superdrive

Is it possible to remove my 27" iMac SuperDrive, buy some sort of cables/ports, and then make the SuperDrive work like an external dvd drive, connect it to a USB-C port?

Hi. Can you tell me if it is possible to run the Apple Superdrive with MacBook Air M2 Sonoma? I have tried everything including the First Aid. I can see it listed, see screenshot. I like to save on CDR for mailing to a friend overseas. And, it would be nice to hear some music. Thanks.

For the longest time I still can not get away from DVDs so I still use the Apple SuperDrives with all my devices. I tried to put my USB-C docking hub (Black Magic USB2000) underneath but was wobbly. So I placed the SuperDrive under the Mac Studio to prevent the Studio from wobbling due to the...

I have an M1 Mac Mini and a SuperDrive. I want to save the videos from the DVD to my Mac. Do I need special software? I am using disk utility to make a disk image but I'm not sure if that works. I want to make a copy of the videos for later playback and keep them on my internal mac storage as...

Hey all, so I was wondering if anyone knew of any product that could fill in the Superdrive slot. Maybe something that could act as a dust plug or whatever. I have a data doubler and there is some damage to the slot, so I was looking for something I could 3D print. I might just have to learn how...

If I were to insert my old Adobe CS disc into a Superdrive, would that allow me to run the programs (i.e. Illustrator, Photoshop, Acrobat) on my new iMac? I got the computer earlier this year, but the old Adobe programs are fine for my needs as I only create for fun, not professionally! I really...

Hi, I have a big CD collection that I recently got back from my parents after visiting home from college. I’d say about 120 CDs. These are all mine and have started collecting them since I was in middle school, am in university now. I leave back to university in less than a month and I want to...

I'm using a late 2015 iMac running on High SIerra 10.13.5. When I plug in my USB SuperDrive, the computer doesn't recognize it (at all - I can't push the disc in). A family member's computer (mid-2010, running on the same OSX) DOES recognize the SuperDrive, but doesn't have the necessary...

Hello community, I've run into some problems while installing Windows 10 on my iMac 11.1. I already had Windows 10 up and running on my Mac with BootCamp and it worked kinda well. But some day I ran into some issues with my Mac and then i reinstalled the whole machine and deleted Windows in...

Hey guys. I have an iMac g3 600MHz Graphite (slot loading) and am looking for a replacement optical drive. As is common with these computers, the optical drive stopped working a while back. I decided that instead of simply replacing it with another CD-RW drive, I would upgrade it to a combo...

I know this is a (quite) frequently asked subject but I considered that my question was not answered on previous threads (which I searched through the Forum search function) so I'm hoping you guys can help me out. Here's my set of questions: 1) When replacing my MBP13 (mid-2012) Superdrive in...

Is there any reason I'd pay the extra $40 to buy the SuperDrive over something non-apple like the $30 Samsung or LiteOn? Is there really any reason or difference in quality?

It is such an incredible insult to the Mac clientele, that there is an Apple accessory made for Apple computers and nobody tells you it does not work if you run El Cap. I have been reading for hours all over all blogs to find a solution/hack - and until now it seems there is none. Apple: This is...

Almost immediately after upgrading a late 2014 mac mini to el capitan (10.11.2), the superdrive lost its ability to write DVDs. It is recognized by the system and can read DVDs fine, but any attempt to burn files or an ISO image to a disk fails. The same superdrive happily burns on the same...

Hi everyone, I'm currently experiencing some issues with my cMBP 2012 13'' (base config, 16GB RAM, OS X 10.11.2), which I cannot get resolved by cleanly reinstalling OS X. I tried resetting NVRAM and SMC, and did not enter an Apple ID to prevent cloud-based settings to be loaded. 1. Superdrive...