In fact I think that's exactly what it says. 'This Macintosh does not support the Apple DVD player - Error 301' My DVD keep giving me a message something along the lines of: Well now I know I'm not the only one with these sort of problems. I truly appreciate your assistance in pushing off the inevitable heart attack that is coming because of this pain in the bootie. So if anyone knows anything related to this problem please post what you can. I have tried reinstalling the DVD player from the OS 9 disc and checked the Apple TIL with no results that are helpful.Īlso when I lauch the Apple System Profiler it does find the hardware that is required but alas, DVD player will not get its scrawny little ass past that damn error message (above). 'Apple DVD Player cannot open because it cannot find the required hardware.' Well, PT is working fine and so is the rest of my machine but my DVD player is giving me the error message: That said, it had been working great for a couple of months and then I got cocky and decided to update everything (mentioned above). I can't remember experiencing more grief over anything computer related than I have over this DVD player since day one. Subscribe Now: Watch More: If the CD/DVD player in your MacBook Pro will.I have a B&W G3 450 running OS 9.0.4 with the multimedia update 1.0, Quicktime 4.1.2, PT LE 5.0.1, and Apple DVD player 1.3 with the DVD decoder daughtercard attached by Apple when they sent me my computer. Last night I was given a DVD with some exe's on so just on a whim I ran VM and windows and much to my surprise the optical drive loaded the exe and ran. So I just used optical drives on other machines via my network, a PIA but it worked. So I went to buy another and was told my Mac Pro would have have had to be returned to Apple for repair. Only slightly bigger than a CD case, the Apple USB SuperDrive slips easily into your travel bag when you hit the road and takes up little space on your desk or tray table when you’re working. It’s perfect when you want to watch a DVD movie, install software, create backup discs, and more.

If it occurs with only one disc, there is a good chance that the DVD is corrupted or protected with region code or other schemes (you're allowed to change the region code for 5 times with Mac DVD player). If the Mac DVD player won't respond every time you insert a disc, try other fixes.

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