Also, I recently read that an external Apple Superdrive will only work with a Mac that already has an internal Superdrive.
Also, I recently read that an external Apple Superdrive will only work with a Mac that already has an internal Superdrive.
You almost got it. Apple external superdrive's only work with Mac's that did not originally come with a built in optical drive (MacBook Air's, retina MacBook Pro's, etc.).
- Nick
@slydude and @ Dave
Yes, I posted this once before with, on that occasion anyway, a positive & happy outcome (http://www.mac-forums.com/other-hardware-and-peripherals/333145-dvd-player.html).
Let's see what turns up this time
Ian
Nick, I think that's not quite right. I have a MBP that used to have an internal optical drive, but I took that drive out and put in an SSD in the space. I moved the optical to an enclosure and it works fine over USB. But I also have a third party optical that also works with the USB ports (and did so even when the optical was still internal). The ONE thing that does NOT work is to play a DVD movie in an external caddy if there used to be an internal optical drive. That's because the framework for iDVD is hard coded for INTERNAL if you had one originally. But the use of CD/DVD for data is just fine with an external drive on a MBP that has/had an internal optical.You almost got it. Apple external superdrive's only work with Mac's that did not originally come with a built in optical drive (MacBook Air's, retina MacBook Pro's, etc.).
- Nick
So, I would say it this way: Apple external superdrives work with Macs for data, but only Macs that never had an internal optical drive can play movies on an eternal drive.
Thanks. I obviously misread the post, or the OP misposted. :Blushing:You almost got it.
chscag, so you are saying that if you go to the Apple store and buy an external superdrive, that Apple has buggered with the firmware deliberately to prevent it working on a MBP that once had an internal optical drive?
Because I stand by what I said about external opticals working just fine for data for MBPs that once had or still have an internal Optical drive. I've got one working that way and I didn't make any changes to the drivers. The only thing I cannot do with the superdrive in an external enclosure, or with a third party external optical drive, is watch DVDs.