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Glasspusher · Sep 18, 2002, 11:41 PM

I have an external Firewire CDRW with an LG CED8120B mechanism. It worked great under 10.1.2 to 10.1.5. It doesn't work under the first two iterations of Jag. Told apple about this, but looking in their Disc Recording Frameworks (whos location has moved from 10.1.5 to 10.2) I notice no difference in the LG file- the 8042 mech is mentioned but not the 8120B. I tried putting the 10.1.5 file in the 10.2 system, but no dice.

If anyone has any idea for a cool hack on this, a batch of cookies USPS priority awaits you!

Dave

Glasspusher · Sep 18, 2002, 11:43 PM

amendment to above offer- first idea that WORKS gets the cookies

D'Espice · Sep 19, 2002, 02:50 AM

Honestly, I don't think there's a way to fix this, I'm facing the very same problem here. Internal Sony CD-RW which was working great with OS 9 through OS X.1.5 but not OS X.2 nor X.2.1

No go guys, you need Toast Titanium to burn CDs.

Glasspusher · Sep 19, 2002, 10:17 PM

A gentleman in the OS X developer Macnn forum suggested changing the string of a supported LG drive in the Disc Recording Frameworks plug ins to that of my allegedly unsupported drive. I had tried this once last year with 10.1, and it didn't work. Figuring I had nothing to lose I tried it again. Apple System Profiler said "fully supported" and I was able to burn no prob from the finder!

Moral: It never hurts to try if things don't work already.

I dont need Toast! Sorry, Roxio.

Dave

darcybaston · Jun 26, 2004, 04:36 PM

My brother is in the same situation he just got what he calls "LG interface IDE to USB2.0 and IEEE 1394 Combo for 5.25" & 3.5" Drives"

He's got 10.2.8 and although Disk Utility sees it and lets you erase a CDRW, it won't integerate to the Finder nor will it let iPhoto or iTunes use it.

Anything simple once can do to fix this issue besides some framework thing? (I have no idea what you guys are talking about)

So is getting Toast Titanium the only solution?

Luca Rescigno · Jun 26, 2004, 06:20 PM

Dude, pay attention. This thread is almost TWO YEARS old! A lot has changed since then.

Try this, assuming he's using Jagwire: Link

Also, it's only a crappy 12x CD-RW. You can get a 52x CD-RW for about $30 now, so that drive is probably only worth about $10. Maybe less since it's not Mac-supported.

darcybaston · Jun 27, 2004, 01:24 PM

Originally posted by Luca Rescigno:
Dude, pay attention. This thread is almost TWO YEARS old! A lot has changed since then.

Try this, assuming he's using Jagwire: Link

Also, it's only a crappy 12x CD-RW. You can get a 52x CD-RW for about $30 now, so that drive is probably only worth about $10. Maybe less since it's not Mac-supported.

Dude, I don't know all the drive's details, just that it's new and what what I typed writen on the box. I said he's using 10.2.8, so of course it's Jaguar. Thank you for paying attention.

I have no idea what an LG enclosure thing is, and therefore decided it was best to search MacNN instead of start a new thread as it is encouraged by moderators. This was the only one I found.

He bought this thing brand new in Canada (where he lives) for $120 CDN at cost. The box says "Mac compatible, OS 9.x and up". I don't know any other specs on the device and he's not experienced enough to figure that out, and we can only solve this engima by phone.

I looked at the URL you offered (thank you) and downloaded the Jaguar plugin. Looks like there's Unix commands to issue to get it to work, and that's not the Mac experience I promised him. *sigh* A new user already discouraged and wondering why he didn't go Windows.

I'll just buy him Toast Titanium and keep things simple for him.