Customer Ratings & Reviews

I bought this because a lot of people recommended this product to go along with my MacBook Pro. It’s been excellent so far. I burn a lot of dual-layer DVDs for filming jobs. It’s pretty fast and I can hardly tell that it’s running, since it’s so quiet.

It’s been years since I bought this. It still works just like it did on the first day. It’s one of my favorite buys ever.

If you subscribe to the adage “You get what you pay for”, then this is the external hard drive for you. It’s a quality product but you need to be prepared to pay a premium price to get it.

I was wanting a DVD drive for my iMac because they don't build one in and this worked great. One wire to hook up and it's small so if you don't want it setting on your desk when your not using it storing it away isn't a problem and just plug it in when you need it.

Glad to buy this to be honest although I think it is no longer necessary I still need and want it! I have a lot of CDS. :-D The only thing is that the cord (usb/wire) is built in. Afraid of getting the usb material tear. Once the wire breaks it's useless forever. I Wonder, will that ever get fixed though?

Since Apple's Mac didn't come with a internal DVD input output device, I needed to purchase one that was compact and durable with a USB connection. The Pioneer External Player fit the bill, it is compact, easy to use, plays regular DVDs and Blue-Ray discs, and is a name brand of GREAT QUALITY!!!

Great little portable super drive easy to eject disc

It's nice to have an Apple - SuperDrive 8x External USB Double-Layer DVD±RW/CD-RW Drive - Silver. My 2007 MacBook was an alternative backup for a CD/DVD drive until I could no longer upgrade the iOS. Glad to have this plugged in for use as needed.

We were told not to buy a computer with a hard drive because they tend to crash sooner. We bought an Apple 3 years ago and havent had one issue. We dont use the cd/dvd often enough to have it part of the computer. This works great when we need it.

I got the super drive as a gift. I have recently got my first macbook and am loving it so far; but alas no disc drive to upload cd's to the cloud. The superdrive solved that problem. It works seamlessly with the mac. It reads both CD's and DVD's I would recommend to mac users needing a disc drive.

My new Mac Book Pro did not come with a built in CD drive, so I had to purchase this. It is super easy to use, literally just plug in the USB! I don't use it too often, but I have needed to to load vacation photos from CDs that we purchased and to rip some CDs into iTunes.

It's good for burning CDs to your computer or for watching DVDs. The only annoying thing about it is the drive's cord: 1) The cord on it has a USB end=a) it won't work off your Mac computer unless you buy an adapter cord; b) so, now you have adapted the end from USB to fit your Mac power port and it will ONLY run off direct connection to your Mac. 2) Now you need an adapter for your Mac's other power port so you can connect an HDMI cord and probably your mouse USB. Once you're used to all this cord paraphernalia, you're good to go. It's frustrating on the front end, though.

Away on vacation, we were desperate for entertainment one wet, rainy afternoon--after the uncooperative weather forced us to cancel our outdoor plans. So the idea of a movie was great, but my Apple laptop had no cd nor DVD drive. So in desperation we purchased this external drive to allow for a movie to be watched on our laptop. The device worked as planned. We are now suitably prepared for more rainy days in our future!

As a result of Apple's phasing out of the drive in my MacBook and my old computer slowly dying, I needed to get this to burn a disk. Very easy to install and use. Also made it easier to add movies to my itunes library.

Non of my computers have optical drive players anymore. I still occasionally need to play a DVD or want to download an old music cd. This is perfect for that. Powered via the usb cable, no other power cable needed.

The Apple Superdrive has performed flawlessly. I've read over 75 CD's to my MAC iTunes library with none of the load/unload issues that some have reported. Burning CD copies also works well. I've used only the native MAC software for reading and burning copies with no problems whatsoever.

Fast and easy product to use just like they stated in the store

My old iMac had a built-in superdrive, but the new versions do not. So I bought the external one, which can be used on my laptops as well. While I didn't appreciate having to buy it in the first place, it really is quite convenient as a one-time purchase for several different machines.

it works really well especially is you have cds you would want to hear or even dvds

Got it to rip CD's to Apple Lossless so I can get the best quality music out of my home theater system. Less convenient than downloading direct from i-tunes, but this is how to get the best sound. Player is very easy to use. Just plugged into usb port of my macbook pro and go!