MacBook Pro :: Superdrive Not Reading Dvds After Lion Upgrade?
Jun 24, 2012Superdrive not reading dvd movies after lion upgrade.
Also cannot bure DVD -r discs after upgrade. All was fine with Leopard.
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MacBook Pro, Mac OS X (10.7.4)
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Laptops :: Superdrive Freezing DVDs - Not Reading Menus In MBP
Sep 2, 2008I've rented 3 dvds from Netflix and tried to watch them in my MBP, thinking there was a problem with the dvd, but they all have the same issues. The video will suddenly freeze but the audio keeps going. The only way I can get out of this frozen screen is to use the remote that came w/ my MBP to eject the dvd. Also, the dvd menus are no longer functional. I can only press play but I can not navigate the menus with my remote, or with the mouse (the mouse cursor disappears now when I put a dvd in the drive). When I press play, it will play for about 10 minutes and then freeze. It seems like each time it's freezing about halfway into a track/chapter. I can eject the dvd, go back to the beginning, skip forward to the next track, and rewind to just after the point where it freezes, but I have to do this with EVERY track/chapter.
And I have to eject it every time or it won't play at all. This is a dvd-burning Superdrive. I have no idea how I would go about replacing the drive if it's broken, as it's built into the laptop with no way that I can see to access it. The laptop is just barely out of warranty. Here's another Mac oddity: when I log into Apple's own forums, the option to post a new thread in any of their forums is gone. It's not at the top of the page where it used to be, nor is it anywhere on any of the pages that I've visited. I'm talking about when I go to the main discussions page, and then click on the link for Macbook Pro or iPod, there's nothing there for posting.
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Mac Pro, Mac OS X (10.7.3)
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MacBook Pro
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So, two questions:
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MacBook Pro (13-inch Mid 2009), Mac OS X (10.7.3)
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Jan 31, 2008Why dont you post the explanation for certain MATSHITA DVD-R UJ-857 superdrives not being able to read: dvds/ cds/ blank dvds/ blank cds/ burned dvds/ burned cds or a combination thereof?
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