macOS 13.2 Breaks Compatibility With Pioneer's CD/DVD Drives [Updated]

[MacRumors]

The latest version of macOS Ventura breaks compatibility with Pioneer's lineup of USB-connected CD/DVD/Blu-ray drives for the Mac.

Apple released macOS 13.2 in late January with support for a new Security Keys for Apple ID feature and various bug fixes. Unfortunately, users who have installed the update have said that their Pioneer disc drives are no longer recognized by their Mac, with complaints about the issue found across the MacRumors Forums, Reddit, Twitter, Apple Support Community, and elsewhere online over the past two weeks.

The root cause of the issue is unclear at this time, but Pioneer has acknowledged the matter on its website and says it is investigating.

"We have confirmed that our optical drives are not recognized by macOS Ventura 13.2 released by Apple on January 23, 2023," reads a notice on Pioneer's optical drive product listings. "We are currently investigating this symptom. We would like to ask our customers who are using our optical drives to refrain from updating to macOS Ventura 13.2."

We have reached out to Apple for comment and will update this story if we receive a response.

Update: The issue has been resolved with macOS 13.2.1, according to Pioneer.

Article Link: macOS 13.2 Breaks Compatibility With Pioneer's CD/DVD Drives [Updated]

 

[sniffies]

As long as there's still floppy drive support, I'm good.

 

[Pressf1]

What in the Elon Musk is going on here?!

 

[gpat]

Comes at no surprise, after all Apple was the pioneer in ditching DVDs.
I'll excuse myself to the door.

 

[Mr. Dee]

So no one at Pioneer can afford a developer account and a 599 Mac Mini?

 

[jaw04005]

As long as there's still floppy drive support, I'm good.

I recently had to make a floppy for an old Windows machine and while my USB floppy drive wouldn't work in Windows 11 it still worked in Ventura. 🤣

 

[dwaltwhit]

Many might argue this is a malicious attempt by Apple to get rid of physical media. I would think it is ignorance to an issue that they didn't catch.

 

[Freida]

people still use CDs and DVDs on new machines? Lol

 

[HobeSoundDarryl]

"We are Apple. Jettison your discs and surrender your cash. From this point forward, you will buy video from us. Your earnings will adapt to service us. Resistance is futile."

 

[goodcow]

So no one at Pioneer can afford a developer account and a 599 Mac Mini?

Why would a macOS point release update break compatibility with something basic, like a USB optical drive?

 

[goodcow]

people still use CDs and DVDs on new machines? Lol

Optical media is still useful at times. macOS aside, UHD Blu-rays look and sound significantly better than streaming.

 

[jwolf6589]

Comes at no surprise, after all Apple was the pioneer in ditching DVDs.
I'll excuse myself to the door.

I have an Apple USB DVD drive and it works great in the latest MacOS update.

 

[jwolf6589]

Optical media is still useful at times. macOS aside, UHD Blu-rays look and sound significantly better than streaming.

Yes especially when one has hundreds of DVDs and cant afford or they are not all available on iTunes.

 

[TheColtr]

people still use CDs and DVDs on new machines? Lol

My work has a bunch of old media (studio recordings) still on CDs that I have been going through and ripping for archive purposes. Luckily my Samsung drive works fine on 13.2, but yes I’m using an optical drive on my MacBook Pro.

 

[jwolf6589]

people still use CDs and DVDs on new machines? Lol

I have hundreds of DVD's and CD's. I NEED a USB DVD drive. However I use apples and it works great.

 

[Larsvonhier]

I have an Apple USB DVD drive and it works great in the latest MacOS update.

Same here with Ventura 13.2 on an M1 Air from 2020.

 

[Dan From Canada]

It's not a bug. It's a feature /s

 

[jwolf6589]

Many might argue this is a malicious attempt by Apple to get rid of physical media. I would think it is ignorance to an issue that they didn't catch.

If that was true then why does their own DVD drive work fine?

 

[now i see it]

I would expect nothing less.  software updates have become booby traps

 

[jwolf6589]

The latest version of macOS Ventura breaks compatibility with Pioneer's lineup of USB-connected CD/DVD/Blu-ray drives for the Mac.

Apple released macOS 13.2 in late January with support for a new Security Keys for Apple ID feature and various bug fixes. Unfortunately, users who have installed the update have said that their Pioneer disc drives are no longer recognized by their Mac, with complaints about the issue found across the MacRumors Forums, Reddit, Twitter, Apple Support Community, and elsewhere online over the past two weeks.

The root cause of the issue is unclear at this time, but Pioneer has acknowledged the matter on its website and says it is investigating.

"We have confirmed that our optical drives are not recognized by macOS Ventura 13.2 released by Apple on January 23, 2023," reads a notice on Pioneer's optical drive product listings. "We are currently investigating this symptom. We would like to ask our customers who are using our optical drives to refrain from updating to macOS Ventura 13.2."

We have reached out to Apple for comment and will update this story if we receive a response.

Article Link: macOS 13.2 Breaks Compatibility With Pioneer's CD/DVD Drives

I am listening to a music CD in Ventura 13.2 as I type and it works great.

 

[vegetassj4]

Now we know what the spy balloon is up to. Cue Xfiles sound.

 

[Stromos]

Courage its time for CD/DVD/Blu-ray to be blocked.

/s

 

[zarmanto]

As long as there's still floppy drive support, I'm good.

Back in the '90s or so, I worked the sales floor for a brief period at this little store that now no longer exists. You may have heard of the place, if you're old enough... something about radios and such. Anyway, the name isn't important -- certainly not anymore, at least.

I remember one particular customer who walked into the store and was looking at our computers. Pretty nearly all stores at that time had stopped carrying PCs with 5 1/4" floppy drives; all of them had transitioned over to 3 1/2" floppies. But this old guy was positively livid! Why would any store discontinue a standard computer component? How was he going to get to all of his data on the hundreds -- nay, thousands! -- of disks he had sitting around at home? He was quite adamant that he would never -- I say, never! -- buy a computer from our store again.

Okay... I might be exaggerating his narrative. Just a tiny bit. But to hear him tell the story, you would have thought his entire world must be coming to an end, over the discontinuation of a feature... that was definitely long since obsolete. My fellow salesmen and I watched him leave in a huff, and just shook our heads.

So it has also gone with the 3 1/2" drive. So will it be with CDs, DVDs and eventually, Blurays.

(That said... this particular incident is almost certainly just a minor accident. I'd suggest keeping an eye out for a minor bug fix version to be released sometime soon.)

 

[klasma]

Clearly an attempt to prevent sideloading.

 

[bobcomer]

So no one at Pioneer can afford a developer account and a 599 Mac Mini?

It's a USB hardware device that has worked forever, Apple broke it and should fix it.