Can't get Macbook to recognise Samsung SE SO84

Hi to you all.
I apologise if this problem has been addressed a thousand times but I have had a good ferret about without success. My optical drive has failed on my macbook and I have purchased a Samsung SE SO84 but can't get the computer to recognise it at all.
I can put a CD or DVD into it and the green light flickers and the disc spins but I then cannot do anything. Does anyone have any idea who to correct this problem as I am trying to get my daughters homework on a CD!
Many thanks
Nick

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