HELP! DVD Drive not showing on finder or desktop

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usgine2003 Author

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HELP! DVD Drive not showing on finder or desktop

Hi, I am not a Mc OS expert. I have a Mac Pro 1,1 with MAC OSX 10.7.5, and my original DVD drive died. I happened to have an HP Lightscribe DVD640, and I installed it, but, its icon does not show up!

It is recognized by the system and Disk Utility, and if I insert a CD or DVD it reads it correctly, but when I remove it, there's no icon of the actual drive anywhere, so, I won't be able to open the drive to insert a new disc...

I set the Finder preferences to show CDs and DVDs, but nothing shows...

Any suggestion?

Mac Pro, iOS 7.0.5

Posted on Jan 10, 2015 6:30 PM

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Answer 1

ckuan

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Jan 10, 2015 6:35 PM in response to usgine2003

Just put a CD/DVD in and you will then see the the iDVD icon.

It is in your Applications folder.

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Answer 2

Kappy

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Jan 10, 2015 6:32 PM in response to usgine2003

Until a disc is inserted in the drive there won't be a Desktop icon for the optical drive, and never has there been one.

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Answer 3

usgine2003 Author

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Jan 10, 2015 6:36 PM in response to Kappy

but... this is a Mac Pro, it does not have a slot-in, how do I even open the drive? I was able to see the DVD drive icon before, and select "OPEN" and the tray would open, now, I don't se anything.

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Answer 4

Kappy

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Jan 10, 2015 6:39 PM in response to usgine2003

There is a key on the keyboard - upper right. Looks like a triangle with a line under it. Press it. The optical drive tray will open (or close.) Did you not read the user's manual?

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