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<blockquote data-quote="Avalon" data-source="post: 116748" data-attributes="member: 5184"><p>Technically, you can put any optical drive in your Mac, and it will work. The only problem is that Apple's iApps (iTunes, iDVD etc.) will only burn on a drive that is recognised as "Apple supported/shipped". That, unfortunately, is only true for the models that Apple has in fact used as Superdrive (like the DVR-109, for example). They will be recognised as "Apple supported" and therefore it will be just plug n'play. Any third party burning software (like Roxio's Toast) doesn't care about the drive being recognised as Apple-supported, and will work with any drive (including Dual Layer drives).</p><p>There is a little tool called Patchburnern, which will allow burning with the iApps on a non Apple-supported drive.</p><p>That's why lots of vendors recommend only a few drives, as they are Apple-supported. To avoid customer complains...</p><p></p><p>It doesn't seem to be the firmware version which decides if it is Apple-supported or not, I've bought an aftermarket DVR-106 (Apple used them as Superdrives on the G4 MDD, and some e/iMacs G4), flashed it to the most recent firmware (including the removal of the DVD-Video Zone limits) and it is still recognised as a Superdrive by the OS.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Avalon, post: 116748, member: 5184"] Technically, you can put any optical drive in your Mac, and it will work. The only problem is that Apple's iApps (iTunes, iDVD etc.) will only burn on a drive that is recognised as "Apple supported/shipped". That, unfortunately, is only true for the models that Apple has in fact used as Superdrive (like the DVR-109, for example). They will be recognised as "Apple supported" and therefore it will be just plug n'play. Any third party burning software (like Roxio's Toast) doesn't care about the drive being recognised as Apple-supported, and will work with any drive (including Dual Layer drives). There is a little tool called Patchburnern, which will allow burning with the iApps on a non Apple-supported drive. That's why lots of vendors recommend only a few drives, as they are Apple-supported. To avoid customer complains... It doesn't seem to be the firmware version which decides if it is Apple-supported or not, I've bought an aftermarket DVR-106 (Apple used them as Superdrives on the G4 MDD, and some e/iMacs G4), flashed it to the most recent firmware (including the removal of the DVD-Video Zone limits) and it is still recognised as a Superdrive by the OS. [/QUOTE]
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