HT201788: Get help with the slot-loading SuperDrive on your Mac computer
Learn about Get help with the slot-loading SuperDrive on your Mac computer
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Dec 25, 2015 6:07 AM in response to hjw 111by Mike Sombrio,Apples USB SuperDrive is not intended to be used on Macs that have a built in optical drive, wether the built in drive works or not. Return it for a refund and get yourself a nice third party external drive for about one third of the price.
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Dec 25, 2015 6:20 AM in response to hjw 111by dialabrain,i'm not certain the SuperDrive won't work on a Mac with an internal drive and I have no Macs with an internal drive to test. However, if you try and play a DVD from a restricted region or a Blu-ray disk, that will never work.
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Dec 25, 2015 9:00 AM in response to dialabrainby Mike Sombrio,Compatible with the following computers:
MacBook Pro with Retina display
MacBook Air
iMac (late 2012) and later
Mac mini (late 2009) and later
Mac Pro (late 2013)
http://www.apple.com/shop/product/MD564LL/A/apple-usb-superdrive?fnode=5f
And besides being not compatible it's incredibly overpriced. A $30 LG drive does everything the Apple drive does but it doesn't have a cute little Apple logo on it.
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Dec 25, 2015 10:26 AM in response to Mike Sombrioby dialabrain,Yes. I saw that after I posted.But Thanks.
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Dec 25, 2015 11:51 AM in response to Mike Sombrioby hjw 111,Thanks Mike, I were already afraid about this answer, but it seems you're right. I'll return it ASAP.
BTW, I especially chose for this DVD drive to avoid connection & operational probs. But the really shame for Apple is the limited use of this device isn't mentioned on the website, nor at the package let alone in the instruction manual.
Thanks again for useful advise!
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Dec 25, 2015 11:55 AM in response to hjw 111by dialabrain,FWIW, the SuperDrive was created for Macs with no built in optical drive which it does well. I'm not sure that makes it limited.
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Dec 25, 2015 12:41 PM in response to hjw 111by Mike Sombrio,Take a look at this LG drive from Amazon for $25 http://www.amazon.com/LG-Electronics-Portable-Rewriter-GP60NS50/dp/B00C2AMKR2/re f=pd_sim_147_2?ie=UTF8&dpID=31mM9Ik-TcL&…