stereoptic

Hi all, I was hoping someone else has experienced the same issue as me and has discovered a work-around! Is there a setting, or software, or line command, etc. required to read an external drive on a Macbook Pro running Big Sur Operating System? My old 2010 macbook pro never had a problem recognizing either external drive that I have, a SeaTech and a Samsung SE-506BB. The highest version software for that was High Sierra. Unfortunately, the hard drive got corrupted and despite several attempts to revive it, I couldn't get it to reload the OSX. Besides, the screen had 2 cracks in it, so it was time to go. So I switched over to a 2017 macbook pro running Big Sur. I can't get either external drive to get fully recognized. I can get the drive spinning, and to see it appear in FInder, but the disk just spins and spins. CDs work fine. DVD content is visible in DVDAudioExtract, but I get an error that it is 'unreadable'. I have a hunch that it is related to the power supply. I have a few splitters, for data and power, and several different USB chargers. Of course, I tried several different cables as well. I get slightly different results with each, but nothing gets the disks to read. But it could just be one of those Apple roadblocks. I also have the official mac Superdrive, which works perfectly but it does not do Blu-Ray! The Superdrive just uses one cable (USB-C) and doesn't require any special additional power. Any suggestions would be appreciated!

Ah, thanks for that. I'm with good company then. The only port open on the Marantz was 13000. I tried using that as a last ditch effort, to no avail.

Hi all - Many thanks to everyone for acomplishing this! I am having great results ripping SACDs using my Oppo 103. I also have a Marantz UD5007 which I decided to check to see if it would work. I could not find any documentation on the internet to determine if it uses the Mediatek chip. I followed the same procedure as I used with the Oppo. However, with the Marantz UD5007 I only progressed as far as inserting the USB. The drawer opened! However, when I tried to run the sacd, it would not connect. I also tried using the Sonore. I received the message: I'm using a Windows10 laptop, which is on wi-fi, but the Marantz is on ethernet. As a shot in the dark, I port forwarded the 2002 port to the Marantz. No luck. I also tried running Sonore on my mac mini (etherenet) No luck there, either, same error. I know that the IP address is correct. I can ping the Marantz (I can't telnet to it though. I couldn't telnet to the Oppo either, but the extraction works when using the Oppo. Is there something that I am overlooking, or was the drawer opening on the Marantz just a red herring as it doesn't have the correct chipset to accomplish this? Thanks for reading through this!