mac dvd region code reset

On the Mac you can change the DVD region code 5 times after which no more changes are “allowed”. There’s something fundamentally wrong with hardware that disables itself. Or hardware that essentially dictates to the owner (the owner!) what it can be used for. Anyway, some searching turns up the means to reset the code. The below applies to Pioneer drives. My Mac has a Pioneer DVR-117 drive there’s seems to be no specific firmware for this drive downloadable on the net but some searching on the forums makes it clear that we can use the DVR-108 firmware. I found this article particularly helpful.

WARNING: this may permanently damage your drive.

The software to flash the drive - DVRFlash - can be downloaded from here.

The firmware can be downloaded from here.

Just follow the instructions, re-flash and region code is updated. Plus I think it adds some new capability to the drive.