With the ultrathin macbook air reaching stores soon, apple is selling accessories that make up for the laptops skimpy features. Fortunately, apple provides the drivers for running. Find over 30,000 products at your local micro center, including the macbook air with retina display mree2lla late 2018. The remote disc feature of your mac lets you use files stored on a cd or dvd hosted from another computer. Apparently it has been reengineered to work with macs other than the mini. Apple, powerbook, airport, firewire, quicktime, itunes and mac os are. If youve recently upgraded to a new imac or macbook pro, youre probably going to need an optical drive if you want to continue importing your. Browse the topranked list of optical drives for macbook pro.
Hard drive optical for apple imac 21 27 mac pro rack mini. Get help with the slotloading superdrive on your mac. Workarounds for the macbook airs lack of optical drive. Providing both portability and performance, the space gray apple. Here are 10 methods proven to eject any stuck cd or dvd without. Macbook pro with retina display, macbook air, imac late 2012 and later, mac. I havent actually changed any hardware over yet but what i want to do is install an ssd in place of my optical drive, use that to boot the os, and use the hdd the macbook came with as extra. This pciebased flash storage is up to 17x faster than a traditional. Find out which macs can use the apple usb superdrive and how to connect it. The apple usb superdrive has a slightly longer 340mm cable compared to the cable on the macbook air superdrive 250mm. Apple reinvents the macbook touch bar by including optical.
Apple usb superdrive a79 external cd dvd disk drive for macbook air mac mini. Whats in the box macbook air superdrive with attached usb cable users guide system requirements macbook air. Macbook, macbook air, and macbook pro models with usbc ports require a usbc to. The last apple mac to ship with an optical cd or dvd drive was a in macbook pro, originally released in june 2012, but on sale until october 2016, when apple discontinued that model, more. Made by apple with a design to complement the macbook air perfectly, the macbook air superdrive connects to your macbook air with a builtin usb cable youll never lose. Why apple removed the cd drive from macbooks youtube. Not only does this make macbook air much lighter and more portable than traditional notebooks, it also provides faster access to data. The last apple mac to ship with an optical cd or dvd drive was a in macbook. And while its been a staple of macbook airs since their 2008 debut, the continued absence of any builtin optical drive still means all your media comes via download or external usb storage. However, because its so thin it takes out everything that is extra space. The apple usb superdrive is compatible with mac models from 2008 and later that dont have a builtin optical. When first introduced in 2008, the external macbook air superdrive only was intended to work with the macbook air models, although apple has offered it subsequently for the optical drive. The macbook air 11inch is by far in my opinion the best, most portable notebook you can buy. Compact and convenient, the apple usb superdrive connects to your macbook pro with retina display, macbook air, or mac mini with a single usb cable and.
How to replace optical drive with hhdssd hard drive macbook pro duration. Apple estimates that with wireless networking turned on, the macbook air can get about 5 hours of battery life. Hard drive optical for apple imac 2127 mac pro rack mac mini server macbook air pro 11121516 2011 2012 20 2014 2015 2016 2017 2018 2019 2020. Apple t2 security chip macbook air features the apple t2 security chip secondgeneration custom mac silicon designed by apple to make macbook air even more secure. The latest macbook air features a stunning retina display with true tone technology, touch id, the latest appledesigned keyboard, and a force touch trackpad all housed in a thin and light iconic wedge. But sometimes you need an optical drive on the go, and thats where the apple macbook air superdrive comes in. Surprisingly the macbook by apple doesnt have a pin hole where you can use a pin to forcefully eject the disc that is stuck in the superdrive. How to use cds, dvds, and blurays on a mac without an. Macbook, macbook air, and macbook pro models with usbc ports require a usbc to usb adapter sold separately to use apple usb superdrive. The new apple macbook air is thin and beautiful, and is able to do tricks such as borrow the optical drive of another computer on a network. Apples branded playableburnable cddvd drive is the perfect complement to your imac or macbook pro unless you have a late 2016 or newer. How to connect the apple usb superdrive apple support.
Apple computers without a builtin optical drive can connect an external apple usb superdrive or macbook air superdrive to read optical media such as cds and dvds. Apple is already taking orders for a slim external optical drive. Optical drive to ssd macbook pro mid2012 macrumors forums. The macbook air superdrive has unique firmware which prevents it from being properly recognized as a plug and play optical usb drive by windows. Apple superdrive external dvd drive silver md564lla hard. If you need an optical drive which many users do not anymore you can purchase apples external usb superdrive. Apple usb superdrive for apple macbook air promac mini md564zma type. To use your superdrive, connect it to a usba port on your mac, then insert a disc. If your mac doesnt have a builtin optical drive and you need to use a cd or dvd. Apples usb superdrive is the mac external hard drive designed to complement macbook proair. Sometime around 2008 and with the advent of the first macbook air, apple made the declarative statement that the end was in sight for optical drives built into its notebooks. Apple superdrive 8x external usb doublelayer dvdrwcdrw. Apples macbook air, along with many other macs, no longer includes an optical drive. For use with your macbook pro with retina display, macbook air or mac mini.
I have a mid 2012 macbook pro, a few years ago i replaced the hard drive with an ssd and replaced the optical drive with the original hard drive that was in the computer using the owc data. The macbook air was the first subcompact laptop offered by apple since the fullfeatured 12 powerbook g4 was discontinued in 2006. Theres also new software being released that allows the portable to borrow a mac or pcs optical drive. It was also apples first computer with an optional solidstate drive. Apples branded playableburnable cddvd drive is the perfect complement to your imac or macbook pro unless you have a late 2016 or newer macbook pro, in which case youll need the usbc to usb adapter. But you can still use cds, dvds, blurays, and other optical discs on your mac.
Make sure that the aluminum enclosure of the superdrive is facing up. This is important since theres no optical drive in the air. In this video i unbox and demonstrate the external macbook air superdrive. Apple macbook air superdrive v2 optical drive full. They felt that it would be a production computer more so than a consumptive one and the focus would be portabilityall unnecessary weight.
The macbook air shipped in a single retail configuration, with a 1. Why doesnt apple include an optical drive on the macbook. Apple macbook air superdrive v2 optical drive full specifications. How to use macbook air superdrive dvd drive on windows pcs.
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