Suddenly iMac not recognizing BD-R
Been using a burned BD-R data disc, now suddenly the disc is not being recognized and ejects. I tried a couple other burned BD-R's and they are not recognized either. Any thoughts on what has happened?
Only thing that has been different is I played one of the video BD-R's in a Sony player, then ineserted it into iMac. Since then I have the non-recognizing issue. Coincidence, or not? Any ideas?
Except that my iMac DID play burned video BD-R discs. Including a burned data BD-R. Several times actually. Now suddenly, it does not. Lots of folks back up data on a blu-ray disc.
Interesting. I wonder how that was accomplished since neither the hardware nor Mac OS support BluRay. You not only need an external Blu-Ray burner, but third party software as well (for burning and playback such as Roxio Toast) unless..... are you running Windows?
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