I have a multi-session (osx/windows) cd that I'd like to create an iso from. Is there a way to create a single iso file with all the sessions included in it? Output from diskutil list disk2 is below. The identifier for the optical drive on my Mac is disk2. /dev/disk2 (external, physical): #: TYPE NAME SIZE IDENTIFIER 0: CD_partition_scheme *591.9 MB disk2 1: Apple_partition_scheme ⁨⁩ 515.4 MB disk2s1 2: Apple_partition_map ⁨⁩ 32.3 KB disk2s1s1 (free space) 276.8 MB - 3: Apple_HFS ⁨Master Install CD 238.6 MB disk2s1s2 –

My Macbook Pro 2017 (running Mojave) has no DVD drive, of course; but my Macbook early 2009 Superdrive (running El Capitan) can burn them, as well as my iMac 2011 (running High Sierra). Can I connect the Macbook Pro to one of these two computers, use the Roxio Titanium software on my Macbook Pro, but burn the DVD on one of the Superdrives? I'm looking at purchasing Roxio Toast Titanium 19, but open to suggestions for other software. I won't be doing a large amount of DVD authoring, just hobby stuff. Thanks!

I have a 2020 MacBook Air running Ventura 13.2 and would like to use an old LG CD reader ("Portable Super Multi Drive") to read a CD. But when I plug it in (and, for good measure, also plug the drive's cable's extra USB-A cable into a power source to make sure it's getting enough power), the CD spins vigorously as it should (i.e., there is enough power flowing to it, and it recognizes that it has been plugged in) but no disk mounts on my laptop. I tried diskutil list, but it did not appear there either. I suspect the problem is that I am missing the driver for this particular LG drive. But I was unable to find a way to download such a driver from LG or any other source on the internet. How can I make this drive work with my laptop (whether by finding the appropriate driver or by using some other tool -- ideally FOSS)? (I am happy for it to be either GUI or CLI; all I want to do is to be able to copy data from the CD to my laptop.)

I've been asked to digitize a box of old CDs and move them onto an external SSD. For playback and data transfer, I've been using a MacBook Pro with an ASUS external disk drive. I also have access to a Windows desktop PC with an internal disk drive. Last week, I successfully digitized several CDs using both the MacBook and the PC. I can still play those files normally off the external SSD. But when I returned to my project this week, the MacBook/ASUS setup was suddenly no longer recognizing those same CDs -- nothing but my startup disk and external hard drive showed up in Disk Utility. I tried loading a CD to the PC, and it displayed .cda files rather than the .aiffs or .wavs it had displayed previously. I experimented with several other CDs; the problem occurred not only for CDs I'd already digitized, but also for ones I hadn't touched yet. Again, as of last week these CDs were recognized by both Mac and Windows as carrying .aiff and .wav files, which I was able to copy to the SSD with no problem. I tried fidgeting with the ASUS drive, and after awhile, Disk Utility did finally recognize one of the CDs. When I opened the CD in Finder, it displayed a list of .aiff files as anticipated. However, when I tried to test a data transfer by copying a single .aiff from the CD to the desktop, no dice -- just an endless "Estimating time to copy" notice, and a very sluggish Finder which eventually had to be relaunched. Similarly, neither VLC nor QuickTime could play the file, and both went non-responsive/had to be force quit when playback was attempted. In terms of purely just recovering the audio data, I can try using the PC setup to rip the CDs; I'm aware .cdas are a container/metadata format which don't carry any audio information, but I believe I should still be able to rip using Windows Media Player. As for the Mac setup, though, I'm very curious to know what went wrong? Should I try to hunt down an old CD player to check on playback that way? Any insight appreciated, cheers!

I recently got an older MacBook Pro that has an optical drive. Every time I insert a CD, iTunes will always respond in some way. I have already tried changing the setting in **iTunes > Preferences > General**, but I don't see the option I want. How do I get this Mac to absolutely do nothing when I insert a CD?

I recently came across this beautiful looking device called **USB SuperDrive** while buying something on an e-commerce website. After I searched about this device, I got to know that it's a portable **USB CD/DVD-RW drive** from the year **2008** which can burn & play CDs and DVDs. I got interested to buy it. But I see this product being discontinued by Apple officially. Will it work with the newer **Macbook Pro/Air** series with **Apple Silicon/Intel** processors?

I'm trying to enable "DVD or CD Sharing" in the System Preferences. When I enable it, it says that the Firewall is blocking it. If I go into the Security > Firewall settings, I see that the first item under Advanced... is "DVD or CD Sharing" and that it's set to "Allow incoming connections". If I disable the Firewall completely, it works correctly. Is there any way to get it to work with the Firewall enabled, though?

I have a 2011 17" MacBook Pro with a 1TB HDD installed and running the latest OSX. I am looking at installing a SSD in the original HD bay for my OS and Programs and moving the 1TB drive to the optical bay. My current HDD location says it has a link speed of 6Gb/s and negotiated link speed of 3Gb/s and the optical drive says it has a link speed of 6Gb/s with a negotiated speed of 1.5Gb/s. So my question is twofold. First, will my current drive work correctly in the optical drive bay and secondly, can I install a 1TB in the optical bay caddy? Most of the adapters specify up to 500Gb.

I have an old Mid 2009 13" MacBook Pro (unibody) that I'm not using anymore. I've already pulled the superdrive out of it. I also have a 2009 27" iMac that I *am* using. The superdrive on it is no longer working for various reasons, and needs to be replaced. I'm comfortable opening the iMac and replacing it, I've done it before. Can I use the drive from my '09 Pro in my iMac?

LG "Slim Portable DVD Writer" Model GP55EX70 plugged in with blank CD.  Tried to burn a playlist to CD and MacOS said "No supported Disk burners found" https://www.devicemag.com/lg-slim-portable-dvd-writer-on-mac/ says drivers would be automatically loaded when the drive is plugged in.  But whoever wrote that page is goofy—he says if the Mac doesn't recognize the drive I should reformat it "ExFAT" (!?!) I don't recall whether I ever burned a disk with this drive.  I do know that I used it to import dozens of audio CDs and to watch at least one DVD, but all on earlier OS versions. Neither Disk Utility nor Finder shows the drive connected.  It's on a USB-C to A converter which has worked fine with other USB-A peripherals.

My MacBook (Snow Leopard) seems to be unable to read DVDs and CDs. When I insert a disk (DVD or CD, I've tried a couple of each), the drive spins up, and (it sounds like) moves the laser back and forth a few times, then ejects the disk. I haven't tried blank media. I've searched around the nets, and it looks like I may be experiencing a relatively common problem, but I don't want to jump to conclusions. Unfortunately, all the threads I've found are filled with "me too, me too", and not a lot in terms of actual help. What tools can I use, or tests can I run, to try to diagnose (and perhaps even solve) the problem myself before I give up and replace the drive?

I'm attempting to play some DVDs using an Apple USB SuperDrive and HandBrake . The DVDs are burned (non-original) containing various Japanese language children's shows. Here is some information about my system: System hardware info: Model Name: MacBook Pro Model Identifier: MacBookPro18,1 Model Number: MK183H/A Chip: Apple M1 Pro Total Number of Cores: 10 (8 performance and 2 efficiency) Memory: 16 GB System Firmware Version: 8419.80.7 OS Loader Version: 8419.80.7 System software info: System Version: macOS 13.2.1 (22D68) Kernel Version: Darwin 22.3.0 Apple USB SuperDrive hardware info: Product ID: 0x1500 Vendor ID: 0x05ac (Apple Inc.) Version: 2.03 Speed: Up to 480 Mb/s Manufacturer: Apple Inc. Location ID: 0x00100000 / 1 Current Available (mA): 500 Current Required (mA): 500 Extra Operating Current (mA): 600 Media: SuperDrive: Capacity: 4,35 GB (4 354 867 200 bytes) Removable Media: Yes BSD Name: disk4 Logical Unit: 0 Media Name: TSB0003 Partition Map Type: Unknown S.M.A.R.T. status: Verified USB Interface: 0 And here is an example of what a DVD looks like: /Volumes/TSB0003/. ├── ADV_OBJ │   └── TSB_MENU │   ├── TNLR0000.ACA │   └── TNSM0000.ACA ├── DVD_RTAV │   ├── VR_MANGR.BUP │   ├── VR_MANGR.IFO │   └── VR_MOVIE.VRO ├── TS_MANGR │   ├── ACA_THMNLTSGI.IFO │   ├── DISC.IFO │   ├── FOLDER.IFO │   ├── R_THMNL.IFO │   ├── TSGI.IFO │   ├── TTDETAIL.IFO │   ├── TTLUTLTY.IFO │   └── TTL_PROP.IFO └── TS_THMNL HandBrake fails to read these DVDs. I'm also unable to open them using VLC and Apple's QuickTime Player or DVD Player apps. Nothing seems to be able to read these DVDs. Here is the verbose log from HandHrake: Starting HandBrake software: [10:29:19] macgui: Handbrake Version: 1.6.1 (2023012200) [10:29:19] Compile-time hardening features are enabled [10:29:19] hb_init: starting libhb thread [10:29:19] thread 16f84f000 started ("libhb") When attempting to load VR_MOVIE.VRO with HandBrake: [10:29:35] macgui: ScanCore scanning titles with a duration of 10 seconds or more [10:29:35] CPU: [10:29:35] - logical processor count: 10 [10:29:35] hb_scan: path=/Volumes/TSB0003/DVD_RTAV/VR_MOVIE.VRO, title_index=0 [10:29:35] thread 16f507000 started ("scan") udfread ERROR: ECMA 167 Volume Recognition failed disc.c:333: failed opening UDF image /Volumes/TSB0003/DVD_RTAV/VR_MOVIE.VRO disc.c:437: error opening file BDMV/index.bdmv disc.c:437: error opening file BDMV/BACKUP/index.bdmv [10:29:35] bd: not a bd - trying as a stream/file instead libdvdread: DVDOpenFileUDF:UDFFindFile /VIDEO_TS/VIDEO_TS.IFO failed libdvdnav: vm: vm: failed to read VIDEO_TS.IFO [10:29:35] dvd: not a dvd - trying as a stream/file instead [10:29:35] file is MPEG Program Stream [10:29:53] Probing 1 unknown stream [10:29:53] Probe: Unsupported stream . stream id 0xe0-0x0 [10:29:53] Found the following streams [10:29:53] Video Streams : [10:29:53] Audio Streams : [10:29:53] 0xbd-0x80 type AC3 (0x81) [10:29:53] Subtitle Streams : [10:29:53] Other Streams : [10:29:53] 0xe0-0x0 type Unknown (0x0) [10:29:53] stream id 0xbd (type 0x81 substream 0x80) audio 0x8000bd [10:29:53] Freed 1 buffers of size 4096 [10:29:53] Freed 3 buffers of size 2097152 [10:29:53] Allocated 6295552 bytes of buffers on this pass and Freed 6295552 bytes, 0 bytes leaked [10:29:53] thread 16f507000 exited ("scan") [10:29:53] thread 16f507000 joined ("scan") [10:29:53] libhb: scan thread found 0 valid title(s) [10:29:53] macgui: ScanCore scan done When attempting to load VR_MANGR.IFO with HandBrake: [10:30:07] macgui: ScanCore scanning titles with a duration of 10 seconds or more [10:30:07] CPU: [10:30:07] - logical processor count: 10 [10:30:07] hb_scan: path=/Volumes/TSB0003/DVD_RTAV/VR_MANGR.IFO, title_index=0 [10:30:07] thread 16f7c3000 started ("scan") udfread ERROR: ECMA 167 Volume Recognition failed disc.c:333: failed opening UDF image /Volumes/TSB0003/DVD_RTAV/VR_MANGR.IFO disc.c:437: error opening file BDMV/index.bdmv disc.c:437: error opening file BDMV/BACKUP/index.bdmv [10:30:08] bd: not a bd - trying as a stream/file instead libdvdread: DVDOpenFileUDF:UDFFindFile /VIDEO_TS/VIDEO_TS.IFO failed libdvdnav: vm: vm: failed to read VIDEO_TS.IFO [10:30:08] dvd: not a dvd - trying as a stream/file instead [10:30:08] hb_stream_open: open /Volumes/TSB0003/DVD_RTAV/VR_MANGR.IFO failed [10:30:08] scan: unrecognized file type [10:30:08] Allocated 0 bytes of buffers on this pass and Freed 0 bytes, 0 bytes leaked [10:30:08] thread 16f7c3000 exited ("scan") [10:30:08] thread 16f7c3000 joined ("scan") [10:30:08] libhb: scan thread found 0 valid title(s) [10:30:08] macgui: ScanCore scan done I also have libdvdcss (version 1.4.3) installed on my system (via Homebrew). Does anyone know what's going wrong here and how to read these DVDs? Here's a relevant issue I filed under HandBrake on GitHub.

We've used Remote Disc to access a DVD reader attached to one computer on a LAN before. Now that we're all 'work from home', we've got a VPN setup that creates peer-to-peer connections between all of our location and all normal traffic flows fine across it. However, from my computer, I can't "Remote Disc" to a DVD drive located on another users location which is connected via the VPN. Each 'location' is its own LAN. Example 192.168.2.0/24, 192.168.3.0/24, 192.168.4.0/24, etc Is there some clever way to make this work. We have a use case where the DVD burner is needed in one location, but reading the disc is required in another. As of right now when I click "Remote Disc" it only works from a computer on the LAN the DVD burner is attached to. When I click "Remote Disc" from a remote location, nothing shows up even though we're all connected via the VPN network.

I have an old CD-ROM I'm trying to read using my external USB drive. After some time spinning, it mounts with a README.TXT file containing the text:

This disc contains a "UDF" file system and requires an operating system that supports the ISO-13346 "UDF" file system specification.

I've tried mounting using mount -t udf and mount -t cd9660 but neither work. Any suggestions?

Is there a command to tell an external optical drive to open that still works when there's no disk in it? It has a button on the drawer, but it's vary tiny, and it requires a push in the opposite direction of opening. It's so thin that I have to pick it up off the table to push it, and I have to push hard enough and not too hard. And if I'm not fast enough, the slight pressure is enough to prevent opening.

I have a stuck DVD in my 'ol [EDIT: external] superdrive, and all the viddys show people [taking them apart](https://youtu.be/4PFz3vm-080) ! I expected to see a small hole in the dust curtain indicating were I can use a paperclip to manually eject the disk. But it's not there. I'm fiddling around with a paperclip on the far right side, but I can't find the lever. Does the SuperDrive have a manual eject feature? ---- In case you haven't seen this...I have it here somewhere. Ah. Yes. I present to you an Apple Titanium PowerBook G4 optical disk drive. Here you see the visual cue to where you put your paperclip.

This problem happened suddenly on my MacBook pro: when I insert a CD/DVD, it tries to read it for a few seconds (the motor of the DVD drive is working) and then it stops, and ejects the DVD. I have read in many forums that this is a dead condition for DVD drive, and should be replaced. But some others also suggested the lens might require cleaning. Does anybody have experienced the second situation (i.e. can the problem be solved using DVD drive lens cleaner kits)?

I have two external USB optical drives, both burners, one that will work with DVDs and CDs, the other that will also handle BDs (Blu-ray Discs). I use these sometimes with MakeMKV. Recently I had an issue with reading a BD with MakeMKV and had to force-quit MakeMKV. I tried to eject the BD, but Disk Utilities would not because it was in use. (I remember at one point I found a way to still eject it, but I was unable to use that drive to read anything until I rebooted because the OS still saw it as in use.) I rebooted. On reboot the OS recognized the BD in the drive and it came up in Finder. But I still heard a fair amount of activity from the drive. It's no longer making noise, but the access LED on the drive is still flashing. I've had this happen before, where I have discs in either drive, usually DVDs or BDs, and I hear movement in the drive even when I haven't been using any software to access that drive for hours or even a day or more. So it seems that something is accessing my external USB optical drives even when I'm not using any software to do this. How can I find out what program is trying to access discs in my optical drive?

I have an old hybrid CD-ROM made of two track : on Windows only the ISO9960 track is visible and mounted, and on macOS only the HFS track is visible and mounted. This is how the CD appears in the Terminal using df and diskutil:

iMac:VINTAGE ouafouaf$ df -k
Filesystem                        1024-blocks       Used Available Capacity  iused               ifree %iused  Mounted on
...
/dev/disk4s1s2                         330576     330576         0   100%       99          4294967180    0%   /Volumes/Dragor le dragon

iMac:VINTAGE ouafouaf$ diskutil list
...
/dev/disk4 (external, physical):
   #:                       TYPE NAME                    SIZE       IDENTIFIER
   0:        CD_partition_scheme                        *778.1 MB   disk4

I want to make an ISO image that is usable under Windows (XP). I tried to with dd and different attempts:

dd if=/dev/disk4s1s2 of=Dragor1.iso bs=2k
dd if=/dev/disk4     of=Dragor2.iso bs=2k
dd if=/dev/disk4s1   of=Dragor3.iso bs=2k

- case 1: I obtain a file of about 330MB, which I can mount on macOS but not on Windows. It appears that this is only the HFS track. Note that the image I get with Disk Utility (.cdr file) is about the same size - case 2: I obtain a file of about 760Mo, which I can not mount at all - case 3: I obtain a file of about 660Mo, that I can mount on both macOS and Windows (so it contains both tracks) So far so good (even if I don't really understand the meaning of s1or s1s2)... But for the use under Windows I don't need the HFS track. I have many images to create for using them in a Windows XP virtual machine, and I don't want to allocate too much disk space: how can I make an ISO image of the ISO9660 track only ? I tried making the image directly under Windows, but the tools I have tried all make an image of the entire disk, HFS track included.

Mac Pro 5,1 with built-in Superdrive. macOS Mojave. After several reboots where I was changing 'Displays have separate Spaces' - ie nothing at all relevant to the Superdrive - this extra menu item appeared in the right side of the menu bar. I've never seen it before. I assume it's from some 3rd party utility but I can't think what. I doubt it's an Apple system utility, as it seems to have [visually] hijacked F12, rather than the default Eject button. [I say visually, because all it does is beep when I actually press F12, it doesn't actually function as Eject. The real Eject key still works.] Selecting Open Superdrive from the menu item itself does open the drawer. Has anyone any idea what this might belong to, or how to get rid of it?