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Apple MacBook Air SuperDrive

Cool?

Written by DS from Shelter Island

10/11/2009

I rely on a mouse for my computer work, but only one usb port??? NOT Cool.

22 of 34 people found this useful

Apple MacBook Air SuperDrive

Won't work with USB hub!

Written by MA from Edmond

5/11/2009

The device itself is beautiful and works perfectly, but it consumes the Air's SINGLE USB port and does not work with any USB hubs! As a college student, I prefer to use a mouse while spending hours at my desk and when I need my SuperDrive I can't use my mouse or any other USB device, such as my flash drive. It's irritating and I wish Apple would invent a USB hub that could handle the SuperDrive's extensive power needs and provide the user with more USB ports for things such as keyboards or flash drives.

40 of 46 people found this useful

Apple MacBook Air SuperDrive

OK

Written by CH from Newnan

4/11/2009

I've bought this along with the MBA and when I had to install the new Snow Leopard that shipped with the air, it took a few hours where on the Macbook pro's internal drive it goes much much faster, it also took a long time to install Ilife 9 and IWork. Also, when the drive was running it kept making a grinding noise that "never" happens on the pro drive. Once it was unable to read the disk and one time while installing Snow Leopard I had to start installation a 2nd time because it didn't install the 1st time. Although I haven't so far experienced any eject problems, I don't understand why they couldn't have put a pin hole eject button on it, in case the drive doesn't recognize the command from the laptop, I also find it ridiculous that you can't use this drive w/ another laptop (Like my Toshiba NB205 Mini) It caused me to have to buy another drive for that netbook separately and I haven't checked as to whether or not another brand or a generic drive would work with the MBA, does anyone know?

24 of 28 people found this useful

Apple MacBook Air SuperDrive

Very Cool, but...

Written by PS from ellesmere port

15/10/2009

this is very cool and if you have a macbook air you have to buy one of these because they are as light as macbook air, portable, good looking and look even cooler next to your macbook air.
But the macbook air has only got one USB 2.0 so they could make this a bit bigger and put like 3 USB 2.0 ports because you connect this drive and you havent got any USB ports left... but never mind, as long as it works properly

8 of 8 people found this useful

Apple MacBook Air SuperDrive

hopeless drive, helpless user

Written by SC from KENOSHA

28/09/2009

After a couple of uses, disks started sticking, requiring insertion of objects to "trick" it into ejecting. Now everything jams, the drive feels underpowered, it's worse than not using a dirve. Huge mistake not to supply a means of manual access and tripping the eject mechanism.

47 of 58 people found this useful

Apple MacBook Air SuperDrive

GREAT PRODUCT

Written by AC from Dallas

20/09/2009

dont know why so many people write bad reviews for this thing. just bought it today with my macbook air and worked perfectly right out of the box. really clean looking and runs silently

21 of 46 people found this useful

Apple MacBook Air SuperDrive

Macbook air super drive

Written by NG from Tampa

17/09/2009

I don`t know how anyone can give the superdrive less then 4 stars it works great and flawless the only reason I give it 4 stars is because I think 100.00 dollars for it is kinda high buy it and u will be happy.

24 of 37 people found this useful

Apple MacBook Air SuperDrive

Love it

Written by DM from Renfrew

7/09/2009

Looks great really stylish, just like the Macbook Air. So simple to use just plug in and it works. Slight beep when you first put a cd in then it runs silently. Another great product from Apple.

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Apple MacBook Air SuperDrive

It isn't a power problem...

Written by EB from Oregon House

25/08/2009

I've tried many USB hubs, also and it isn't power that is the problem with the Superdrive not working with USB hubs or other computers, it is a bridge within the drive.

Take a look at this solution from tnkgrl Mobile:
www(dot)tuaw(dot)com/2008/06/24/mod-use-your-macbook-air-superdrive-on-any-machine/

Not for those without soldering experience, but if you are comfortable with opening the case and replacing the bridge, it is a $9 + shipping solution...

32 of 36 people found this useful

Apple MacBook Air SuperDrive

Worked Great Right Out of the Box!

Written by CB from Dallas

15/08/2009

I received it, took it out of the box, plugged it in to my Air, inserted a CD and it recognized it no problem. It immediately showed up on my desktop. And ejecting it was a total non-issue! I pressed the "eject" button on the Air (to the right of F12) and it promptly ejected the CD! Every time I have used it, it has worked perfectly fine.

23 of 31 people found this useful

Apple MacBook Air SuperDrive

On my third one, about to be on my fourth

Written by SF from Anaheim Hills

9/08/2009

This think is the most temperamental device Apple has ever created. I hope they are coming out with a new version of this, because this one stinks. It has swallowed several CDs and now it acts like there is a CD already in there and won't accept my disc. What I hate most about it is there is no way to manual eject anything.

66 of 80 people found this useful

Apple MacBook Air SuperDrive

Follow the Instructions, please

Written by JJ from Atlanta

26/07/2009

I connected the new SuperDrive through Kensington PocketHub Mini 2.0 and it did not accept the CD-RW. When I connected it directly to MacAir it worked like a champ! It makes sense to read Instructions carefully. A beautifully designed accessory,
JJ, Atlanta

27 of 36 people found this useful

Apple MacBook Air SuperDrive

Wrong, wrong, wrong

Written by MD from Clonskeagh

16/07/2009

Everybody is gone wrong here. Set up the Drive using system preferences. Don't put a disk in until it is fully recognized then put in a disk that you probably will never use again. It will run the disk or say that "Disk not Recognized." Now press the eject button. If it doesn't respond put the cursor over the disk icon on your page and press and drag the disk where the bin usually is. Instead there is an eject icon. Drag the disk icon into it and it will eject. It worked for me but i can see many problems have occurred; so I give it +5* for look, -4* for the problems that have happened to other people and +3* because everyone who had problems should have contacted the apple helpline, gone to and apple store or even if they just had read the manual. So thats why I give it 4*

37 of 48 people found this useful

Apple MacBook Air SuperDrive

Eject button!?

Written by NB from Oakville

3/07/2009

Apple wasn't thinking much while making this..
there's no eject button on it!!

I now have a CD stuck inside of it, with no way to get it out, since it isn't recognized by my mac.

Waste of money unless you need it.

63 of 117 people found this useful

Apple MacBook Air SuperDrive

Never had a problem

Written by MP from Anchorage

2/07/2009

I use it all the time for the MBA and have never experienced any problems with it. Works every time I use the eject command. Not sure what everyone else is doing or not doing to get it to eject, but mine is just fine every time.

27 of 38 people found this useful

Apple MacBook Air SuperDrive

WORST THING EVER!!!

Written by LG from orlando

6/06/2009

I consider myself an apple fanatic, but this has to be by far the worst product I've ever bought from apple..

I've only use it twice, and both times it got the Cd's stuck and I'm still trying to get it out. Nothing works!!!

84 of 114 people found this useful

Apple MacBook Air SuperDrive

worthless

Written by AC from GLENDALE

25/05/2009

Connection frayed, used it three times.

54 of 76 people found this useful

Apple MacBook Air SuperDrive

why isn't there an eject button???

Written by MG from Foster City

21/04/2009

I've had this for about six months, yet I only use it if it's absolutely necessary. Every time I used it, I had difficulty trying to eject it. Now, the disk I put in is not even recognized by any MacBook Air, and I cannot eject the disk.

Why doesn't Apple put an eject button, or at least a little pinhole to manually force the disk to eject when problems occur??? This is a major problem.

194 of 236 people found this useful