I recently purchased an LaCie DVD writer d2 DVD + / - 22.
I( can' get my I Mac 27 OS Lpon to recognize it. I can't find any updated drivers at LaCir
Has any one else had this problem.
iMac, Mac OS X (10.7.1)
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I've had a LaCie external burner for years - have you actually inserted a CD or DVD into it? You will not see an icon on your desktop until you insert media - then you should see a CD icon and/or a dialog "what do you want to do with this" type thing.
There is no driver needed as far as I know - I don't use one. I hook it up, open my Toast (or whatever I'm using), insert a DVD, and it shows up.
I inserted a disc. It does not show up on the desktop.
Do you have the preferences set to show external discs on the desktop?
Finder > Preferences > General - are CDs checked?
System Preferences > CDs & DVDs - what are your settings?
Check About This Mac -> System Report -> Hardware -> Disc Burning. Do you see the drive there?
It shows up in disc burning, but I can onlyburn at 4x. I bought this for the speed. I am using verbatim 16x discs.
AFAIK, disk burning speed is dependent on many factors over which you have no control. However, if it burns, then your opening compaint about it not being recognized contradicts this last statement.
And an additional thought:
Although I am able to burn at a faster speed, the general recommendation is to burn at slower speeds to avoid write errors. The point is: so it takes 3 minutes longer, but you have a playable DVD that doesn't skip or come with other errors. So, when I am presented with a dialog in Toast to set my speed, I choose 2x if available. Some software apps actually will choose the best speed for you.
So, now we've gone from not recognizing the burner to a concern that it burns too slow - if you are not happy with it, simply return it.
I guess I was not clear in my first post. Sorry. The DVD burner shows no vendor support. It shows generic burner support. Lightscribe cannot find my Burner, Therefore I have to assume the Imac does not recognize it. I have loaded all the software that came with it.My Imac is new and has the Lion OS. I don't think LaCie has updated for Lion.
Then, a trip to LaCie's website, inquiring about Lion compatibility of its software is in order.
Lightscribe is for printing on CDs and DVDs - it has nothing to do with burning. Is this yours:
http://www.lacie.com/us/products/product.htm?id=10340
Have you installed Toast? And does Toast recognize a DVD after a) you've dragged video content into the window and b) inserted a DVD?
I have wnt to the Lacie website ad sent a message to support asking aboutits compatibility.
I know that LIGHTSCRIBE IS ONLY FOR PRINTING ON THE DISC. THE POINT I WAS TRYING TO MAKE IS THAT LION IS NOT RECOGNIZING THE DVD WRITER PROPERLY.
Obviously there is a communication problem; I've tried to help while your posts are difficult because they lack basic and necessary information. Shouting at me was unnecessary.
Good luck.
I;m sorry. The shout was unintentional. I hit the caps lock by mistake and did not notice it til I got your post.. I do appreciate your help, I am saying Lion is not seeing the unit properly because the Lacie software I loaded is not compatible with Lion, The Writer shows as not vendor supported. It shows generic burn support. Lightscribe cannot find a lightscribe writer when I tell it to write the label.
I am going to review my posts a little better before I submit them. Please accept my apology.
I need to preface that I do not use Lightscribe because not all DVD players will work with labeled media, so I choose not to use it and therefore can't help with that aspect. I think you need to focus first on its' primary purpose: burning with it.
I did have an instance (I think it was either 10.4 or 10.5) where the Mac wouldn't recognize the burner either and I installed this:
http://www.lacie.com/us/support/drivers/driver.htm?id=10055
I know it says that it's not needed and I had my go-around with LaCie at the time - but I installed it and it worked. They couldn't argue with that. The problem is that your sig says you're on 10.7, so proceed with caution: install it, restart, try it - if you get any kind of wonky behavior, remember where it is and delete it.
And I took a look at the Lightscribe downloads - they are all old! A lot of things that were still working with Snow Leopard no longer work with Lion, so that might be the case here - especially since they haven't been updated.
So, what I'd do right now is delete whatever burner software you installed, restart. Then download and install the above. This is the Read me on the (slightly earlier) version of this file that I installed:
I recently purchased an LaCie DVD writer d2 DVD + / - 22.