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Jul 16, 2014 11:26 AM in response to feeferlumpby lllaass,The optical drive only shows up in Finder if there is readable media in the drive.
You said:
Are the disks readable by the Mac OS? If not they will not show up.
What does disk utility say about the diska?
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Jul 16, 2014 1:38 PM in response to lllaassby feeferlump,I have put in DVDs with photos on them - nothing, I have put in blank disks as if to burn something - nothing, I have put in CDs with photos - nothing - these disks have just .jpg images and still nothing.
Even if I put a blank disk in, it still says its waiting for readable media. I have put in both +R and -R disks - and the already burned disks with backed up images - nothing shows up in the finder. Finder preference shows all Hard disks, external disks, CD, DVD, Ipod, Connected serves to show
Disk Utility says:
at the bottom - shows the cd symbol - although grayed out - with
hp DVDRAM GT30L (which is the unit) but it is gray - I can't do anything with it - If I select it in the utility, the only thing it will allow is to open and eject the disk - it says "waiting for a disc to be inserted"
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Jul 16, 2014 3:28 PM in response to feeferlumpby lllaass,Do USB HDs work on the Mac?
Does the DVD drive work on other computer. even a PC?
Maybe a bad drive.
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Jul 16, 2014 4:12 PM in response to lllaassby feeferlump,It was the drive - I finally took it off - and put on a MAC superdrive instead - this works fine now - junk that says it works with both systems!