External DVDRW Drives?

[Fritzables]

Hi all,

My iMac is placed in such away that if I need to gain access to the DVD drive, I need to swivel it around on the desk to get at it.

So, the plan is to get an external unit and plug it into a USB port.

What I am finding though is that the majority of the drives say their supported OS is Windows based with no mention of Mac or Linux.

Can I used one of these drives on a Mac?

Fritzables

 

[Darth.Titan]

In my experience, I haven't come across an external optical drive that didn't "just work" on a Mac.

 

[Tortri]

practically any ol' external dvd drive will work, plug and play.

 

[Samuriajackon]

In my experience, I haven't come across an external optical drive that didn't "just work" on a Mac.

Yes, the Hardware is probably gonna work just fine, but A better way of asking is to say, "Does the bundled software support Mac OSX"? Do you wanna burn stuff or just read?

 

[arogge]

DVD Player?

In my experience, I haven't come across an external optical drive that didn't "just work" on a Mac.

Did the problem of the Apple DVD Player software refusing to work with external DVD drives ever get fixed?

 

[Tortri]

Did the problem of the Apple DVD Player software refusing to work with external DVD drives ever get fixed?

Forgot about that, good point!

Last I checked no, you can hack the dvd player software or just use Video Lan.

 

[Samuriajackon]

Forgot about that, good point!

Last I checked no, you can hack the dvd player software or just use Video Lan.

I know for a FACT that using a MacBook Air External drive wasn't meant to work with other OSX products.

 

[Fritzables]

Yes, the Hardware is probably gonna work just fine, but A better way of asking is to say, "Does the bundled software support Mac OSX"? Do you wanna burn stuff or just read?

Yea Samuriajackon, I need to burn stuff.

 

[arogge]

I need to burn stuff.

Try the OWC selection.

 

[Fritzables]

Thanks arogge.