catalina does not suppport superdrive
updated to Catalina
now neither of my external DVD players work ( superdrive or Asus).
Anybody else with this issue?
The DVD works
What do you mean bye the DVD? A video DVD disc? The DVD Player? iDVD?
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Hate to say it but there is a problem with Catalina and the Superdrive. I just purchased a new Superdrive. Catalina would recognize the drive and would allow me to play CDs, but it would not let me play DVDs. Took the drive to a third party Apple Service center. They confirmed my error, but then thought about trying it on a non-Catalina machine. The drive worked fine. They reset the DVD region using the non-Catalina machine and now it works fine. It appears there is an issue with region control, Apple Superdrive, and Catalina. You will need a non-Catalina machine to set your region code, or buy a third party drive. I have a third part drive from OWC and it works fine.
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yes i have exactly the same problem as you describe - mega irritating. my mac book is mid year 2014.
yes i have exactly the same problem as you describe - mega irritating. my mac book is mid year 2014.
I have just encountered this problem also. Tried everything. My Superdrive will not play any commerical DVD's????!!!
Where is the fix????
Thank you for your prompt answer.
No. 1 I'll try.
No. 2 This SuperDrive is brand new. Basically, just out of the box.
No. 3 I'll try ur suggestion.
Let us know how it turns out.
Thanks, I've always thought the Superdrive the worst choice for an Optical Drive.
Thanks, exactly & one of the silliest actions by Apple to date.
I cant get my superdrive to be recognized by my Mac computer
Thanks for the tip.
Boot into Safe Mode (Use Safe Mode to isoloate issues with your Mac) and try the optical drive from there. Reboot normally and try again.
NOTE: Safe Mode boot can take up to 10 minutes as it's doing some system cache cleaning, volume verifying and directory repairing.
This seems to definitely be an issue with Catalina. My SuperDrive worked just fine before the upgrade and immediately stopped working after the upgrade. Now, the SuperDrive powers up and the CD/DVD spins up but never mounts. I just tired it on my wife's laptop that's still running Mohave and everything works perfectly.
Let me tell you an actualization. I went to an apple store and try with a USBC - USB adapter and "vualá", the Superdrive works perfect in a MBP 16" Catalina. The conclusion is the SDworks properly only between apple products. "tache", don't be jealous and free the functionality of products with other brands.
I recently bought a superdrive to go with a Mac mini that I have. The mini is running Mojave 10.14.6 I also have a 2017 MBPro running the latest version of Catalina.
I have a collection of clip art stored as .pict files on CDs. If I plug the superdrive into the mini running Mojave, they mount just fine and are accessible to use.
If I plug the superdrive into the MBPro (using an Apple brand adaptor) the drive IS seen in system preferences and there is an eject icon on the menubar, BUT it will not mount and read these particular CDs at all. The disc spins up, makes a few noises then stops.
Apparently there are SOME data discs that Catalina refuses to see. It mounts audio CDs just fine and I have a DVD with audio files stored on it and it mounts that just fine.
catalina does not suppport superdrive