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Found my old Pioneer 208M, is this more or less the same as a 208D? In any case, here is the drive info: Drive Information OS device name: D: Manufacturer: PIONEER Product: BD-RW BDR-208M Revision: 1.40 Serial number: [redacted] Firmware date: 2014-03-06 Bus encryption flags: 13 Highest AACS version...

Awesome, thanks for the quick help, much appreciated! Now I have to dig out my Pioneer BDR-208, as I think one of my LGs is dying.

Hello all, I was lucky to get this portable drive for travel and would love for it to read UHD discs as well. Here is the drive info: Drive Information OS device name: H: Manufacturer: PIONEER Product: BD-RW BDR-XD07 Revision: 1.03 Serial number: [redacted] Firmware date: 2020-08-20 Bus encryption f...

You don't need anything special if you're already equipped to work with non-3D Blu-Rays, it's just another video stream that will be extracted into the output file or folder.

Of course, Exact Audio Copy doesn't exist for macOS. However, dBpoweramp does and contains the AccurateRip feature that is also used in Exact Audio Copy. I've personally been using it for years to rip all my CDs and can recommend it. It's not a free app, however.

You can have an eject button in the menu bar when you turn on "Show eject in menu bar" in System Settings -> CDs & DVDs. That allows you open and close any attached optical drive.