MacBook Air SuperdDrive enabler

[saulinpa]

I stumbled across this patch which lets me use a USB SuperDrive plugged into one of my CinemaDisplay monitors. I had not seen it before so I thought that I would re-post it here.

From http://www.hardturm.ch/luz/2011/10/how-to-make-the-macbook-air-superdrive-work-with-any-mac/

1. open a terminal
   
2. type (on a single line)
   
   
   sudo pico /Library/Preferences/SystemConfiguration/com.apple.Boot.plist​
3. Insert “mbasd=1″ in the <string></string> value below the <key>Kernel Flags</key> (If the string is not empty to begin with (it normally is), then use a space to separate the mbasd=1 from what’s already there). The file will then look like:
   
   
   <?xml version=”1.0″ encoding=”UTF-8″?>
   <!DOCTYPE plist PUBLIC “-//Apple//DTD PLIST 1.0//EN” “http://www.apple.com/DTDs/PropertyList-1.0.dtd”>
   <plist version=”1.0″>
   <dict>
   <key>Kernel Flags</key>
   <string>mbasd=1</string>
   </dict>
   </plist>​
   
   [Update: As CyborgSam pointed out in the comments, the file might not yet exist at all on some Macs. In that case, the pico editor window will initially be empty - if so, just copy and paste the entire XML block from above].
4. Save (press Ctrl-X, answer yes to save by pressing Y, press enter to confirm the file name).
5. Restart your machine. That’s it!

I tested this on Lion 10.7.2 only, but I expect it to work for all Mac OS versions that came after the initial release of the Macbook Air Superdrive, which is probably 10.5.3, and is likely to work with future versions of OS X.
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[codymac]

Thanks!

 

[McValla]

That works GREAT !!!! ))) Just burned 3 DVD-DL discs with my USB SuperDrive on Pro 2010))))