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Can anyone help me continue to use my LaCie d2 DVD R/W Drive on my Intel iMac? The drive can read okay, but I cannot burn disks the only driver software that I have is Toast 6 Titanium which is power PC only.
Mac OS X (10.7.2), WD Elements 1Tb Ext HD/LaCie d2 Dua
The drive should work for burning (mine is probably the same age and it works fine) - the OS should recognize it; you could use iDVD for movies, iTunes for music, and/or Disk Utility/Finder for data disks. That is a very old version of Toast; the latest one is 11 I believe (I have v.10), so it obviously will not work. You can probably also upgrade from your version to a newer one - check their website.
FWIW, you don't need driver software - you need software that'll burn to a CD or DVD (which includes encoding) so you can use the DVD in any DVD player; Toast is the best, but there are a few others I've heard - just google for burn software and make sure it's compatible with 10.7 on a Mac.
The drive should work for burning (mine is probably the same age and it works fine) - the OS should recognize it; you could use iDVD for movies, iTunes for music, and/or Disk Utility/Finder for data disks. That is a very old version of Toast; the latest one is 11 I believe (I have v.10), so it obviously will not work. You can probably also upgrade from your version to a newer one - check their website.
FWIW, you don't need driver software - you need software that'll burn to a CD or DVD (which includes encoding) so you can use the DVD in any DVD player; Toast is the best, but there are a few others I've heard - just google for burn software and make sure it's compatible with 10.7 on a Mac.
Thank you very much. So, if all I need to do is simple cd/dvd burns I do not need to use Toast at all. Is this right? If so, what would an up to date version of Toast allow me to do that I cannot do by following your advice above? I suspect that I can do without it! Once again, many thanks for your good advice.
Well, it depends on what you want to burn: data disks are easy (do with Finder or Disk Utility); music and videos need to be encoded correctly to work in any CD or DVD player, so if you have iMovie, edit your project there, then put it into iDVD for a snazzy menu/theme and you can burn from there. iTunes should take care of a music CD. If you don't have some/all of the apps mentioned, you will need some other burn software for music and movies.
And, FYI, your burner will not show up as an icon on your desktop when you plug it in: once you insert a CD or DVD, that icon should show up and, if you're in iDVD or whatever, your burner should show up as an option.
Thanks again. Answered my question perfectly.
You're very welcome and thanks for the feedback!
Is there a driver for a LACie d2 DVD R/W drive for use with an INtel Dual Core Processor? Toast 6 Titanium previously used with my G4 Mac is a Power PC application!
