Customer Ratings & Reviews

This gadget is a great use if your apple doesnt have a CD or DVD use. Its portable and easy to use. Not rocket science. Apple product.

Only way to use disks, DVD's is to have one. Should be a standard piece in package otherwise it's very similar to iPad issues.

While I wish Apple had chosen to support Blu-Ray with their standalone SuperDrive, I understand why they didn't. This does everything it says it will, and looks pretty slick on my desk to boot. My only complaint is that the cord is too short to reach my USB port. I have a powered USB hub, and I had assumed it would work fine with that, especially since it has it's own separate power source. However, when I plug it into the hub it tells me it doesn't have enough power and must be plugged into the computer directly. That's really frustrating and ridiculous. So I had to purchase a USB extension cable to reach my MacBook Pro. And since I think the SuperDrive is already overpriced for no Blu-Ray support, and additional expense is simply aggravating. I'm giving this 4 stars still because it does function as the description reads.

It is my first time owning an external drive. I am used to the traditional PC drive (pre-installed into the computer). It is kind of interesting since ejecting a disk is through telling the laptop to do it, rather than having a physical eject button. I would much prefer having a physical button to manually eject, if there were ever any problems with ejecting a disk if the laptop decides to malfunction. It was an interesting feature, and for now I enjoy it. Although I kind of hoped it would play Blu-ray since we are moving to Blue-ray disks, but maybe Apple will incorporate that for next generation laptops and accessories.

Even with everything in the cloud, I still want to work with CDs or DVDs occasionally. This external hard drive does the job, and looks good attached to my MacBook. It supports double-layer DVDs, which can fit 8.5 GB of data. Perfect for backing up photos, videos, music and important documents. I've had hard drives and flash drives fail after a few years, but discs can last for decades. Chances are the data you burn to a disc will live longer than you will. Two small quibbles: no blu-ray, and the USB cord is rather short.

I love my Apple SuperDrive you literally plug it in and start using it. It is super compact and has a sleek gender neutral design. I love it! The only bad thing about it is that is was a little pricey, however it is so easy to use and so compact that I would say it was worth the money.

Too Expensive for what it is, but its apple so what do you expect. Works just like a $20 external CD rom but apple branded. Slot loaders also give me anxiety. Will I ever see my cd rom again?? who knows!

Perfect external drive. Just wish it had a manual eject button.

This is an axcellent product. It runs like no other drive, it is one of a kind. The only thing is the price! I could get a superb samsung blu ray optical drive on amazon for the same price, and this has no blu ray player. Just go with a $40 LG if you don't use drive much. This is overpiced, but great over all. If you are going to get it, buy it used on amazon or ebay for 50 bucks or so.

It plugs directly into the usb port so no external power supply is needed. Small form factor and has a pad on the bottom to prevent it from moving around on the desk. Runs very quiet, even when writing to a disk. Can be ejected directly from the keyboard. The item that needs work is there is no eject button on the drive. If the disc doesn't eject you need try other means. The one that worked for me was to reboot the machine.

East setup, just plug in and go. The superdrive matches the finish of my Macbook air perfectly. The unit is small and portable but the connection cord could be a little longer. The cord may be a foot long. My only complaint is that the unit is a little noisy when I copy CDs to my iTunes Library. The unit also costs more than most CD/DVD drives but I bought it when BB had the unit on sale so that was not such a concern. I prefer to stick with apple accessories with my Macbook.

If you're looking to play or import CDs or DVDs then this is a decent enough product and will get the job done. Unfortunately, it does not play blu-rays, and should definitely be able to read media faster. Hopefully Apple makes some upgrades on their next model.

Apple products are always a little pricey, but never let you down. Last forever. This product has been working great so far, easy to install and use, very small and light, easily portable.

This is a pretty straight forward device. No switches or buttons; just slide a disk in and off you go. At $80 there are less expensive units available, however, none as sleek and portable as this unit. The "Apple" aluminum finish looks awesome as all Apple products do. The unit runs off of USB power connected to your computer, so you need not carry an external power supply around if you are using this as a portable. Just slide it into your laptop case and off you go. Less wire, less mess. The only downside I can think of is it requires higher voltage than is typically supplied through USB ports. Therefore, this unit must be connected directly to your Laptop for proper voltage supply. It will not run on an external USB hub. So, I recommend a USB extension cable Type A male-Type A female to give you extra cable length in case you desire or need to place the Superdrive on the opposite side of your desk. The built in cable is only around 14" long. Aside from these two minor issues, this is a fantastic drive.

This drive works great, but I had to pull out the help book in order to figure out how to set it up. At first when I plugged it in I couldn't get it to show up on the computer. You have to go into a specific drive in order to see it and then in order to eject the disk you also have to find the eject button on the computer rather than the drive having an easy button. I also thought at first it didn't have power because you have to force the disk in almost all the way before the power kicks on and pulls the disk in the rest of the way.

I bought this external drive because the internal drive in my 2009 iMac died. It would have gotten 5 stars, but I had to go through major efforts to figure out how to make it work. It seems Apple wanted me to either have the iMac serviced or make the choice to upgrade to a newer Mac. I ended up poking around the internet and discovered a sudo command that had to be run through the terminal app, then do a reboot, and then it worked fine. It loads fast, runs quietly, and of course matches aesthetically with all other Apple products. I will mark it recommended, but really only for those that need a drive for a machine that doesn't already have one built in - for some reason that's who Apple seems to have intended it for. I've read other reviews where people bought it for the same reason I did and ended up taking it back.

This optical drive works identically to the one that was installed in my now -dead iMac and as such is perfectly fine to use. One thing purchasers should know (because even the Best Buy Apple specialists weren't aware) is that this drive will ONLY work if it is plugged directly into the computer. It will not work from an extension dock or USB hub. With the MacBooks built in the past two years, you need to take this into account because of the limited number of ports some of these computers ship with. If you buy the current MacBook, it only has a single input, so you won't be able to use this drive while it is plugged into power. (Also, you have to buy a USB-C to USB-2 adapter for it.) Also, the price of $79 is on the high side compared to other external optical drives sold by third-party manufacturers. Indeed, it's almost enough to buy a Blu-Ray capable drive. The main advantage to this drive is your ability to blame Apple if there are any problems.

This is a good product. The only problem I had with it was that you can only eject a movie via laptop. There is no button on the device. We had trouble ejecting on the laptop once & couldn't get the movie out. Otherwise, depending on your laptop, it's easy to use.

The MacBook Air does not come with an internal optical drive. This unit fills the bill. Easy to set up, jut connect the USB cable and you're ready to go. Handles CD's and DVD's but not Blu-Ray. Also works on both the Mac and Windows operating systems.

I recently bought the Macbook Air, which does not have a dvd player, so I bought an external one. It's definitely nicer to have a player in the computer already, instead of having to connect one with a usb cord. The player does the job and it is not difficult to use. I definitely recommend it for the Macbook Air.