Is there an external floppy drive that an M1 Macbook Pro (Silicon Mac) running
OS 12.2 will recognize?
I bought one on e-Bay that allegedly words on both PCs and Macs but
only works on my old mid-2010 Macbook Pro running El Capitan.
My current (this) Mac doesn't recognize the drive at all. It may be a question
of whether the drive is self-powered or not
Perhaps there are no '64-bit drivers' for any floppy disk drive anymore.
[Maybe nothing back there now, to be compatible with.]
Can't imagine there would be support for floppy drives. 3.5" or 5".
Would be suspect, too; if someone said they had drivers for one.
https://duckduckgo.com/?q=external+3.5-inch+floppy+drive++macOS+10.15+Catalina&t=ffab&ia=web
A few external floppy drives show in above search.
https://www.newegg.com/p/pl?d=external+3.5+floppy+drive
https://www.howtogeek.com/669331/how-to-read-a-floppy-disk-on-a-modern-pc-or-mac/
• How to read a HFS floppy disk in macOS Catalina - Apple Community (replies 2020)
https://discussions.apple.com/thread/251187370
However spring's eternal ~ one may hold out for hope!🌻
If you have a Mac that can use that floppy drive, count your blessings.
On the old Mac, read the files, store them on the old Mac, and use File Sharing across your home network to get them onto the newer Mac.
The fact that my old Macbook Pro can recognize the external floppy drive allows me to transfer
files imported into that machine and transfer them to my new Macbook Pro via USB, e-mail, or
even by burning a CD.
The original material is generated on an Amiga which, sadly, is presently not on the wi-fi network
which connected my Apple devices, hence my desire to be able to read floppy, Zip, or Jaz
disks.
external floppy drive
