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External Superdrive Compatibility

I'm looking to replace my broken DVD drive with an external Superdrive- the specs say "Late 2012 iMac or later." I'm running Yosemite on a late 2009 iMac- will it work? Thanks, Jim

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Posted on Jul 13, 2015 7:38 PM

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Jul 13, 2015 8:44 PM in response to jmj20

How/why wasn't it compatible? Most external burners are - however, they will not show up on the desktop; once you insert a CD or DVD, that icon should show (if you have your Finder Preferences set to show them). I have an OWC drive (I believe it may actually be an LG drive in an OWC enclosure because there is an LG logo in front):


http://eshop.macsales.com/item/OWC/MR3F82SD24S/

Jul 13, 2015 10:30 PM in response to jmj20

I personally prefer the Apple Super Drive only because it is an Apple product. As Babowa has pointed out there are several different options when it comes to CD-DVD Burner/Players. The one he has shown is $99.00 and the one from Apple is $79.00, here is a link to Apples.

http://store.apple.com/us/product/MD564LL/A/apple-usb-superdrive?fnode=529bd3127 77180156b75eaef641733f59cf697bc7b11215a2…

Good Luck and Cheers

Don Morgan

Jul 27, 2015 2:53 PM in response to jmj20

Since your 2009 iMac only has USB 2, it might be too slow which might result in very slow or unpredictable burns; however, does it have a Firewire port? If so, the drive I linked has firewire and that would be faster than USB 2. Even though my newer iMac has USB 3, I am using the firewire cable along with a Thunderbolt adapter (mostly because I am already using all my USB ports).

External Superdrive Compatibility

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