Apple Event: May 7th at 7 am PT
After updating to El Capitan on my mid 2010 iMac | 3.08 GHz Intel Core i3 | 16 GB memory 1067MHzDDR3, the computer:
This seems to be a fairly widespread problem.
iMac (21.5-inch Mid 2010), iOS 9.0.2, just updated (darn it)
Mid 2010 13'' Macbook Pro (MacbookPro 7,1)
Same issue.
I installed El Capitan and immediately noticed the DVD drive was unusable.
I attempted to fix by resetting PRAM and SMC as per an online tut to no avail.
I attempted to fix by clean installing El Capitan, where the original install was performed over top of Yosemite. The drive is still currently unusable.
Second time an Apple software update has had a negative effect on the hardware (first time iPhone 4S iOS 7 bluetooth/wifi issue).
If I can get the drive working when my replacement Snow Leopard disc arrives tomorrow I'll stay with Snow Leo, the software this computer was built for.
Upgrading just isn't worth the risk anymore, IMO.
I don't think so.
DVD worked.
Installed el capitan.
DVD stopped working.
Since when are updates not supposed to be retroactively compatible? Or, if they are, shouldn't we be told? I agree. Apple should do a fix ASAP.
Dear Lee, My husband has solved it! There is a useful,external,disc drive called "Glow Geek" that is Mac Compatible!
Yes. I installed el capitan and internal dvd drive stopped reading.
Seems others have had the same experience.
quid pro quo.
I'll be happy to provide an etrecheck report if you tell me what it is.
tx,
I’ve tried adding an external dvd drive to my el cap 10.11.6 Mac. The internal recognized the disc but the external doesn’t even reg
For what it's worth, I could never get my external DVD drive to work on my mac mini when I had El Cap ... I now have Sierra 10.12.6 and the DVD drive works fine. Good luck!!
El Capitan killed DVD drive
