Apple USB Superdrive is still available from Amazon

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The Apple USB Superdrive has been discontinued. But renewed Superdrives are available from Amazon. If you need an optical drive, for the price, you cannot do any better. When I set mine up, I could purchase one new, jRiver Media Player reported it was a Yamaha drive. Yamaha is my favorite audio brand. When I purchase a recording from BandCamp, I always buy a CD if one is available. I figure this Superdrive is the last optical drive I will need.

 

[DakotaGuy]

I had a cheaper LG external drive, but it was ugly so I always put it away when I was done with ripping a CD. I finally bought one of the last Apple Superdrives because it looks nice enough to leave out with my iMac. I know silly, but it is a good looking and working drive. It'll work for as long as a drive is supported and my guess is that it will be for a very long time.

 

[weckart]

The Apple USB Superdrive has been discontinued. But renewed Superdrives are available from Amazon. If you need an optical drive, for the price, you cannot do any better. When I set mine up, I could purchase one new, jRiver Media Player reported it was a Yamaha drive. Yamaha is my favorite audio brand. When I purchase a recording from BandCamp, I always buy a CD if one is available. I figure this Superdrive is the last optical drive I will need.

You can certainly do a LOT better. This has a single affixed cable, which is never welcome. The circuitry inside sends a signal when it is connected directly to a supported Mac, which in turn sends a larger power signal over the usb port enough to power the drive. Try this via a hub, even a powered one, and it just won't work, so it isn't exactly versatile. Even a cheap no-name drive in a generic caddy will work as long as you keep the cable suitably short.

 

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You can certainly do a LOT better. This has a single affixed cable, which is never welcome. The circuitry inside sends a signal when it is connected directly to a supported Mac, which in turn sends a larger power signal over the usb port enough to power the drive. Try this via a hub, even a powered one, and it just won't work, so it isn't exactly versatile. Even a cheap no-name drive in a generic caddy will work as long as you keep the cable suitably short.

Yes, I understand this, but I just don't use a CD drive much anymore.

 

[transmaster]

When ever I do a restart or a reboot I get this caution.

I called OWC, and they have great customer support, I have always had the Superdrive plug directly into the Mac Studio. What I learned is macOS 15 Sequoia no longer natively supports the Superdrive. It is now just a PNP device. This does not matter to me all I use mine for is ripping CDs to the Mac. I also have full control using jRiver Media Center. I have no interest in burning CDs or DVDs. As I have said the Apple SuperDrive is the last CD/DVD drive I plan on getting.