Macbook Air Superdrive compatibility

[buddha86]

I've been doing some searching and can't seem to get a proper answer. I want to know if the previous gen external Superdrive (MC684ZM/A) is compatible with the new Retina Macbook Pros. Any help is greatly appreciated.

 

[basesloaded190]

It's just an external optical drive, so I can't see why it wouldn't work on any laptop.

 

[GGJstudios]

I've been doing some searching and can't seem to get a proper answer. I want to know if the previous gen external Superdrive (MC684ZM/A) is compatible with the new Retina Macbook Pros. Any help is greatly appreciated.

Yes, it's compatible.

 

[marzer]

It's just an external optical drive, so I can't see why it wouldn't work on any laptop.

Unless Apple just changed something recently, the external Superdrive only works with the Apple computers that have no ODD built in; Macbook Air, Mac mini, and now the new Retina MBP.

 

[GGJstudios]

Unless Apple just changed something recently, the external Superdrive only works with the Apple computers that have no ODD built in; Macbook Air, Mac mini, and now the new Retina MBP.

Use the MacBook Air SuperDrive with (almost) any Mac

 

[KPOM]

It's just an external optical drive, so I can't see why it wouldn't work on any laptop.

It requires more power than an ordinary DVD drive, and so it won't work if plugged into some older Macs or a Windows PC.

 

[GGJstudios]

It requires more power than an ordinary DVD drive, and so it won't work if plugged into some older Macs or a Windows PC.

That's interesting to know! How much more power?

 

[KPOM]

That's interesting to know! How much more power?

I think a standard USB port generates 5W, while USB ports in Macs that lack optical drives put out 10W, so it is somewhere in between 5-10.

 

[marzer]

Use the MacBook Air SuperDrive with (almost) any Mac

I guess, but that's a hack not as supported by Apple.

I would probably try that myself but I don't think most consumers would be interested in hacking system files to get a piece of hardware to run. And then there's the risk of being rendered useless by future OS releases. It wouldn't take much for Apple to do away with such a simple flag setting.

 

[GGJstudios]

I guess, but that's a hack not as supported by Apple.

I would probably try that myself but I don't think most consumers would be interested in hacking system files to get a piece of hardware to run. And then there's the risk of being rendered useless by future OS releases. It wouldn't take much for Apple to do away with such a simple flag setting.

I was simply making that info available to those who might wish to use it.

 

[marzer]

I was simply making that info available to those who might wish to use it.

I may try that if I find an inexpensive used Apple drive.