need a blue ray drive for my Mac Mini. what is compatible?
agtjeff
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User level: Level 1 (4 points)Blue Ray drive
Posted on Sep 28, 2026 9:02 AM
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Phil0124
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User level: Level 10 (242,520 points)Sep 28, 2026 9:22 AM in response to agtjeff
Most any blu-ray drive out there will work. Good brands include LG, Verbatim, Asus etc.. There are a ton of no'name chinese drives that may or may not work though.
Some examples:
click here ➜ Verbatim Ultra HD 4K Blu-ray Writer, USB-C, BDXL and M-DISC Support - Amazon.com
If you are trying to access already made data blu-rays they should work directly.
If you are trying to play blu-ray movies or burn any type of blu-ray discs you will need extra 3rd party software.
Also, if you are trying to access 4K blu-rays you will need a 4K blu-ray player specifically.
Phil0124
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User level: Level 10 (242,520 points)Sep 28, 2026 10:28 AM in response to agtjeff
agtjeff wrote:
Just need read only.
For what types of discs? Data discs or movie discs?
Data discs can be read directly, most any blu-ray drive out there will work for that without any extra software.
If you are trying to read commercial movie blu-rays then you'll need special playback software, but again any blu-ray drive out there will work on a Mac.
Phil0124
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User level: Level 10 (242,520 points)Sep 29, 2026 7:26 AM in response to agtjeff
Then yes, any CD drive out there will work for CDs.
Any blu-ray drive out there will work for blu-ray movies but as said you will need blu-ray playback software to play movies from blu-ray discs.
See the example drives linked in a previous reply.
agtjeff
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User level: Level 1 (4 points)Sep 28, 2026 10:15 AM in response to Phil0124
Just need read only.
agtjeff
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User level: Level 1 (4 points)Sep 29, 2026 7:21 AM in response to Phil0124
Music cds and movies. I have a lot of music cds that are not available on apple music or the others.
Originally posted at discussions.apple.com/thread/256366612