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Is this lightscribe drive mac compatible?

Policar said:
I guess there's not much more to this question than that:

http://www.newegg.com/Product/Produ...6333&cm_re=lightscribe-_-27-106-333-_-Product

Can I install this in my 2008 mac pro and use the lightscribe functions?

Thanks!
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I think you can use any SATA dirve without issues. I installed a LG and Samsung SATA drives in my 2006 mac pro (using ODD SATA ports) and both worked without problems.

If the drive does not come with Lightscribe software it is a fee download just google Lightscirbe software.
 
I use LaCie's software (use the Labeling software ONLY - don't use their firmware updates, etc) for my Lightscribe drive, and it works pretty well. I remember having some difficulties with the software from Lightscribe.com, but I don't remember if that was on my Mac or Linux box.

I can't confirm that the drive will be compatible with your Mac, though. The other poster is probably correct. If it is compatible, this software should work.
 
Kind of related, but do macs support the "labelflash" technology found in pioneer drives? Can I just run it through the Lightscribe software?
 
Thanks, everyone. I guess I'll try it out.

When I built my last PC I had to worry about drivers with almost everything, so I'm just assuming the LITE-ON drive will function okay with OSX's built in .kexts and the software supplied by lightscribe? I guess if worse comes to worse I'll burn in XP, which isn't so bad at all.

Thanks again and I'll let this thread know my results.
 
I used a lightscribe external drive on my G4 and it worked great! But i did not use the printing function. Ill see if i can try it tomorrow. I really think it will work as its roxio software based.
 
Policar said:
Although the mac pro (2008) manual doesn't specify, the optical drive connectors pretty clearly look like IDE cables (the drive I posted was SATA).

So do I want this instead:

http://www.newegg.com/Product/Produ...&cm_re=lightscribe_IDE-_-27-151-176-_-Product

Or should I just go with external (at more than twice the price) to be safe?
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The optical drives in the '06 - '08 systems are IDE. But there's an unused pair of SATA ports on the board as well (labeled ODD_SATA).

There is a caveat though. Those ports will work for OS X, but if you try to boot a Windows DVD, it won't work (or Windows HDD for that matter), so if you do choose to go SATA, be aware of the limitation.

IMO, the easiest thing to do, is keep the optical as IDE. The drive you linked would work just fine.
 
I should have bought it then... I spent $5 more on an IDE liteon drive that was better-reviewed and it reads but won't burn disks under OSX. When I use toast, it just spins endlessly and never writes anything. Not sure what I'm going to do with it.
 
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