Mac computer intermittently seeing external CD drive

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PaulGing

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- Updated on Oct 21, 2017 at 05:28 PM
xpcman

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- Oct 22, 2017 at 03:36 PM

Hi,

Can anyone offer a suggestion to solve this; my mac computer only sees the external
CD drive and the CD in it if I switch it off and in again. It then sees the CD in it and I can rip that CD. However, when I change CDs it then doesn't see the new CD and to make it do so, I have to turn the computer on and off again. Same happens with the iPod.

Can anyone suggest why this might be and how to solve it.

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xpcman

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Oct 22, 2017 at 03:36 PM

It's possible the cable needs to be replaced.

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