The FIC Condor is a great small-formfactor case, no doubt about it. Only problem is that I've killed several optical drives by installing and trying to operate them in the vertical slot that is the ...

Sometimes you may need to reinstall OS X on a computer, but the drive is broken, resulting in an obvious problem with reading the installation DVD. Here are some methods to install OS X around a ...

I hardly ever use the optical drive in my notebook. Once in awhile I will make some MP3s from a CD. Once every few years I might wipe and reinstall the OS. File backups are more easily done to SD ...

Users are encountering an error when trying to use select Pioneer Blu-ray and optical drives, seemingly starting with macOS Ventura 13.2. Multiple posts across ...

Imagine being on the road and having your laptop completely crash to the point that it’s not even usable. For many tasks, you might be able to turn to a smartphone or tablet to keep on working or ...