3rd party Internal DVD drive compatibility, OS X 10.3

External Since: Jul 14, 2003 Posts: 6

I want to purchase an Iomega internal (ATAPI) DVD burner (dual format) and
install it in my G4 (Sawtooth 450MHz, running Panther OS X 10.3).

A friend is offering me a good deal on the drive and I can't afford
anything else I've seen currently on the market.

Iomega does not indicate that this drive is Mac-compatible, neither does
the Apple site.

I want to burn DVD's and CD's using this drive, and the only software I'll
be using is iTunes, iDVD and iMovie (latest available versions).

This should work, right? Isn't the hardware essentially OS-neutral?

Or is there some firmware compatibilty issue that may cause me problems?

The drive can be found on Iomega's site:
http://www.iomega.com/support/documents/11876.html

Thanks for any help you can offer!

-Matt Stafford

External Since: Jan 14, 2004 Posts: 1

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<Pine.GSO.4.58.0401141115400.28498.DeleteThis@hazelnut.cc.columbia.edu>,
Matthew Dennis Stafford <mds35.DeleteThis@columbia.edu> wrote:

> I want to purchase an Iomega internal (ATAPI) DVD burner (dual format) and
> install it in my G4 (Sawtooth 450MHz, running Panther OS X 10.3).
> A friend is offering me a good deal on the drive and I can't afford
> anything else I've seen currently on the market.
> Iomega does not indicate that this drive is Mac-compatible, neither does
> the Apple site.
>
> I want to burn DVD's and CD's using this drive, and the only software I'll
> be using is iTunes, iDVD and iMovie (latest available versions).
>
> This should work, right? Isn't the hardware essentially OS-neutral?
> Or is there some firmware compatibilty issue that may cause me problems?
>

Yes and no.
Matt, I just popped in my Iomega DVD- Superdrive (all format) internel
in my Sawtooth G4 (400mhz) with Panther that I got for Christmas and It
works fine. The only reason Iomega says it doesn't support the drive is
because the software included is Windoze only.

The bad news:
Apple does NOT support the drive with it's software yet. So you can NOT
use ANY of the iApps for burning CD-r, DVD's, etc.. You'l have to get
third party software. I have used Toast for years and it works great.
Much better the the iApps (IMHO).

Iomega also ofers a download of Discribe for OS X ($35) at this URL:
<a style='text-decoration: underline;' href="http://www.iomega.com/software/discribe.html" target="_blank">http://www.iomega.com/software/discribe.html</a>

The Iomega drive is a good one. I love it! I've been using for about
three weeks now without a hitch Perahps Apple will fully support it
sometime in the future.

Hope that helps.