After installing Mavericks my dvd player quit working

hey I'm on maverick OSX and read that lion creates .plist.lockfiles

in my preference folder i don't have any lockfiles, so I'm assuming downloading a "com.apple.DVDPlayer.plist.lockfile" file and copying it to the pref folder is somethingthat shouldn't even be there to begin with

what OSX are you running

also can you send me a link to a "com.apple.DVDPlayer.plist.lockfile" file that i could download and try if it makes a difference, even your copy,

(if you delete/move it out of pref folder and insert a dvd will it create a new plist file and lock file along with it, thus creating a newer/fresher copy without too much of your info inside it would be better to send)

as i have deleted my dvd plist and it created a new one

Hi Starground

Like many others I have tried ways to try and fix this issue.

Could you please tell me where I can find a copy of the "com.apple.DVDPlayer.plist.lockfile" file. My searches have proved fruitless thus far.

Hoping your fix will work for me also.

I don't know if this will help, but my player quit before I installed Mavericks. How old is your computer? I couldn't even get the drive to accept my cd. So as a temporary measure I bought a VERY inexpensive USB external optical drive. It was okay, but I don't like external drives (as I have told APPLE feedback-not that anyone cares there) and then I ordered a new APPLE internal optical drive and had an independent person install it (because my computer is past the AppleCare policy) and I am very happy I did so. The question for you is, is your superdrive just warn out or is it a fixible problem. If you do not have a warranty on your computer, it may not pay and it will cost a lot less to order the part and replace it.

I had the same problem after a new installation of Mavericks on my iMac (late 2009).

After "repair disc permissinons" the dvd drive worked again just fine.

http://www.techisky.com/how-to/fix-dvd-player-not-working-on-mac.html

Reset the NVRAM/PRAM and Reset the SMC, then try again.

Alternatively, Reset the NVRAM/PRAM and Reset the SMC, then try the SuperDrive again.

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@baltwo: Thanks. I Reset the NVRAM/PRAM and that resolved the issue for me.

Mac Mini (mid 2010), OS X Mavericks 10.9, 4 GB RAM

See Apple's document: http://support.apple.com/kb/HT3964

Then, it tirme for a trip to an Apple repair station.

I have a similar problem only my DVD player doesn’t work if my MacBook Pro is connected to a projector. I’m going to double check screen resolutions and see if that helps.

Mavericks installed on iMac 27" broke the internal DVD drive, too.

The drive was working minutes before.

Then, try a lens cleaning disc before abandoning the SuperDrive.

@MacFlyer84: Thanks for your contribution, it is seemingly an issue with Mavericks and the internal Superdrive.