HT201994: iMac (Late 2009) and iMac (Mid 2010): External features, ports, and connectors

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ktarter

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Q: Neither Memorex or LG DVD/RW drives are recognized on iMac

I have two DVD/RW drives that my iMac 21.5 mid 2011(<1yr old) won't read or write to. One is a Memorex which is older and was working before. The other is a new LG I just purchased. I can see the Memorex in the disk utility but it is grey and says burn not supported and when you insert a disk, it still showed grey and doesn't recognize there is a disk. The LG is not showing up at all. My camcorder is on the mini disks so I have to use an external drive. Please help!!

iMac (21.5-inch Mid 2011), Mac OS X (10.7.3)

Posted on Jun 2, 2012 9:34 AM

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by den.thed,

den.thed Jun 2, 2012 11:02 AM in response to ktarter
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Jun 2, 2012 11:02 AM in response to ktarter

When you are searching for an External DVD (LG, Memorex, Samsung or other) Drives, you need to make sure that they are OS X compatible.

I'm using an older > LG GE24LU20 Reviews and it works fine with my iMac and Mac Mini.

Others say that the > GP10 DVD and Blu-ray™ Drives IT Products also supports OS X.

For other OS X compatible DVD Drives:

see > SuperDrive DVD, DVD Dual-Layer, CD-R/RW, Blu-Ray Optical Drive Solutions FireWire, USB2, eSATA

and > LaCie - LightScribe DVD±RW, Duplicators and Blu-ray - USB 2.0 & FireWire
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ktarter Jun 2, 2012 6:38 PM in response to den.thed
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Jun 2, 2012 6:38 PM in response to den.thed

Hello, I was aware that I needed to check the OS. Both are compatible. I have fixed the issue. I had to unplug another external hard drive as it was causing a conflict for the new external DVD. Thank you for your response.
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by den.thed,

den.thed Jun 3, 2012 7:48 AM in response to ktarter
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Jun 3, 2012 7:48 AM in response to ktarter

Your welcome, glad to hear that you found the problem.
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HT201994: iMac (Late 2009) and iMac (Mid 2010): External features, ports, and connectors

Q: Neither Memorex or LG DVD/RW drives are recognized on iMac

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