Looks to me that a G4 imac just uses a regular optical drive with the faceplate taken off... nothing special... flash an LG, take off the faceplate.
then, just use a "USB C to SATA Adapter" to go from the mac mini to the uhd drive.
Nothing complicated.
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- Mon Feb 03, 2025 4:36 pm
- Forum: UHD drives
- Topic: How To: Internal Drive to Single USB-C
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- Tue Jan 28, 2025 5:09 pm
- Forum: UHD drives
- Topic: Looking for Pioneer external drive in US
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Re: Looking for Pioneer external drive in US
If you look on amazon for a Verbatim 43888, the one that takes a while to ship, its a BDR-UD04 inside. Mine just arrived and its running FW 1.14 and works out of the box with no flashing. Connected via USB-C and it works like a champ. But, when on amazon, make sure you actually click on the item and...