

We're here for you if you've got any questions. In order to perform this step, you'll want to create a temporary new administrator account, then log out of your current account to test there. If the issue persists after resetting the SMC, let us know if it's still happening in a new user account on your Mac. You can keep your keyboard and mouse connected to your iMac through this process. The SMC regulates power delivery to your Mac components and connected devices. We can recommend disconnecting your DVD drive and any other non-essential devices, before resetting the System Management Controller (SMC). Have you had a chance to restart your iMac since noticing this error? Does the internal DVD drive work on your iMac? This may verify if the issue is software related, or isolated to your Asus DVD drive. To ensure we understand correctly, please let us know more about what's going on. We're glad you've come to Apple Support Communities. It can also fix external DVD player not working errors caused by a corrupted or damaged discs.We're glad to look into this with you and help ensure your iMac is able to use your external DVD drive. Freely watch DVDs on Mac without using a disc drive. MacX DVD Ripper Pro can help copy DVD to ISO, DVD Folder, MKV with all extras, subtitles and audio tracks, and rip any DVDs to MOV, MP4, HEVC, QT, M4V for playing on Mac, iPhone, iPad, Apple TV, Android, etc. To avoid errors in the future, you can convert the DVD to play on Mac without external DVD drives anymore. Play DVDs on Mac without SuperDrive/External DrivesĭVD playback errors happen from now and then using an external DVD players on Mac without giving a reason.


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