I have read with great interest the replies to the Superdrives Thread dated 26 Jan 2023. My question is somewhat along similar lines. I have a Superdrive and seriously considering upgrade to my system to M2 Mac Mini. My question, will the Superdrive work with the M2 Mac Mini? This model isn't mentioned in the thread hence my question, if that isn’t the case what’s the alternative. My thanks in advance for any guidance or recommendations.
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Lliterally, anything. Anything will work. Anything. I have an old LG Blu-ray drive that has a mini-USB port (older than micro-USB!) and it works fine with an adapter. If I was buying new, I would grab one of Pioneer's models that have USB-C as their port. I mentioned them in that other thread. This will greatly simply things by avoiding the need for an adapter. USB-C for everything!
Superdrives
OK, so here is another issue. I have an Apple Superdrive that I bought for my 2015 iMac. It, of course, ran on the Intel processor and worked just fine in Monterey. Granted I don't use it much but when I tried to connect it to the new 24" iMac, it is not recognized. It's been told to me on Apple...
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I'm going to post a couple links here. I just posted them as a followup to that other thread, but these are very much worth reading. Firstly, you may specifically need Apple's own USB-C to USB-A adapter.
discussions.apple.com
Secondly, be sure to not be plugging into a hub, or at least not a hub that doesn't have its own power supply. You may not get enough passthrough power to the drive if you connect to an unpowered hub. This article suggests that even an AC-powered hub may not work. This is a great read.
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Secondly, be sure to not be plugging into a hub, or at least not a hub that doesn't have its own power supply. You may not get enough passthrough power to the drive if you connect to an unpowered hub. This article suggests that even an AC-powered hub may not work. This is a great read.
How to connect an Apple USB SuperDrive to a newer Mac
Some docks and adapters allow the SuperDrive to work, but it might be cheaper to just buy an up-to-date CD/DVD drive.
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I currently have 27 inch iMac macOS Monterey v. 12.6.3 3.2 GHz core i5 8GB DDR3 AMD Radeon
I have received such a lot of information to my thread I'm so grateful for all your replies.
My plan is to buy a M2 Mac Mini (24 Jan 2023) and an Apple studio display, so that means starting from the beginning. At the moment I'm trying to cover all bases. Many, many thanks once again
I have received such a lot of information to my thread I'm so grateful for all your replies.
My plan is to buy a M2 Mac Mini (24 Jan 2023) and an Apple studio display, so that means starting from the beginning. At the moment I'm trying to cover all bases. Many, many thanks once again
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