I want to buy an external CD drive for use with late 2012 MacMini. Ads for drives don't mention if they'll work with MacMini & having searched for how they work with Catalina I have only found 2 year old conversations. I would appreciate some guidance aimed a non-techie.
Many thanks
As mentioned, most any USB external DVD/CD drive will work with your 2012 Mac Mini.
If you just want a reliable inexpensive DVD/CD drive for importing music CDs, watching DVD movies and light Disc Burning, then you really do not need anything special.
We have and use an LG USB DVD/CD drive with our 2012 Mac Mini.
https://www.target.com/p/lg-portable-external-dvd-rw-drive-black-sp80/-/A-15701034
If you want to do BlueRay or a lot of Disc Burning, then you will need to get one that is more suited for that.
As mentioned, most any USB external DVD/CD drive will work with your 2012 Mac Mini.
If you just want a reliable inexpensive DVD/CD drive for importing music CDs, watching DVD movies and light Disc Burning, then you really do not need anything special.
We have and use an LG USB DVD/CD drive with our 2012 Mac Mini.
https://www.target.com/p/lg-portable-external-dvd-rw-drive-black-sp80/-/A-15701034
If you want to do BlueRay or a lot of Disc Burning, then you will need to get one that is more suited for that.
You can plug in any USB external optical drive (CD, DVD, DVD DL, BluRay).
I personally use the Apple SuperDrive because I use DL DVD.
Thanks - why don't the ads make it that simple! :-)
Like already stated any drive should work but if you go with a Blu-ray drive (which I have) you will need to get an app that will play those DVD's like "AnyMP4 Mac Blu-ray player" or similar.
Many thanks for advice. Now just need to wait for drive and plug in :-)
CD Reader for late 2012 MacMini with Catalina
