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3DemoteRemoveYipYip over 4 years agoMost new Macbooks have Matsushita SuperDrives installed. The drive is what holds the region lock, so you need to fix that through a firmware upgrade (not really asdifficult as it sounds, your Mac does it through automatic updates all the time, the process below is all drag & drop). Follow these steps.1) go to Applications --> Utilities --> System Profiler2) click on "Disk Burning" under the Hardware grouping, this will display info about your drive.3) see what kind of drive you have at the top; visit this site and do a search for that drive type http://forum.rpc1.org/portal.php3a) If your drive is a Matsushita UJ-868 or UJ-857E you're in super luck, just go here http://forum.rpc1.org/viewtopic.php?f...3b) read the whole page, and then download the Matsushita Flasher, as well as the firmware for your drive type (don't worry that it doesn't match the Firmware listedfor your drive under the System Profiler/Disk Burning tab, you're installing the new firmware; Also, don't worry if the firmware matches what you already have, you'llbe downloading the RPC-1 firmware, you likely have RPC-2 firmware right now. All that's important to know is that RPC-1 = region free capable, and RPC-2 = regionlocked = bad!!!)3c) if you want to be sure what type of drive you have before you begin, I suggest downloading something called "DVD Info X" (google and you'll find it). this will tellyou the type of drive you have and if it's RPC-1 or RPC-23d) open the Matsushita Flasher utility and follow the instructions, drag and drop the new firmware you just downloaded into the folder it asks you to. Restart theMac and off you go.

4) for other drives, and for newer macbooks there really aren't many. You'll have a mixed bag of results. The older the drive the easier it is. But if you cant find it athttp://forum.rpc1.org/ then, in my experience, you probably won't find it at all, or it won't be a good fix.

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lovettfan over 5 years agoWhat does it tell you when you put in the DVD?Commentgood answer! good answer! (undo)view -1 more comments

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Felipe over 5 years agoThat the DVD's region is different from the one the DVD player is set to read. That I can change the default region 2 more times and then I'll be stuck with the lastone I chose. (Thus making me unable to play half of my area 2 DVDs)Commentgood answer! good answer! (undo)

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That the DVD's region is different from the one the DVD player is set to read. That I can change the default region 2 more times and then I'll be stuck with the last one I chose. (Thus making me unable to play half of my area 2 DVDs)

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EditDeleteRemoveOfficialForklovettfan over 5 years agoI had a look on the apple support page and it tells you that you can only change five times (seems you already changed three times) and then you are stuck withyour last choice. And that's it. You would be still able to play region 0 then, which has like no regional code. A solution would be to copy the DVDs cause iDVD (apple programm to create DVDs)makes disks with no region code, so region code 0.I never came across this problem, also I played disks from different parts of the world...I think there is a way, have you asked someone in an apple store? Maybe they know help.Commentgood answer! good answer! (undo)

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I had a look on the apple support page and it tells you that you can only change five times (seems you already changed three times) and then you are stuck with your last choice. And that's it. You would be still able to play region 0 then, which has like no regional code. A solution would be to copy the DVDs cause iDVD (apple programm to create DVDs) makes disks with no region code, so region code 0.I never came across this problem, also I played disks from different parts of the world...I think there is a way, have you asked someone in an apple store? Maybe they know help.

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DeleteRemoveOfficialForkFelipe over 5 years agoThanks for your attention, but I ended up answering my own question after a lot of research.

In case someone has the same problem:

1. You need to figure out what DVD Player you have on your Macbook (System Profiler will give you that information).

2. Go to this website and download the appropriate firmware. http://www.powerbook-fr.com/dossiers/...

3. Install Windows XP through Boot Camp.

4. Run the firmware you downloaded on Windows.

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Thanks for your attention, but I ended up answering my own question after a lot of research.

In case someone has the same problem:

1. You need to figure out what DVD Player you have on your Macbook (System Profiler will give you that information).

2. Go to this website and download the appropriate firmware. http://www.powerbook-fr.com/dossiers/dvd_region_free_en_article30.html

3. Install Windows XP through Boot Camp.

4. Run the firmware you downloaded on Windows.

Simple process right? I have to thank Apple in their efforts to free the world from DRM and the likes. (...)

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OfficialForkJasonP over 5 years agoUse VLC to play dvds. Used to play any region dvd in 10.4, so hopefully for 10.5 as well.

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Use <a href="http://www.videolan.org/vlc/">VLC</a> to play dvds. Used to play any region dvd in 10.4, so hopefully for 10.5 as well.

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DeleteRemoveOfficialForkFelipe over 5 years agoThe new DVD drives shipping with the Intel Macbooks all have a hardware region check, so there's not much VLC can do. It used to work when it was just a softwarecheck on old Macs, but now you have to tweak the drive.Commentgood answer! good answer! (undo)

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The new DVD drives shipping with the Intel Macbooks all have a hardware region check, so there's not much VLC can do. It used to work when it was just a software check on old Macs, but now you have to tweak the drive.

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DeleteRemoveOfficialForkJohn O'Day over 5 years agoit's incredibly frustrating when you have movies that aren't even available in region 1. the region system unjustly screws people who like foreign films.Commentgood answer! good answer! (undo)

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it's incredibly frustrating when you have movies that aren't even available in region 1. the region system unjustly screws people who like foreign films.

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DeleteRemoveOfficialForkr.g.smith78 over 4 years agoI love apple, there products are great, but every now and then you get something like this! What a total rip-off by all concerned, and yes movie companies thatinvolves you. Blood suckers the lot of ya.Commentgood answer! good answer! (undo)

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I love apple, there products are great, but every now and then you get something like this! What a total rip-off by all concerned, and yes movie companies that involves you. Blood suckers the lot of ya.

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DeleteRemoveOfficialForkmariah over 4 years agoi completely agree, incredibly unjust. i went to the apple store and they flat out refused to change the drive again, even just once. i'm also no tech spec expert so i'mafraid to tweak the drive and ruin it completely. give me a white room to yell my brains out, please.Commentgood answer! good answer! (undo)

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i completely agree, incredibly unjust. i went to the apple store and they flat out refused to change the drive again, even just once. i'm also no tech spec expert so i'm afraid to tweak the drive and ruin it completely. give me a white room to yell my brains out, please.

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DeleteRemoveOfficialForkCassie over 4 years agoI have the same problem. I bought a MacBook to play my DVDs and now I find out I cannot play them because they are made by the BBC. Apple tells me I will haveto buy a whole new DVD hard drive if I ever want to play American DVDs after watching British DVDs.

Best Buy will not let me return the MacBook since it is just over 30 days since I bought the MacBook from them. Customers should be informed of the DVD problemprior to purchase. This is wrong of Best Buy and wrong of Apple.Comment

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I have the same problem. I bought a MacBook to play my DVDs and now I find out I cannot play them because they are made by the BBC. Apple tells me I will have to buy a whole new DVD hard drive if I ever want to play American DVDs after watching British DVDs.

Best Buy will not let me return the MacBook since it is just over 30 days since I bought the MacBook from them. Customers should be informed of the DVD problem prior to purchase. This is wrong of Best Buy and wrong of Apple.

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Mauro Mayer over 4 years agoHi Cassie have a look at this address:

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OfficialForkYipYip over 4 years agoMost new Macbooks have Matsushita SuperDrives installed. The drive is what holds the region lock, so you need to fix that through a firmware upgrade (not really asdifficult as it sounds, your Mac does it through automatic updates all the time, the process below is all drag & drop). Follow these steps.1) go to Applications --> Utilities --> System Profiler2) click on "Disk Burning" under the Hardware grouping, this will display info about your drive.3) see what kind of drive you have at the top; visit this site and do a search for that drive type http://forum.rpc1.org/portal.php3a) If your drive is a Matsushita UJ-868 or UJ-857E you're in super luck, just go here http://forum.rpc1.org/viewtopic.php?f...3b) read the whole page, and then download the Matsushita Flasher, as well as the firmware for your drive type (don't worry that it doesn't match the Firmware listedfor your drive under the System Profiler/Disk Burning tab, you're installing the new firmware; Also, don't worry if the firmware matches what you already have, you'llbe downloading the RPC-1 firmware, you likely have RPC-2 firmware right now. All that's important to know is that RPC-1 = region free capable, and RPC-2 = regionlocked = bad!!!)3c) if you want to be sure what type of drive you have before you begin, I suggest downloading something called "DVD Info X" (google and you'll find it). this will tellyou the type of drive you have and if it's RPC-1 or RPC-23d) open the Matsushita Flasher utility and follow the instructions, drag and drop the new firmware you just downloaded into the folder it asks you to. Restart theMac and off you go.

4) for other drives, and for newer macbooks there really aren't many. You'll have a mixed bag of results. The older the drive the easier it is. But if you cant find it athttp://forum.rpc1.org/ then, in my experience, you probably won't find it at all, or it won't be a good fix.

Cheers.Commentgood answer! good answer! (undo)view 6 more commentsJason Koh over 3 years agoNo no no no no. This shouldn't be a user's problem. There must be thousands of people who have this issue and voiding your warranty and possibly wrecking yourdrive to get around it is not a solution. We need to lobby the f_ckers hard to get rid of this ridiculous scheme.EditDeleteRemove

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CancelFerren MacIntyre over 3 years agoYipYip gave us very clear instructions--but under Snow Leopard 10.6.5, Terminal tells me that my Matshita 'MATSHITA DVD-R UJ-868: KB19' (according to Aboutthis Mac) is not a Matsushita product.

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CancelYipYip over 3 years agoFerren, my apologies for the super long delay in response to your question. I stated "Matsushita" in error. It really should be Matshita, so you're fine to use the stepsI outline above. Just go here, http://forum.rpc1.org/viewtopic.php?f... and download the Matshita flashed and the rcp-1 firmware for the UJ-868 KB19. Sorry for themix up. As for comments stating that this voids your warranty, it's true that apple would consider non-standard firmware a breach of their warranty terms, however I've neverknown anyone to have drive malfunctions as a result of these steps and it is always possible to reflash the drive to a sandard, native rcp-2 firmware if you wanted to. Also, with regards to making your system OS itself or Mac's DVD player region free, you can't. But there are some players out there that be set to automaticallychange the drives current region (a dialogue box pops up asking if you want the region to be changed). I don't know a link to one off hand as I don't vary regionsenough to make it an issue for me to manually change it, but I know they're out there. (I think VLC now supports this feature acctuay).EditDeleteRemove

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Cancelwiensd over 2 years agoI just tried the patch for my Matshita UJ-898 HC10. Here's what Terminal says:

simple_flash V 2.01 compiled at Feb 4 2010 00:22:16 Selected firmware: MATSHITADVD-R UJ-898 HC10 fatal: Selected drive (null) does not appear to be a matshita device

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CancelPhilippe over 2 years agoGot EXACTLY the same problem yesterday with an 868 ! MBP 10.6.8 Any help please ? Thanks PhilippeEditDeleteRemove

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CancelJason Koh 1 year agoAs I have said a while back, the problem is with Apple and the DVD consortium.

All we want to do is watch our legally acquired DVDs (from several regions) on our Apple computers. This is a very reasonable thing to want to do. If we have to golook for a download, tamper with our DVD drives etc in order to do this, then IMO, it is not a reasonable solution.

This has nothing to do with piracy. If the DVD was illegal, it probably will be region free - why would pirates want to limit the playability of their product? The onlyreason, and it is a very stupid one, is that the studios want to control the timing of releases in different regions, so say if Harry Potter 9 is released in region 1 first,someone in region 6, God forbid, won't be able to just order it from Amazon and play it. But hang on, they CAN! - because DVD players nowadays routinely bypassthe region check.

This is the ultimate irony - region coding serves no purpose whatsoever except to inconvenience those who watch DVDs on Apple computers (and whichever othermanufacturers are stupid enough to enforce the scheme).

So, if we want a real solution, we should lobby Apple to remove this idiotic restriction. Otherwise, we are just condemning hundreds of thousands of current andfuture users to wasting their time and money on hacks, in order to do something that we reasonably expect our computers to be able to do.EditDeleteRemove

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Most new Macbooks have Matsushita SuperDrives installed. The drive is what holds the region lock, so you need to fix that through a firmware upgrade (not really as difficult as it sounds, your Mac does it through automatic updates all the time, the process below is all drag & drop). Follow these steps.1) go to Applications --> Utilities --> System Profiler2) click on "Disk Burning" under the Hardware grouping, this will display info about your drive.3) see what kind of drive you have at the top; visit this site and do a search for that drive type http://forum.rpc1.org/portal.php 3a) If your drive is a Matsushita UJ-868 or UJ-857E you're in super luck, just go here http://forum.rpc1.org/viewtopic.php?f=30&t=46116 3b) read the whole page, and then download the Matsushita Flasher, as well as the firmware for your drive type (don't worry that it doesn't match the Firmware listed for your drive under the System Profiler/Disk Burning tab, you're installing the new firmware; Also, don't worry if the firmware matches what you already have, you'll be downloading the RPC-1 firmware, you likely have RPC-2 firmware right now. All that's important to know is that RPC-1 = region free capable, and RPC-2 = region locked = bad!!!) 3c) if you want to be sure what type of drive you have before you begin, I suggest downloading something called "DVD Info X" (google and you'll find it). this will tell you the type of drive you have and if it's RPC-1 or RPC-2 3d) open the Matsushita Flasher utility and follow the instructions, drag and drop the new firmware you just downloaded into the folder it asks you to. Restart the

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Eddie over 4 years agoYipYip - Thank you. Your instructions worked perfectly!

The drive is now "region free", but the operating system is not. Do you know if there is a way to play DVDs without having to change the region each time?Commentgood answer! good answer! (undo)

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YipYip - Thank you. Your instructions worked perfectly!

The drive is now "region free", but the operating system is not. Do you know if there is a way to play DVDs without having to change the region each time?

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NZD over 4 years agoHave you tried VLC reading from the actual files?Quit the DVD player and open VCL, If you don't have it get it here http://www.videolan.org/vlc/ Go to File, Open file, select Disc , select DVD then browse to the DVD click OK. if that doesn't work select Video-TS directory then browse to the Video_TS folderon the DVD select Open - reverts back to previous menu press OKCommentgood answer! good answer! (undo)

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Have you tried VLC reading from the actual files? Quit the DVD player and open VCL, If you don't have it get it here http://www.videolan.org/vlc/ Go to File, Open file, select Disc , select DVD then browse to the DVD click OK. if that doesn't work select Video-TS directory then browse to the Video_TS folder on the DVD select Open - reverts back to previous menu press OK

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Eddie over 4 years agoThe problem with VLC is that is does not seem to auto play. Any way of getting multi-region and auto play of DVDs?Commentgood answer! good answer! (undo)

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The problem with VLC is that is does not seem to auto play. Any way of getting multi-region and auto play of DVDs?

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HENNING over 4 years agoDownload the free the MPEG Streamclip app and open the dvd in My Mac. Then select on folder to use MPEG Streamclip and then say yes you want to open all fora dvd. Then you don't need to use any regions to be change, currently I'm using discs from Australia, UK, USA and have NO problem at all.Commentgood answer! good answer! (undo)

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Download the free the MPEG Streamclip app and open the dvd in My Mac. Then select on folder to use MPEG Streamclip and then say yes you want to open all for a dvd. Then you don't need to use any regions to be change, currently I'm using discs from Australia, UK, USA and have NO problem at all.

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DeleteRemoveOfficialForkJason Koh over 3 years agoThere doesn't seem to be any good, easy solution that does not involve mucking around with your DVD drive firmware, voiding your warranty and possibly wreckingyour DVD drive.

This shouldn't be a user's problem - it is Apple's - make them flex their considerable corporate muscles and force the DVD industry to fix it.

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There doesn't seem to be any good, easy solution that does not involve mucking around with your DVD drive firmware, voiding your warranty and possibly wrecking your DVD drive.

This shouldn't be a user's problem - it is Apple's - make them flex their considerable corporate muscles and force the DVD industry to fix it.

After all, most DVD players you can buy on the market today DO NOT have this problem.

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RemoveOfficialForklawrencessting over 3 years agoIf you macbook pro drive happen to be Matshita DVD-R UJ-868, then you could flash with another firmware.

This blog shows instructions to flashing your superdrive:http://app-cloud.blogspot.com/2011/01/region-free-macbook-pro-matshita-dvd-r.html

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If you macbook pro drive happen to be Matshita DVD-R UJ-868, then you could flash with another firmware.

This blog shows instructions to flashing your superdrive:<a href="http://app-cloud.blogspot.com/2011/01/region-free-macbook-pro-matshita-dvd-r.html">http://app-cloud.blogspot.com/2011/01/region-free-macbook-pro-matshita-dvd-r.html</a>

Note: Doing this may void your warranty.

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munchergreenpeas over 3 years agoThe easiest way to make the MacBook Pro's DVD drive region free is to download SimpleFlash and flash the drive to RPC-1.Commentgood answer! good answer! (undo)

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The easiest way to make the MacBook Pro's <a href="http://www.easydvdburning.com">DVD</a> drive region free is to download SimpleFlash and flash the drive to RPC-1.

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DeleteRemoveOfficialForkshara4you over 3 years agosome dvd ripping program has the ability to change DVD region code.There is a free way to do that just with Handbrake and VLC , but it is a little complicated forbeginners. i am using dvd ripper for mac to convert DVD for my iMacCommentgood answer! good answer! (undo)

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some dvd ripping program has the ability to change DVD region code.There is a free way to do that just with Handbrake and VLC , but it is a little complicated for beginners. i am using <a href="http://www.dvdrippermacos.com/">dvd ripper for mac</a> to convert DVD for my iMac

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DeleteRemoveOfficialForkiveststone over 3 years agoThis is pretty easy for me as there are a bunch of freeware and shareware out there. I am currently using wodnershare dvd copy mac for backup my DVDs, whichautomatically set region free. just with several clicks ,then you get your job done.Commentgood answer! good answer! (undo)

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This is pretty easy for me as there are a bunch of freeware and shareware out there. I am currently using wodnershare <a href="http://www.dvdcopymac.org">dvd copy mac </a>for backup my DVDs, which automatically set region free. just with several clicks ,then you get your job done.

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rachelinws over 3 years agoYou need a DVD Ripper . You can remove the DVD region code freely with one click. You can have reference here.: How to unlock/remove region Code from DVDCommentgood answer! good answer! (undo)

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You need a <a href="http://www.phoenixsoftwares.com/DVD-Ripper.html/">DVD Ripper </a>. You can remove the DVD region code freely with one click. You can have reference here.: <a href="http://www.phoenixsoftwares.com/blog/article/179.html">How to unlock/remove region Code from DVD</a>

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BurnWorld.com over 3 years agoMost dvd ripperscan remove the region code like most are talking about above. But note that you can change the region code on the dvd drive also, you can do thisup to 5 times for most drives. How many time do you actually need to switch region codes?Commentgood answer! good answer! (undo)

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Most <a href="http://www.burnworld.com">dvd rippers</a>can remove the region code like most are talking about above. But note that you can change the region code on the dvd drive also, you can do this up to 5 times for most drives. How many time do you actually need to switch region codes?

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allcityanarchy over 2 years agohi, this whole sort of region lock thing has been annoying me for some time now, i have a macbook pro 10.6.8 intel core i7 with drive region locked to 2 & i have usedup my 4 drive region swaps going back & forth from 2 to 1 & back again etc... ive read through & checked out my drive in system profiler which is MATSHITA UJ-898 HC10...

i downloaded the UJ898 stock+RPC1 patch & drag-dropped the 2files from the patch download folder on to the Matshita Flasher which opened up the Terminal... after a few seconds the terminal says Process Complete but above that it also says "fatal: Selected drive (null) does not appear to be a matshita device" but irestarted mac anyway & once rebooted i put in region 1 disc, i now have 4chances again to change my drive playable region, which is cool i guess, but am i missingsomething to fix this permanently, as im from the UK & on holiday in Canada atm & am traveling about... yeh i know, why am i bothering with dvds when i got thewhole world to see haha... any help would be much appreciated & thanx to all you who help make our region free viewing a pleasure... Keep It Up!Commentgood answer! good answer! (undo)

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hi, this whole sort of region lock thing has been annoying me for some time now, i have a macbook pro 10.6.8 intel core i7 with drive region locked to 2 & i have used up my 4 drive region swaps going back & forth from 2 to 1 & back again etc...ive read through & checked out my drive in system profiler which is MATSHITA UJ-898 HC10...

i downloaded the UJ898 stock+RPC1 patch & drag-dropped the 2files from the patch download folder on to the Matshita Flasher which opened up the Terminal...after a few seconds the terminal says Process Complete but above that it also says "fatal: Selected drive (null) does not appear to be a matshita device" but i restarted mac anyway & once rebooted i put in region 1 disc, i now have 4chances again to change my drive playable region, which is cool i guess, but am i missing something to fix this permanently, as im from the UK & on holiday in Canada atm & am traveling about... yeh i know, why am i bothering with dvds when i got the whole world to see haha... any help would be much appreciated & thanx to all you who help make our region free viewing a pleasure... Keep It Up!

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albertccwong 1 year agoHi, does the solution "3a) If your drive is a Matsushita UJ-868 or UJ-857E you're in super luck, just go here http://forum.rpc1.org/viewtopic.php?f..." works for MACOS 10.5.8 ?

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Hi, does the solution "3a) If your drive is a Matsushita UJ-868 or UJ-857E you're in super luck, just go here http://forum.rpc1.org/viewtopic.php?f..." works for MAC OS 10.5.8 ?

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Oscar Del Valle 1 year agoInterestin all your comments but really I got tired trying to change the DVD using any software. The solution that worked for me was to bought a SAMSUNG externalBlu-Ray disk player who also plays blu-rays on my MAC. This drive is DVD region free so now i can watch all my region 1 DVD s with no problem (since I live inMexico and the DVD format for my country is region 4). With this external drive i can also convert all my DVD to iPad format. And I only spent like $150.00 USD. Idon`t remember the model but i m sure any Best Buy or any like the mega stores yo have in the USA will have this SAMSUNG blu ray player.Commentgood answer! good answer! (undo)

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Interestin all your comments but really I got tired trying to change the DVD using any software. The solution that worked for me was to bought a SAMSUNG external Blu-Ray disk player who also plays blu-rays on my MAC. This drive is DVD region free so now i can watch all my region 1 DVD´s with no problem (since I live in Mexico and the DVD format for my country is region 4). With this external drive i can also convert all my DVD to iPad format. And I only spent like $150.00 USD. I don`t remember the model but i´m sure any Best Buy or any like the mega stores yo have in the USA will have this SAMSUNG blu ray player.

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12/26/13 How can I make my Macbook Pro DVD Region Free?

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Here a small guide that works for the 2012 macbookpro models:

http://thetechjoiner.com/tech/mac/how-to-make-macbookpro-2012-dvd-drive-region-free/Commentgood answer! good answer! (undo)

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Here a small guide that works for the 2012 macbookpro models:

<a href="http://thetechjoiner.com/tech/mac/how-to-make-macbookpro-2012-dvd-drive-region-free/">http://thetechjoiner.com/tech/mac/how-to-make-macbookpro-2012-dvd-drive-region-free/</a>

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Kirsty Coddington 6 months agoCan I buy an Apple external disk drive and use that with my Mac book pro ? The idea would be I use the mac book pro and existing disk drive for region 2 and theexternal for region 1. Would that work or is that a silly idea?Commentgood answer! good answer! (undo)view -1 more commentsOscar Del Valle 6 months agoNot sure!!!! go to the apple store and ask them to let you try. If you are going to buy and external drive. I bought a bluray external device from samasung and that oneis region free so I can watch my DVD s and even Blurays on my macEditDeleteRemove

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Can I buy an Apple external disk drive and use that with my Mac book pro ? The idea would be I use the mac book pro and existing disk drive for region 2 and the external for region 1.Would that work or is that a silly idea?

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DeleteRemoveOfficialForkuloopi 4 months agoI have a 2011 macbook pro, MAC OS X 10.6.8

please look at these links too (thanks VMA):

http://thetechjoiner.com/tech/mac/how...

http://www.dmitry-dulepov.com/2011/12...

I have a MATSHITA UJ-898 HC10. I followed all the steps given in the post by YipYip and the links given above (many thanks) and after several attempts trying tofigure out how to do this right.

(I got both "the drive not found" and "fatal error: this is not a Matshita device" errors in my unsuccessful attempts and almost gave up.)

What finally worked:

I downloaded MatshitaFlasher 0.6, unzipped it, and ran it. Following dmitry's suggestion I first played a dvd in the drive, ejected it. I then opened the relevant firmware file "UJ-898_HC10_RPC1.dat". in MatshitaFlasher 0.6 ( could not figure out the drag and drop suggested above).

It took a little while about 2 minutes then the flasher output matched the one given in Dmitry's post.Commentgood answer! good answer! (undo)

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I have a 2011 macbook pro, MAC OS X 10.6.8

please look at these links too (thanks VMA):

http://thetechjoiner.com/tech/mac/how-to-make-macbookpro-2012-dvd-drive-region-free/

http://www.dmitry-dulepov.com/2011/12/how-to-make-macbook-pro-dvd-drive.html

I have a MATSHITA UJ-898 HC10. I followed all the steps given in the post by YipYip and the links given above (many thanks) and after several attempts trying to figure out how to do this right.

(I got both "the drive not found" and "fatal error: this is not a Matshita device" errors in my unsuccessful attempts and almost gave up.)

What finally worked:

I downloaded MatshitaFlasher 0.6, unzipped it, and ran it.Following dmitry's suggestion I first played a dvd in the drive, ejected it. I then opened the relevant firmware file "UJ-898_HC10_RPC1.dat". in MatshitaFlasher 0.6 ( could not figure out the drag and drop suggested above).

It took a little while about 2 minutes then the flasher output matched the one given in Dmitry's post.

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