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 fits easily into a travel bag. The Apple USB SuperDrive is designed exclusively for use with Mac computers that do not have a built-in optical drive. Jun 19, 2012 Apple USB SuperDrive; Is it windows compatiable; Shop and Learn Open Menu Close Menu. Mac iPad iPhone Apple Watch TV Music iTunes HomePod iPod touch Apple Card Accessories Gift Cards Apple Store Open Menu Close Menu. Find a Store Shop Online Genius Bar Today at Apple Youth Programs Apple Store App.
May 22, 2018 As it’s an Apple product, it’s designed to work with Apple computers, not Windows 10. But I didn’t have to get a return on the USB SuperDrive as you can get it working on Windows 10 in a few simple steps. How to get the Apple USB SuperDrive to work on a Windows 10 computer: Download the Apple ODD Driver; Unzip and run the installer.
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The MacBook Air SuperDrive has unique firmware which prevents it from being properly recognized as a plug and play optical USB drive by Windows. Fortunately, Apple provides the drivers for running Windows on a Mac, as part of its BootCamp software.
The USB-C VGA Multiport Adapter connects a Mac that has a Thunderbolt 3 (USB-C) or USB-C port to a display that uses a VGA cable. It also connects your Mac to USB-A devices and includes a USB-C port for charging your Mac notebook. All three ports can be used simultaneously.
Video
VGA
Use the VGA port of this adapter with a display, TV, or projector that connects using a VGA cable. It supports display resolutions up to 1920 x 1200.
Data transfer and charging other devices
USB-A
Use the USB-A port of this adapter with flash drives, cameras, and other devices that connect to USB-A for data transfer or charging. It supports data-transfer speeds up to 5Gbps (USB 3.1 Gen 1). Sparkchess full version.
For example, you can connect the Apple Lightning to USB Cable to this port to sync and charge your iPhone, iPad, or iPod.
Apple Usb Superdrive Windows 10 Drivers
Charging your Mac
USB-C
Use the USB-C port of this adapter for charging your Mac, not for data transfer or video. For example, you can connect one end of the Apple Thunderbolt 3 (USB-C) Cable or Apple USB-C Charge Cable to the USB-C port of this adapter, and connect the other end to an Apple USB-C Power Adapter.
This port delivers a maximum of 60W power, suitable for MacBook models and 13-inch MacBook Pro models. For the best charging performance on 15-inch and 16-inch MacBook Pro models, connect the power supply directly to your Mac, not through the adapter.
This adapter draws power from your Mac even when your Mac is asleep. To avoid draining the battery of your Mac notebook, unplug the adapter when your Mac is not connected to AC power.
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These devices aren't compatible with this adapter:
G-Technology G-DRIVE mobile USB 3.0 Hard Drive (Apple part number HF4F2VC/A)
Apple USB SuperDrive model manufactured before Fall 2010
Learning has never been so easy!
Compared to many How-To articles, this one is pretty simple, but it saved me from buying another USB DVD drive just for one little task.
The problem: I have both Macs and Windows PCs, and needed to install Microsoft Office from DVD media on an ultrabook laptop that had no internal optical drive.
1 Steps total
Step 1: Download BootCamp from the Apple Support Site
The MacBook Air SuperDrive has unique firmware which prevents it from being properly recognized as a plug and play optical USB drive by Windows. Fortunately, Apple provides the drivers for running Windows on a Mac, as part of its BootCamp software.
If you download the latest release of BootCamp from Apple's support site, you will have a zip file wherein the path bootcampdriversApple contains the file 'AppleODDInstaller64.exe'.
Install Apple Drivers Windows 10
Simply execute this file to install the Apple Optical Disk Driver for 64 bit Windows, and presto! You can then use the MacBook Air SuperDrive with your Windows PC.
15 Comments
Apple Audio Device Driver Windows 10
Tabasco
FelloWizard Aug 14, 2015 at 03:03pm
Finally, something I can use. Thanks this is helpful on many levels.
Cayenne
JeremyGove Aug 14, 2015 at 05:50pm
Long live BootCamp! Great post! Thanks for putting this up.
Cayenne
InevitableCheese Aug 14, 2015 at 05:53pm
Makes you wonder why in the world they wouldn't just make it available.
Mace
Curtis3363 Aug 14, 2015 at 06:16pm
Awesome, I just got this drive for a friend and it won't work on his older Mac, so I'll give him mine and use his.
Serrano
NHCSAdmin Aug 14, 2015 at 06:20pm
Awesome! Been to busy to figure out how to use it on another computer! Thanks for the write up!
Thai Pepper
Blair Groves Aug 14, 2015 at 06:23pm
Thank you for your comments everyone! I'm glad this was helpful to you!
Chipotle
ColdDeck Aug 14, 2015 at 08:19pm
That's a useful bit of info right there. Thanks for posting!
Datil
lhatsynot Aug 14, 2015 at 09:10pm
Very nice and I didn't know it wouldn't work. My wife has a Mac with one of these drives and I have an Ultrabook so this will come in handy.
Chipotle
James1765 Aug 14, 2015 at 10:55pm
I should be shocked that Apple would break a long standing standard like this without any apparent advantage, but this is Apple we're talking about.
Thai Pepper
Blair Groves Aug 14, 2015 at 11:23pm
For every one item that Apple has put up a dead end, they've both innovated and perfected dozens of things that have influences our world in general. They've succeeded in creating a very nice ecosystem for people who are prepared to pay the price of admission, and there is much more to come, as long as Apple remains attentive.
Cayenne
Bryan9095 Aug 15, 2015 at 12:05am
This is a much easier method. Connect the SuperDrive and a USB flash drive to a Mac. Copy the contents of the Office DVD to the flash drive. Then plug the flash drive into the ultrabook. Run the setup. The benefit of this method is not having to do anything special to get the SuperDrive to work with the ultrabook and the installation of Office will be faster.
Thai Pepper
Steve_Belmont Aug 15, 2015 at 02:58am
Good Thinking! great job, and you get to save a few
Mace
bbigford Aug 15, 2015 at 04:45am
Nice write up on repurposing. I'm guessing nobody would actually buy an Apple optical drive for Windows intentionally. At least it isn't a total loss if you're stuck with it and don't want to pay $30 for a new external.
Datil
AshleyLewisMS Aug 16, 2015 at 02:30pm
Thanks for the guide. I gotta say, I've used a generic Samsung external DVD drive on an iMAC before and it works a treat.
Datil
Rusty Platter Aug 17, 2015 at 10:19am
For the reverse situation, I've used a Dell USB DVD drive without issues on a Mac.