PLEASE, once again the plex 716UF / UFL

Posted: Wed Mar 22, 2006 6:21 am

hi guys, please is anyone of you using the newer standalone firewire / usb 2.0 combo connex drives plextor 716 UF (tray loading) or the 716 UFL (slot loading) drives with Toast 7 / Jam 6 under OSX panther 10.3.9... i am confused, because i wanted to buy one and the guy (a friend of mine who is an IT for HP) told me that those models are not working under OSX... do i have to buy the "normal" 716 and use something like an ICY BOX enclosure instead??? firewire and USB 2.0 combo....

thanks for any help, i need to buy the drive ASAP.

cheers
axel

Posted: Thu Mar 23, 2006 11:13 am

PLEASE, really no one???

i tried to contact plextor europe, via e-mail. no answer yet...

here is no service around for plex (i am in slovakia) i tried to find a number for plextor austria, which is the closest civilized country around here...

i will try to contact them,but i really need that drive ASAP, and don't really want to choose anything else but the 716 UF / UFL, if possible...

no one using a plex 716 under OSX panther 10.3.9 ? as i said if someone at least can give me that answer (regarding the "older" "built in type", then i buy the old "built in type" one and stick it in an double connex firewire / USB 2.0 enslosure with oxford chip set. (like the |ICY BOX)

thanks for your help!!!

p.s. i know that plextools is PC only, but that doesn't matter to me!
i just need it for toast7 / jam6... please...

Posted: Thu Mar 23, 2006 12:34 pm

We use Plextor 716 UF (external firewire/usb) with OSX 10.3.9 and Toast 6 all the time... for archiving. Surely if it works with Toast, Jam should be fine... I'd go for it.

I think the distinction is that some apps like DVD Studio Pro want to see an internal "superdrive" to burn.

Cheers

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Used to want to see a superdrive. But now they seem to have gotten on the ball and now my external dual layer drives with with DVDSP.

Posted: Thu Mar 23, 2006 12:53 pm

thanks guys.

Posted: Fri Mar 24, 2006 9:12 am

thanks again, and i got a reply from plextor in the meantime... very good support, i have to say!

here is what they wrote to me:

Quote:

Dear sir,

The official answer regarding compatibility with macintosh systems is : "Not Compatible".

The reason for this is: we do not include any mac os software or officially supply mac os support.

However, the unit will be recognised using mac os X and when using recording software like toast titanium, charismac discribe or NTI Dragonburn, the unit can be used on mac os X based systems.

Due to the mac os operating system all OS X versions from 10.0 till version 10.2.8 can only handle DVD-R, DVD-RW and DVD+RW discs. DVD+R discs are not correctly recognised by these operating system versions. You will be able to burn a DVD+R disc on these systems but after recording they are not readable by the system.

If the customer uses MAC OS 10.3.X all DVD formats are supported (DVD-R/RW DVD+R/RW) and these will be recognised by the operating system for playback. in all cases recording software is required suggested programs are : toast titanium, charismac discribe or NTI Dragonburn.

There is also a program available on the internet called Patchburn. When using mac os 10.3.x it is possible with this program to add full os support for non apple drives like the plextor there are also versions available for 10.2 and 10.1 however supported drivers are not updated so the use of mac os 10.3 is recommended. When this program is used you are able to use the plextor drive without any recording software installed. (using the implemented recording functions of the apple operating system. (finder burning, itunes burning, imovie burning, iphoto burning, etc...)

Take note this is a tool that is not an official apple product and thus not supported by apple themselfs.

Should it cause problems on the operating system apple or Plextor Europe N.V. is not responsable, it is a freeware tool to use at your own risk.

To my personal knowledge (i have been using it for some months now) it works perfectly fine.

If you are using the latest apple os 10.4.X it is possible that some drives from plextor are finder burning compatible. However we do not give any support on this issue nor does apple for that matter. We still advice you to use recording software but it may not be required.

Here is a short list of recent plextor drives that are supported for finderburning.

Model Burn support support level connection type

PX-740A yes unsupported profile ATA

PX-750A yes unsupported profile ATA

PX-716A yes unsupported profile ATA

PX-716AL yes unsupported profile ATA

PX-608U yes unsupported profile USB

PX-716UF yes unsupported profile USB/FireWire

PX-716UFL yes unsupported profile USB/FireWire

PX-740UF yes unsupported profile USB/FireWire

PX-750UF yes unsupported profile USB/FireWire

For os 9 support the situation is completely different. OS 9 only supports DVD-R/RW and you need recording software like toast titanium 5.3, however support for the newer drives becomes more and more difficult since this recording software is not updated anymore.

I hope this answers your questions completely, should you have any other questions regarding compatibility on mac os based systems feel free to contact me.

Kind regards,

i just thought i post this for everyone who might want to purchase a plex for mac.

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