MacBook Pro 14 M2 2023 Ventura 13.2 (and 13.2.1) Not recognising Verbatim or Dell USB CD/DVD Writer
I’ve been reading about the issue’s people were having with Pioneer USB Optical drives not working since Ventura 13.2 as I’ve just got my first MacBook Pro 14” M2 2023 which started off with Ventura 13.2 and the only thing I haven’t got working is both of my CD/DVD Writers (Dell and a brand new Verbatim USB-C DVD Writer). Both when plugged in to all of my USB-C ports cause the ‘Allow Accessory Device” prompt which I of course allow. However after doing so nothing is detected or shows up on the system in Finder. Both drives immediately upon plugging in to the MacBook also just blink the led light at the front of the drive and make a continuous tick noise with the blinking of the light.
I’ve been waiting for a fix for this and saw some say after installing 13.2.1 their Pioneer drives are now being recognised. So I updated the MacBook OS to 13.2.1 and excitedly connected my Verbatim drive. No change whatsoever. Tried the Dell drive and same problem still. What’s going on? Everything else works perfect. My external USB SanDisk SSD works perfectly on any of the USB-C ports as does memory sticks etc. Just not either of my external USB optical drives.
I read about resetting SMC and NVRAM but then realised this isn’t something you need to do with Apple Silicon M1/M2 chips. Please help!