. This is why you are seeing that it supports 6Gb/s. The "negotiated" speed ...
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Identify type of CD?
This works for me, however the system must first recognize the disc that's inserted. Otherwise it can't return a value for a property of a disc it hasn't or can't recognize. I have noticed with RW ...
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Connect Mac CD drive to another Mac
The MacBook Pro internal SuperDrive uses a standard SATA connector. You should be able to use any SATA > USB cable to mount the SuperDrive externally.
It was a common modification to replace a ...
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SuperDrive does not accept or read discs. Tried everything. Are they just horrible quality?
Everything you described is a physical issue.
the load/eject mechanism failed somehow to not accept disks. Your work around was to manually hold them in.
The disks no longer being read could be the ...
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How to mount the pc/iso partition of an iso file when it also contains an HFS partition?
You can check that the .iso file does indeed have an HFS/HFS+ volume on it with the file command (I can't remember if this is native or if I installed it via homebrew... might have to do that yourself)...
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Finder not showing DVD/CD drive even when it is checked in the Preferences
From comments, it seems like a simple 'wrong pref'.
The pref in the posted image is for Desktop visibility.
To show in the Finder sidebar, the one required is in the 3rd tab, Sidebar.
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Open Superdrive mini-menu - where's this from?
I think that's the Eject menulet, which is found here:
/System/Library/CoreServices/Menu Extras/Eject.menu
You should be able to get rid of it in the usual way, by holding down Command while dragging ...
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What program is reading my CD/DVD/Blu-Ray drive in my external drive?
If you're comfortable with the command line, you can open a Terminal window and use a command like:
lsof +D /Volumes/<volumename>
‘lsof’ stands for ‘list open files’, and lists information on ...
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Can USB SuperDrive work with newer Macbook Pro/Air series?
Will it work with the newer Macbook Pro/Air series with M1/M2/Intel processors?
Yes. I am currently using it with my M1 Mac Studio, and I previously used it with a 2018 Intel Mac mini.
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Macbook with thunderbolt 3 and disk drive?
Could it have been a Kensington Lock Slot? I believe the pre-retina MacBook Pros and MacBooks with optical drives all had them.
(Image: Wikipedia User "Yetzt", CC-BY-SA-2.0-Germany)
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Why can't newer Mac hardware boot DBAN?
It should be possible to boot the Mac with the same disk as used previously. However, on the 2018 MacBook Pro you'll need to first disable Secure Boot using the Startup Security Utility. You'll need ...
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Why can't newer Mac hardware boot DBAN?
T2 chip in newer Macs needs to recognize the boot media to allow it to start from that disk. You might be able to tell the system to use the drive as a startup volume if you can log in first with ...
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Is it possible to burn a MacOS application on a disk?
Yes, this is possible. Your MacBook Pro's built-in optical drive is a "Super Drive" and capable of writing to at least CD-R and DVD-R disks.
Buy writable CDs and DVDs and insert them into your Mac. ...
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2012 Macbook Pro won't eject CD
I have the exact same laptop and I will say that I put a CD in one time and it simply never came out. Meaning the motor the ejects the cd is simply broken.
It took a while for me to determine this ...
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2012 Macbook Pro won't eject CD
Most Macbook DVD drives have a manual release. You'll need a straightened paperclip (or something similar) to push the release. The release is at the extreme right or left edge of the DVD slot (sorry ...
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If I remove my internal optical drive from my 2012 MacBook pro, will an external superdrive work?
You can install multiple external USB optical disks if you want, the tricky part is being able to have macOS / OSX identify it distinctly from the internal one when it comes to operations such as ...
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Any value to "Remote Disc" on a laptop that has an optical drive?
Well, if your Mac Mini is in a cabinet or otherwise not easily accessible, you could use another Mac's optical drive and access it on the Mini, but otherwise, I can't think of any. I don't think there'...
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