
There will be about four to six matches that need replacing. Find the word Internal and replace with External by searching for (hex) 496E7465726E616C and replacing with 45787465726E616C. Open the copy with a hex editor such as 0圎D. Make a backup and a copy (i.e two different copies) of DVDPlayback on your Desktop. Navigate into /System » Library » Frameworks » amework » Versions » A.

You'll need Administrator access priviledges. Important note! If you have an internal DVD burner, that drive will no longer be supported by DVD Player after this modification! The message from DVD Player was "a valid drive could not be found error -70012."Īfter some net searching, I found the solution here and here. However, DVD Player in OS X 10.6.2 errored out when trying to play a DVD (VLC played it just fine). Everything works great, burns are fast, etc. My internal DVD drive broke on my MacBook, so I replaced it with an external SATA Sony Optiarc AD-7240S connected to a USB port using a cheap ESATA-to-USB dongle.
