Reviews for Apple USB SuperDrive

I use this product all the time and it works great.

Nice product, looking good and works nicely. It is a bit deceptive that this writer comes with std USB instead of a USB3 connexion. I had to add this drive to my new iMac and since I have USB3 connexions, I thought that Apple could have come at least with this type of connexion for the drive.

I love the simplicity and ease-of-use of the Super Drive, but since most of my DVD collection is Blu-Ray, it's useless for that. Unless I've missed something in its write-up here (or the fact it rejects my Blu-Ray DVDs as a "fact"), then this is a let-down for my use.

Other than that, it's great!

PS I'll give 5 stars if when it's produced with Blu-Ray support.

This is a fantastic little drive. I have had this drive for about 4 months with my new retina macbook pro, it did the job when I used it, thats the thing, apple is right taking out the optical drives in there computers, I NEVER USE IT, I have used it once and that is about it, and when i did use it I could have downloaded the drivers. This is a great drive, if you use it. Also I will mention that this drive uses more power than a standerd usb port, so you cant use it with a usb hub, well non of the ones iv tried.

My late-2012 iMac (my first Apple computer) showed no signs of recognizing a new device when I followed the 4 line-long instructions to plug the Super-Drive into the USB. I opened up Finder/Devices/Remote Disc. No information. But upon pushing a CD into the device, it awoke and listed the CD in Finder/Devices. No big deal, I am just used to Windows.

I've never had any problems with it and it is fast!!
The only downside, in my perspective, is it's limited capabilities. For the price, I think apple can create a SuperDrive to include the ability to play Bluray Discs. Considering the new MacBooks with the Retina display, bluray would be a wonderful option.

The drive is nice and fast. I have had it a few days and have been loading many CDs into itunes. Many of the CDs are nearly new. One James Taylor CD that I have only played once that was new and clean would not be accepted by the drive until I put it in 8 times after it kept rejecting it. When it works, it is really very good. It is just this one CD that it did not like. Hopefully is stays working.

I bought this to use with my Macbook Air, I only need it occasionally and for the most part it does its job. After using it for the last few weeks (6 or 7 times) it seems pretty reliable my only complaint is if the drive isn't completely flat it doesn't always eject the cds. Most of time I have to eject them a couple of times before it works. Otherwise it's great, light device. I am not sure though if I would recommend it for regular use considering the price and the problems with getting to eject.

Quite expensive but it works fine. Good sturdy aluminium case, quite loud when using it and has significant vibration. Might get annoying if your watching a movie and can hear/feel it reading the disk the entire time.

Overall decent product.

I purchased my SuperDrive at an Apple Store shortly after I received my 15" MacBook Pro with retina display. All of my music was on a 6 year old MacBook and Apple wanted me to leave both of my laptops at their store for 24-48 hours to get the music transferred. I didn't really want to be without my machines. I had a little time on my hands (I am retired) so I decided to load all of my music CD by CD. The SuperDrive performed nearly flawlessly. It took a couple of days but I got it done! I synced all of the remaining music from my iPhone. I did have some disc ejection issues, but it was always a slightly warped disc. When I loaded Office 11 it took me a while to locate the eject command in Office, otherwise the disc would still be in the drive. It would be nice to have an eject button on the SuperDrive.