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  1. M

    USB SuperDrive support in Apple Silicon Macs

    It seams that Apple is no longer supporting the Apple USB SuperDrive (Model - A1379) with specific drivers for Apple Silicon Macs. Below is the same drive plugged into 2 different Intel Macs, and 1 Apple Silicon Mac. Looking at System information on my 2018 intel MacBook Pro & 2018 intel...
  2. M

    Apple Silicon support for Apple USB SuperDrive

    It seams that Apple is no longer supporting the Apple USB SuperDrive (Model - A1379) with specific drivers for Apple Silicon Macs. Below is the same drive plugged into 2 different 2018 intel Macs, and 1 2020 M1 mac. Looking at System information on my 2018 intel MacBook Pro & 2018 intel MacMini...
  3. R

    iMac stuck disc, want to disable optical drive

    Mid 2011 27" iMac OS 10.9.5 Disc stuck, have tried getting out, I do not want to open face yet. Looking to disable optical drive so it will not spin up. Making awful sounds, scaring my 13 month old (jk, it scares me). When I run in safe mode it disables but I am not sure where or which...
  4. B

    How to Copy Family Movie DVDs to my MacBook Air

    Hello. Several years ago my Dad sent a bunch of VHS tapes with old family movies to Walgreens and they were turned into DVDs. I have a MacBook Air running the Public Beta of High Sierra and a Superdrive. I'd like to copy the DVDs to my computer and then convert the files into MP4s so that I...
  5. J

    MacBook Pro HDD & SSD combo

    Hello everyone!! I have a Macbook Pro Mid 2013 with 750gb HDD and a CD drive. I wanted my make my computer faster so I was thinking about switching out my CD drive with a SSD. Had a question on this mini project. 1. Is there a way to run both HDD and SDD at the same time? I want to run the...
  6. rom623drh

    Two Super Drives?

    How do I access both drives on My Mac Pro 2 10.7.5 ? and can I copy a Disc from one drive to the other.