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CD Writer for Mac - compatible?
Name: WoodsWalker Date: January 17, 2005 at 12:23:39 Pacific OS: OSX 10.2 CPU/Ram: OSX
Comment:
Hello and thanks in advance for considering my question!
I have an iMac 333mHz running OSX 10.2. It came with Mac CD-burning software, iPod, and all the usual. Its built-in optical drive is not a burner, so I purchased and attached an external burner (RetailPlus WriterPlus USB 2.0 CD-RW CD writer) via USB. The system recognizes the device as a drive but not as a burner. RetailPlus's support dept. tells me that it should work with no additional driver software needed, as long as my machine contains CD-burning software, which it does. The MAC site (as I now notice) has a listing of proven-compatible external and internal burners, and mine is not on it. Any ideas?
Name: pumpnethel Date: January 17, 2005 at 18:09:12 Pacific
Reply:
Go to ROXIO.com buy TOAST it will support anything new. Good Luck
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Name: WoodsWalker Date: January 19, 2005 at 12:26:06 Pacific
Reply:
Thanks for the advice!
Actually, on a whim I downloaded an available operating system update for my Mac, upgrading it to OS 10.2.8. I had read that the update included expanded USB device support. And voila, the little iMac now recognizes my drive as a Mitsumi CR-487ETE, and it reads and writes just fine.
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