External Hard Drive Recommendations

I'm understanding that apple no longer makes external hard drives to watch DVD's. I have old home movies on DVD's that I would like to show to my kids. Does anyone have a recommendation as to a brand to purchase that will be compatible and is a good investments? Thank you so much!

iPhone 17 Pro Max, iOS 26

Posted on Oct 25, 2025 6:28 PM

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Posted on Oct 26, 2025 3:38 AM

hard drives are not the same as optical drives


the optical drives use a generic driver interface really so it's one size fit all, though you can experience issues with drives that expect to have their sole power input from the usb port which can be an issue


personally I've used asus, and lg and samsung ones with success

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Oct 26, 2025 3:38 AM in response to Godshall5

hard drives are not the same as optical drives


the optical drives use a generic driver interface really so it's one size fit all, though you can experience issues with drives that expect to have their sole power input from the usb port which can be an issue


personally I've used asus, and lg and samsung ones with success

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