I have an external Blu-ray drive (Samsung SE-506BB) USB connected to a 27" iMac. what do i need to do to get it reading blurays and then what do i need for writing? and also a good authoring program to along with the samsung player

Hmmm ... in my case the system does react when a bluray disc is inserted.

I didn't have to do any special configuration ... makemkv worked right away.

Regards,

Rch

Just to confirm, it has to be the Roxio Toast Titanium 11 Pro version, not a lesser version? I am about to make this purchase so I can author/burn blu ray discs. Thanks.

Thanks Kurt!!

One more question: what do you think about Data Burn Master program?

You think is a easy and cheap program for burn blu ray?

Found a review on it. The name is descriptive. "Data" Burn Master. Like Toast Burn, all it does is data disks. No support for creating movie disks.

That actually isn't unusual (in particular) for a 50 GB Blu-ray data disk. Writing isn't all that fast, and then you wait for the data to be verified.

This was actually just a single layer 25gb disc that to which I was trying to burn 22gb worth of data 😟

How about for DVD writing and Reading?

Also data disks only if you use the built in Burn utility. To create movie disks you need separate software, such as Toast Titanium.

No disc shows up on desktop. Same problem with another blu ray drive from different manufacturer. Same result with a different blu ray disc.

That is just weird. But at least you have a solution!