Patching Apple’s DVD player

Apple DVD Player won’t work with external DVD Drives.

Apple DVD Player error

Here is a patch to use external DVD drives.

First, backup the file.

sudo cp /System/Library/Frameworks/DVDPlayback.framework/Versions/A/DVDPlayback /System/Library/Frameworks/DVDPlayback.framework/Versions/A/DVDPlayback.bak

Then, patch it and replace the string ‘Internal\n’ to ‘External\n’.

sudo perl -pi -e 's|(\x49\x6E\x74\x65\x72\x6E\x61\x6C\x00)|\x45\x78\x74\x65\x72\x6E\x61\x6C\x00|sg' /System/Library/Frameworks/DVDPlayback.framework/Versions/A/DVDPlayback

Please note, if you have an internal DVD drive installed, the Apple DVD player will not recognize it after this patch.

Adata S510 SSD Benchmark

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Here is a comparison of the Seagate Momentous XT 500GB vs Adata S510 120GB.

Disk Test on Adata S510 120GB SSD.

Disk Speed Test

Disk Test on Seagate Momentous XT 500GB.

 

Performance of the SSD is slow on my MacBook pro 5,3 (2010). Boot time is still good at about 15 sec. The overall  upgrade experience is good since I am trying to squeeze more speed out of an old Macbook.