Why when I connect my USB Super Drive to my MacBook Pro using Apple MJ1M2AM/A USB-C to USB Adapter it doesn’t show up on the desktop?

Why when I connect my USB Super Drive to my MacBook Pro using Apple MJ1M2AM/A USB-C to USB Adapter the drive doesn’t show up in finder or desktop?

Posted on Jan 28, 2022 1:47 PM

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Posted on Jan 28, 2022 2:09 PM

It will only show up there if there is a disc inside the Mac can read.


You can verify its been detected in Apple Menu->About This Mac->System Profiler->USB


It should appear as Optical or External in some cases there.

No disk inserted:

Disk Inserted:




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Why when I connect my USB Super Drive to my MacBook Pro using Apple MJ1M2AM/A USB-C to USB Adapter it doesn’t show up on the desktop?

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