The macosxhints Forums - DVD playing issues.

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Originally Posted by ThreeBKK (Post 607426)

I might be mistaken, but I think that Apple generally supplies the necessary drivers for any given hardware configuration on the Mac's install discs, and then updates, if needed, are included in the OS updaters. Unless you swap hardware around yourself, there's generally no need to go looking around for updated drivers. Anybody care to contradict this notion?

That notion is certainly true for parts that came with your computer with Apple, and even to a lesser extent is true with many common printers. But anything, like an external audio "card" for example, that is a bit more unusual and you added yourself, will need to have its drivers updated by you, manually. (Assuming that the audio card in question is not class compliant and therefore requires drivers not included in the OS. Very simple audio cards are often class compliant, but anything more advanced will require third party drivers.)

Trevor