Hey Daniel, I didn’t know we were having a competition... ;-)) I must admit it was a long time ago when I first purchased my ‘Apple External SuperDrive’ possibly when first released. So duly noted, that Apple DVD Player now works with newer external third party DVD drives!
Cheers, Ronni Ronni Brown’s iPad Pro 12.9-inch 256GB > On 30 Oct 2017, at 5:31 pm, Daniel Kerr <dan...@macwizardry.com.au> wrote: > > nerrr nerrr Ronni, bet you by a minute for a change,….hehe :) > > Oh and the Apple DVD Player will actually work with other external DVD > players,…not just Apple’s one :) (I know as I’ve used it with an external LG > and Samsung third party DVD drives, and Apple DVD player works fine with > it,….just for your records,…hehe) :)) > > Kind regards > Daniel > > Sent from my iPhone 7 > > --- > Daniel Kerr > MacWizardry > > Phone: 0414 795 960 > Email: <dan...@macwizardry.com.au> > Web: <http://www.macwizardry.com.au> > > > **For everything Apple** > > >> On 30 Oct 2017, at 5:17 pm, Ronda Brown <ro...@mac.com> wrote: >> >> Hi Severin, >> >> Apple's DVD Player application only works with an internal optical drive or >> ‘Apple's external SuperDrive’. >> You can physically remove the DVD Player but it will only install again in >> an update. >> >> Cheers, >> Ronni >> >> Ronni Brown’s iPad Pro 12.9-inch 256GB >> >> >>> On 28 Oct 2017, at 3:37 pm, Severin Crisp <sevcr...@westnet.com.au> wrote: >>> >>> When I changed my iMac to Fusion Drive the SSD took the place of the built >>> in optical drive. It is replaced by an external optical drive. On >>> inserting a DVD i get the expected error message for the Apple DVD player. >>> I would like to physically remove the DVD player and its preferences but of >>> course it is locked in as part of the OS. How can I do this? >>> looking ahead to future system upgrades can I stop a reinstallation of the >>> DVD drive? >>> Severin Crisp >>> ____________________________________________________ >>> >>> Assoc Prof R Severin Crisp, FAIP, FIP, CPhys >>> 15 Thomas St, Mount Clarence, Albany, 6330, Western Australia >>> ph (08) 9842 1950 ( Int'l +61 8 9842 1950) >>> mail to: sevcr...@westnet.com.au >>> ____________________________________________________ >>> >>> >>> >>> -- The WA Macintosh User Group Mailing List -- >>> Archives - <http://www.wamug.org.au/mailinglist/archives.shtml> >>> Guidelines - <http://www.wamug.org.au/mailinglist/guidelines.shtml> >>> Settings & Unsubscribe - >>> <http://lists.wamug.org.au/listinfo/wamug.org.au-wamug> >> -- The WA Macintosh User Group Mailing List -- >> Archives - <http://www.wamug.org.au/mailinglist/archives.shtml> >> Guidelines - <http://www.wamug.org.au/mailinglist/guidelines.shtml> >> Settings & Unsubscribe - >> <http://lists.wamug.org.au/listinfo/wamug.org.au-wamug> > > -- The WA Macintosh User Group Mailing List -- > Archives - <http://www.wamug.org.au/mailinglist/archives.shtml> > Guidelines - <http://www.wamug.org.au/mailinglist/guidelines.shtml> > Settings & Unsubscribe - > <http://lists.wamug.org.au/listinfo/wamug.org.au-wamug> -- The WA Macintosh User Group Mailing List -- Archives - <http://www.wamug.org.au/mailinglist/archives.shtml> Guidelines - <http://www.wamug.org.au/mailinglist/guidelines.shtml> Settings & Unsubscribe - <http://lists.wamug.org.au/listinfo/wamug.org.au-wamug>
