MacBook Air 2015 will not recognize LG Slim Portable DVD Writer

I have an LG Slim Portable DVD Writer that my MacBook can't find for some reason. I remember it working fine previously; the first time I plugged it in today, it read the disc & popped up on the desktop but stopped working when I ejected the disk for another. Now it can't see any disc I use. I have cd's visible in finder settings & usually devices will show up on my desktop as well. Does anyone have any suggestions?

MacBook Air 13", macOS 10.15

Posted on Feb 11, 2020 01:05 PM

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Feb 14, 2020 04:31 PM in response to camsnapshot95

I saw this suggested in another thread:

1. Open Disc Utility and run First Aid

2. Restart you Mac with the shift key pressed (this starts the computer in Safe Mode and may correct odd issues)

3. Restart you Mac again (the usual way)

~Lyssa

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Feb 11, 2020 05:15 PM in response to camsnapshot95

Hook up the Mac's power cord and see if anything changes.

~Lyssa

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Feb 11, 2020 10:21 PM in response to Lyssa

Tried that to no avail :/ The light on the drive flashes & the disc spins but for whatever reason nothing will show up.

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Feb 13, 2020 03:39 PM in response to camsnapshot95

What kind of disc is in there? A movie DVD? Something else?

~Lyssa

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Feb 14, 2020 08:18 AM in response to Lyssa

The first disc I tried to load was the Sims 3 game for Mac & the other 2 discs I tried to load were both CD's.

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