Does the LG GGW-H20L Blu-ray Disc Burner work on a Mac? Can anyone provide any insight?
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That usually means that the software bundle is for those platforms. The hardware should work fine in a Mac with SATA ports or in a SATA enclosure. James Fields has an article on Ken Stone's Final Cut Pro Website titled "Blu-ray with Final Cut Pro, Compressor and Encore" which uses this very drive (URL: http://www.kenstone.net/fcp_homepage/blu-ray_fcp_fields.html ). The Mac Pro has six SATA ports: 4 for the drive bays and two as options for the 5.25" bays. Apple however doesn't support those extra two ports and some claim to have problems using them (from my experience I think it only wants one of them to be in use at a time). You could get an ATA-SATA adapter or an internal SATA card to use it internally. I think you'll need an adapter for power either way, unless it comes with one. If you're using any other current model Mac, you'll need an external enclosure, preferably with multiple interface choices (USB, FW800, and possibly eSATA). You will have to remove the front of the tray to use it internally in a Mac Pro; it won't clear the case bezel otherwise. You may want to hold onto that part if you plan to move it to another system or its own enclosure. Apple's software does tend to prefer Apple-supplied drives with Apple firmware to enable burning, but last I checked Apple's offerings didn't support Blu-ray burners yet anyway. You can use Final Cut's Compressor to encode the streams, but you'll need other software (such as Adobe Encore CS3) to master Blu-ray disks. I'm told this drive also burns all standard DVDs and CDs, including rewriteables and DVD-RAM, though Amazon's information and the reviews here don't mention this. Playing movies, last I checked Apple's player could only play HD DVDs mastered with Final Cut Studio (i.e. unencrypted), starting with Leopard. I don't know of any other software players.
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The drive itself uses a SATA connector, and shows up in Windows as a standard cd-rom drive. I didn't have to load any specific drivers, it uses the generic one supplied with Windows 7. It will probably be seen my Mac OS X, but I have no idea whether or not the OS or apps would let it read Blu-Ray content.
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A lot of burners can do it but not likely one on a mac, I know the LG Brand has many models that burn them if the mac has an LG burner then maybe, LG sent me a list when I inquired about them, some burners just need a firmware update. The blueray version of that disk is released in August I think.
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I am not a Mac user so I can't answer your specific question. You could try making a DVD on a DVD recorder and putting it into your MAC. Worth a try. Ray
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It works with Mac, however the editing and writing software accompanying it would work only for Windows. Software for creating Bluray disks will have to be purchased separately. You can write data, DVD as it is.
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It is NOT a blu-ray burner. It can only read Blu-ray disks per the specs on LG's site. It can however burn CD's and DVD's.
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I've played many moves on it but perhaps they've all been regular DVD. I know I've successfully burned many BluRays (for iTunes sharing to Apple TV, which is the primary reason I bought it) but when I just tried to play a BluRay on the computer (VLC Media Player installed Win8 Bootcamp on Mac Mini hardware) I got an error, so maybe there is an issue playing BluRays. I'll mess around with it and see if I can get it to work and let you know.
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I haven't personally used it for burning but I've ripped my entire Blu ray collection and was thrilled with the performance ! I'll be selling my Apple Super Drive as it won't rip Blu rays
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I'm unsure. I use it on a Mac with OSX 10.6.8 running. I have an LG Blu-ray burner in it. On my system, I was able to just plug it in and go, no software installation. I use it in conjunction with Adobe Encore to create BD projects.
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This is just the divice; it does not come with the software; that has to be downloaded for your specific operating system. There is more than one choice for the software, (more that one brand name). It is tricky to work correctly on a MAC for Blu-ray, but DVDs work much better. Almost all software available will play DVD an CD on this drive. Apple does not have a business interest supporting external drives like blu-ray, since most of its software, applications, entertainment, are available through iTunes. very respectfully, Curtthom@cox.net, Frankfurt, Germany
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Sorry it will not work on a macsee the technical specs here where it only specifies Windows:http://www.lg.com/levant_en/video-players/lg-GP08If you run windows from within mac (http://store.apple.com/au/browse/guide/windows) you can get it to work but it will not work in OSX
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After much searching and trying free software that just wasn't up the the task, I went ahead and paid for Mac Bluray, By MacGo, play for my Mac. It works flawlessly and plays all sorts of other video formats also.
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I've used my Archgon drive mostly for burning DVDs (from iDVD on my iMac). It works well. I've also burned Blu-ray data discs for backing up large files. No problems.
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I have a 2008 BlackMacbook and a acbook Air...both do play Bluray...You Have go to Macupdate to download a Mac Bluray App Software for the DVD Blu Ray Player to Work.
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I found online that it supports OS X 10.6 and up. I am not familiar with OS X in general so I can't fully commit and say it will be easy to use. Many users are claiming it to be hard to find a good program for burning the data. Apple has never endorsed Blu-Ray so this shouldn't be surprising. I would check some forums before committing to a purchase, but I must say its a great BD burner.
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I believe the answer is no. The Mac OS does not support Blu Ray playback at this time. I read on cnet.com that you can do this if you install Windows on the Mac and use an external Blu drive but even then, the results were not that great from what the article stated.
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Yes, I use this to play Blu-Ray movies on it. I use software called Mac Blu-Ray player at this website: http://www.macblurayplayer.com/I'm sure there are other software for Mac to play Blu-Ray movies. I liked this drive better then the super DVD drive for the mac.