I can’t give you details on it as I haven’t got the manual and the DVD drive has nothing to identify it. However, it looks just like this: https://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/USB-External-Slot-DVD-CD-RW-Drive-Burner-for-Apple-Macbook-Pro-Air-MAC-PC-Laptop/353130812734?hash=item52383c953e:g:ZpEAAOSwwFlfAxp9
I think a pop out drawer one would be better. I had a CD I’d burned myself and had stuck my own label on. The drive refused to eject it so it took it apart, removed the CD and put it back together. It no longer works! If it had had a pop out drawer I don’t think that would have happened. It was fine until I played my self-labelled CD though... Hope that helps. Stephen You meet your destiny on the road you take to avoid it. ~ Carl Jung > On 2 Aug 2020, at 19:10, Derek Wright <cwog...@gmail.com> wrote: > > > What make type/make/spec of drive did you buy - I am getting the same problem > on my Mac Pro circa 2009. > Thanks for any info > >> On Saturday, August 1, 2020 at 8:56:19 AM UTC+1, andrew lancaster wrote: >> Hi there. >> >> My 2011 iMac has finally stopped playing DVDs. It as been a bit hit and miss >> for ages - I’ve used a can of compressed air a few times over the past >> couple of years to jog it back into life but now it really is just refusing >> to play anything. This morning I read online to wrap a credit card in a >> specsaver type of cloth and gently insert that into the slot and move it >> around a bit to see if that helped. It didn’t. Nothing plays at all. >> >> As it is an elderly machine, I don’t think it will be worth having the unit >> replaced - even if this is possible - and I wondered it an external USB DVD >> drive would work? I thought I would ask before splashing out on one just in >> case they don’t work at all … >> >> Thank you! >> >> Andrew > > -- > You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups > "Sussex Mac User Group" group. > To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an > email to smug+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. > To view this discussion on the web, visit > https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/smug/754ef789-6abc-4fde-b7ed-0dda712b074do%40googlegroups.com. -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "Sussex Mac User Group" group. To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email to smug+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. To view this discussion on the web, visit https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/smug/B21E9A7E-C612-4516-A9CB-A23BF7B29D48%40icloud.com.
