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Help getting Optical CD/DVD drive working on Mac

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bobright

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Ok made a thread about how nice and cheap this Optical drive I just purchased was. Well turns out thats not the case for me. I figured plug and play it would show in Finder and be off and working.

It is not being read by my Mac at all. It has a USB with 2 connections so put both of those in, tried popping in a CD and nothing. Its not shown in Finder, Disk Utility or my Dekstop what other options are there? It says it is Mac compatible:mad::(
 
kpgh554

kpgh554

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bobright said:
Ok made a thread about how nice and cheap this Optical drive I just purchased was. Well turns out thats not the case for me. I figured plug and play it would show in Finder and be off and working.

It is not being read by my Mac at all. It has a USB with 2 connections so put both of those in, tried popping in a CD and nothing. Its not shown in Finder, Disk Utility or my Dekstop what other options are there? It says it is Mac compatible:mad::(
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depending what opt drive mine is a lg came with 2 usb connections only use one on my desk top as other for laptop extra power, not needed for desktop
 
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bobright

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kpgh554 said:
depending what opt drive mine is a lg came with 2 usb connections only use one on my desk top as other for laptop extra power, not needed for desktop
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Whew ok un-plugged one and then restart my machine, it now picked it up. Im not sure which did it but thanks. :D
 
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