Space Pirate
Join Date: May 2004
Location: Atlanta
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Do you use an external CD/DVD drive with your modern Mac?
I have some CDs that I would still like to rip and am wondering if my external Apple CD burner will work if I put a USB-A to USB-C conversion plug on the end of the cable. What would YOU buy if you were in the market these days? I know, I know... an 8-track. ... |
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Should work fine with a USB-A dongle.
But also, I’m not sure you can wrong. Just about any drive should work. Me, I don’t remember when I last touched a disc, tbh. |
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Sneaky Punk
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I use an external SuperDrive I got years ago to watch old DVDS and burn music CDs, no problem with the a to c adapter.
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Mr. Vieira
Join Date: May 2004
Location: Tennessee
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To my surprise, they're still selling them on their site, which is good because... Quote:
USB-C to USB adapter If an Apple Store isn't super close by, it's been my experience that a Best Buy or Walmart will probably carry this. It looks like to me that little adapter - or any USB-C to USB one - will allow your older SuperDrive to work. EDIT: haha...two quick answers filed in as I was writing the above/gathering links. |
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Lord of the Rant.
Formerly turtle2472 Join Date: Mar 2005
Location: Upstate South Carolina
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I use USB-A to USB-C regularly for multiple devices. Nothing has failed so far and I'm using super cheap A-C adapters.
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Space Pirate
Join Date: May 2004
Location: Atlanta
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Thanks y'all!!! It has been a busy week and I forgot that I started this discussion. Yes, it's the SuperDrive. When I was setting up the new machine I didn't copy over the correct iTunes library and I was at first looking to see if I needed to re-rip a few discs. I fetched down the drive I keep with mom's Mac Mini and realized my cable dilemma.
This led me to question whether there would ever be another disc drive that would properly work with the Mac platform. It didn't occur to me to see if they were still selling them, and to look to see how they were pitching them to people on the latter platform. Good thinking!!! I wonder what the difference is between the Apple dongle and the plugs they sell on Amazon? ... |
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Veteran Member
Join Date: May 2004
Location: Toronto
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I do not understand why there doesn't seem to be a Blu-Ray drive in the form factor of the Mac Mini.
Making it stackable with the Mini, and compatible with the seven new 24" iMac colours, should be an absolute no-brainer. |
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Apple wants people on monthly subscriptions for APPLE TV+ and other services through the App Store (which they get a cut from), they don’t make money on blu-ray disk or movie sales. Simple as that. Frankly I’m surprised they haven’t removed DVD and CD support yet. Mind you they built in DVD player in Mac OS sucks compared to how it was 3-4 years ago.
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Mr. Vieira
Join Date: May 2004
Location: Tennessee
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Yeah, the physical media thing is going away. Still plenty of third-party options for people with large DVD and Blu-ray collections, but Apple doesn't seem like they're going to serve that segment. Everything's streaming...them and all the others (does Netflix even offer the DVD delivery anymore?).
Any serious disc collector/owner is going to get a player that's more dialed-in, full-featured (and probably more reasonably-priced) than anything Apple would put out at this point. |
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Netflix dropped rentals years ago. If I really like a show or movie I still get the DVD or Blu-ray, because stuff disappears from app stores and things like Netflix at the drop of the hat. Not to mention the superior audio/video quality, but most people don’t really notice, the noise of the player is more annoying to some than others as well.
Just recently I had a purchased song pulled from my music library because it’s no longer available on Apple Music/music Store. Thankfully I had a backup on my Mac, and restored it. It’s a song I paid for, WTF Apple? |
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https://dvd.netflix.com/Movies
I think so. But I think optical discs on computers have disappeared faster than in living rooms. Ultra HD Blu-ray only appeared six years ago. There’s clearly still a market of people, maybe because they want a permanent collection of some movies. For computers, I can’t even think of the last time I’ve heard of someone burning a CD. I guess some games install from a Blu-ray still? |
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Veteran Member
Join Date: May 2004
Location: Toronto
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It seems a simple enough thing for just about any Mac gear supplier (e.g. OWC) to do. This may be very old school, but I'd be happy to buy one just for data archiving purposes and compatibility with past backups. (I still have minor trust issues with SSDs.) |
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Lack of demand, and lack of built in software in Mac OS to support it might be one reason. Anyone who makes a Blu-ray player for the Mac would likely need to provide some software just to make it work.
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Join Date: May 2004
Location: Toronto
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Then again, you are probably right about demand, given that USB sticks and SD cards now outstrip BR drive capacities for far less overall cost. It's funny that the iMac has an SD card slot, but at least to me it's never felt like an integral part of the system the way the Superdrive did. |
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Subdued and Medicated
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Alrighty *Cracks knuckles*
So I have a MATSHITA BD-MLT UJ267AM in my MacBook Pro and bluray disks load on the desktop like normal. There are some panasonic slot load players too that fit some Mac Laptops. A bluray drive in an (fast) external case also works in my experience. Slow USB makes for sad movie time. My Mac Pro has a old 5.25" LG drive for ripping. UHD is a bit more complex and fewer drives are supported. Software-wise, Apple had been a stick in the mud with it comes to anything post-DVD resolution. For that I use the program MakeMKV as a decryption engine for VLC. With that check box checked, VLC can open and read the discs. Bingo! Bluray on Mac. |
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