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I'm looking for a SPECIFIC external DVD drive that will work with a 2022 M1 Macbook Air. Don't say almost all will, So far none of the three that I've tried have worked (including Superdrive that Apple admits doen't work with M1 Macbook Air)
MacBook Air 13″, macOS 12.1
The truth is most will work, however depending on the media you insert the Mac may or may not want to read it and mount it.
The M1 Mac is very picky with the media you insert.
I'm using this one: https://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B07MJW5BXZ/ref=ppx_yo_dt_b_asin_title_o00_s00?ie=UTF8&psc=1
and while it does work, some things simply do not mount and cannot be seen. Its very hit and miss as to what will mount on my M1 MBA. but if I connect it to my Windows laptop it mounts and reads everything fine. So I know the drive is fine, and its the Mac being picky, which makes it very hard to determine which drives will actually work.
What kind of disc are you trying to read that is not working?
The truth is most will work, however depending on the media you insert the Mac may or may not want to read it and mount it.
The M1 Mac is very picky with the media you insert.
I'm using this one: https://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B07MJW5BXZ/ref=ppx_yo_dt_b_asin_title_o00_s00?ie=UTF8&psc=1
and while it does work, some things simply do not mount and cannot be seen. Its very hit and miss as to what will mount on my M1 MBA. but if I connect it to my Windows laptop it mounts and reads everything fine. So I know the drive is fine, and its the Mac being picky, which makes it very hard to determine which drives will actually work.
What kind of disc are you trying to read that is not working?
Just to be clear.
I've never heard of Apple admitting that their SD doesn't work with the MBA. I bought my MBA last month, and had my SD for about 10 years. Just bought an adapter, and ran with it. It is an M1 machine, not an Intel.
FWIW, I've been told by the 'experts' that the M1 won't do this or that, and always found that (so far), it's just not true. Not from what I've heard, but from what I've actually done.
Had Superdrive purchased new. Went through four different adapters. Never detected.
I used to own that very model that you have. I returned it, not only because it stopped working after a week, but also because of the cheap plastic case that seemed very fragile. And, I'll admit by the way, that when plugged in, it at least showed an icon on the desktop and in Finder - for a week. Neither of the others died that
Just for the fun of it, I used a commercially recorded DVD, three of them, and a commercially recorded CD as well as one I'd burnt myself. With some EXT. DVD drives, I couldn't get the disk to load. With some, manual drawers, it "loaded" but wouldn't detect drive or disk. Bad luck? including the Superdrive?
Sorry, man, I don't know what to tell you then. I'm not using any workarounds or anything, just plug and play. My adapter is a $5 bit that I bought thru Amazon.
If you have an older Mac that likes your SD, maybe copy those files on that Mac, and email them, or put them on a thumb drive that works on your new MBA.
My old SuperDrive works fine for me. I just use a USB A to USB C adapter. The SD will NOT work with my Belkin dock, but Belkin was very clear about that.
Mine works fine connected directly to my Mac. Do not use a hub.
External DVD drive for M1 Macbook Air
