I bought a new external DVD player but it did not work. The power is on when plugged into the MacBook Pro but it does not show up on Finder. I have the Monterey v12.1 iOS. Does anyone have problems with their DVD player after update to Monterey? How do you fix it?
MacBook Pro (2020 and later)
I'm not sure if what I have to add will be helpful. But, here goes. I have a MacBook Air I bought in 2017. I use an external apple cd/dvd drive connected to one of the USB ports on the MacBook and all was fine until I upgraded the OS to Monterey v12.1 today. While installing Monterey, a pop up advised that the dvd/cd drive I'd always used would not work. I continued regardless (probably an unwise decision, on reflection). So, once installed, I plugged the external cd/dvd drive into the usb and, indeed, with the new Monterey 12.1 OS installed, Finder could not detect the external drive and having done all the checks and balances, still no luck. So, then, I decided to leave the cd/dvd drive connected by USB and just put a dvd into it and see what happened ..... and lo and behold, the dvd instantly opened and began to play the dvd regardless of Monterey OS 12.1 not identifying that the external drive even existed. I do not understand this at all but am glad that the external drive plays dvd's and cd's regardless. Good luck and I hope you find a solution to your current issue.
That is the exact issue I have on my MacBook Pro. It won't take a CD. It appears to need power but when connected to my iMac it doesn't. Perhaps it's the USB-C to USB adapter I'm using? I will try tech support.
I got a new Mac Mini in May. It came with Monterey 12.4. I also got a Rioddas external hard drive so that I could download CDs I own onto the computer and my iPhone. Sometimes when I put in a disc, the drive reads it just fine; other times it will not. Mind you, I used to have all these albums on my iPhone before I bought the new Mac. I began having problems with them on the phone and I got a prompt that I knew would cause me to lose all my personal albums, as opposed to those I bought through iTunes. So now I'm trying to reinstall the ones I lost and having endless problems. Either the Rioddas external drive or the Mac will not download maybe one song on an album, and that shuts down the operation entirely. It's monumentally frustrating. Apple Support was not helpful. The first person I talked to hung up on me because she couldn't understand what I was talking about (!) and the second didn't know any more than I did. I believe this is a problem with Monterey, and everything I've read online seems to reaffirm my impression. Does anyone know how I can remedy the situation? Or do I just have to wait until Apple repairs the glitch in Monterey? I just tried to obtain an album I used to have on my iPhone and my old Mac before I got the new Mac and could not do it.
I have an M1 Macbook Pro running Monterey 12.5. My current CD drive is not recognized by my machine. I really don't want to start buying different CD/DVD players to see which one will work. I just want to transfer my CDs to my computer. Did anyone find a unit that worked without any work arounds?
Mine is a Rioddas, very cheap (less than $20). My problem with it is that sometimes it doesn't appear on my desktop when I try to record a CD with it. Also, sometimes it balks at recording a particular disk. But if I wait a while—a few hours or a day—and try again, it works fine. It can only be a problem with the software on my new Mac Mini. The old Mini I had had a port for recording disks, but Apple, in its endless wisdom—or as I suspect to force me to subscribe to Apple Music, which I won't do—took away the port at some point in time. I see no purpose in paying for an electronic transfer of music I already own on CDs. I like my Apple devices, but there are qualities about them that drive me bananas.
My drive has been plugged into a hub for two weeks and Disk Utility doesn't list it. I did that with a different drive as well. I know Apple Corp thinks disks are out of date but a lot of other people want the disks I used to produce. Do I need to buy a device that doesn't have M1 or M2 processors? That's a VERY expensive workaround.
Honestly, I'm not that big a nerd about my computer. If it works, fine with me. So I don't know the different USB conventions. I bought a new hub for all my devices (the disc player, a scanner, a laser printer, an old inkjet printer that Epson doesn't support anymore, a device to upload the cards from my digital camera, and an external hard drive) that contains 9 ports, which is what I needed after I lost the built-in CD/DVD player/recorder in the old Mini. I assume that most of them are up to date, but I haven't tried to use the inkjet printer since I got the new Mac. I think I will end up replacing that printer up the way. As I said, the CD/DVD player/recorder is kind of a hit or miss proposition, but it will work if one is patient.
sadly still the same for me. the DVD spins up but the mac isn't recognising it.
Have you used the LG unit to listen to a CD using MUSIC or just as a DVD writer with 12.4?
I put in a music CD and it automatically opened the Music app and downloaded the track names. It plays with no problems.
I have a MacBook Pro M1 and have had all these problems and tried all these attempts. Today I eagerly upgraded from Monterey 12.4 to 12.5. It still doesn't work.
I searched for a "Rioddas" on Amazon and don't see one. Am I missing something. I'm sorry if my frustration is coming through in my language. Further ideas are welcome.
I confirm now also my drive works (12.5.1)
external DVD player and Monterey iOS
