I am trying to use this (brand new) USB External Slot DVD RW Drive Burner Superdrive on my iMac running Snow Leopard, it will not accept a CD
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The same thing happened to me. I tried it in every computer in the house and it's something to do with the USM part. It's a piece... I threw it directly into the trash.
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The 1st one I ordered would not accept the CD either. I returned it and requested a replacement. It works fine.
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I plugged it up and it worked instantly. Try using a different Slot, look to see if there are any updates. Or restart your computer with the device still plugged in.
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I am not a Mac user so I can't answer your specific question. You could try making a DVD on a DVD recorder and putting it into your MAC. Worth a try. Ray
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You should probably find out if you have a USB 3.0 port on your machine or plan on getting a docking station in case your Macbook doesn't recognize this external drive.Personally, I have it working on a Toshiba laptop using W8.1 without any problems (read/write DVD single and dual layers + read/write Blu Rays) however it needs at least two USB ports to get enough power to function (I'm using 1 usb 3.0 port and 1 usb 2.0 port) so make sure you have enough available ports to power this.
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I read somewhere that a Gear Head 20XDVDTFEXT triple-format DVD USB drive would do the trick. You might want to check this out before buying one (I am!) so you don't get caught in the "...he said that she said that..." trap.Good luck, and please report back with info you uncover.Update:Here's an external optical drive which SHOULD work, and one which I'm going to try:"ASUS SDRW 0804P-D - Disk drive - DVD?RW (+R DL) - 8x/8x - Hi-Speed USB/IEEE 1394 (FireWire) - external".The quote marks are because this is from Amazon's description; it's available here on Amazon.Disclaimer: I have no first-hand knowledge that this combo will work. Someone please respond if you do. I read somewhere that a Gear Head 20XDVDTFEXT triple-format DVD USB drive would do the trick. You might want to check this out before buying one (I am!) so you don't get caught in the "...he said that she said that..." trap.Good luck, and please report back with info you uncover.Update:Here's an external optical drive which SHOULD work, and one which I'm going to try:"ASUS SDRW 0804P-D - Disk drive - DVD?RW (+R DL) - 8x/8x - Hi-Speed USB/IEEE 1394 (FireWire) - external".The quote marks are because this is from Amazon's description;... » Read More I read somewhere that a Gear Head 20XDVDTFEXT triple-format DVD USB drive would do the trick. You might want to check this out before buying one (I am!) so you don't get caught in the "...he said that she said that..." trap.Good luck, and please report back with info you uncover.Update:Here's an external optical drive which SHOULD work, and one which I'm going to try:"ASUS SDRW 0804P-D - Disk drive - DVD?RW (+R DL) - 8x/8x - Hi-Speed USB/IEEE 1394 (FireWire) - external".The quote marks are because this is from Amazon's description; it's available here on Amazon.Disclaimer: I have no first-hand knowledge that this combo will work. Someone please respond if you do. « Show Less
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Yes, it will work with newer iMac as well as older type with 2.0 & 3.0 however super drive from apple seem to use more power. I've used panasonic DVD RW driver similar to super drive seem to work with USB hub.
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The USB drive should be recognizable by any device with a USB Port. the only thing that would be incompatible is if you have a proprietary file type exclusive to Mac trying to run it on Windows. Files like pictures, videos and such should all be fairly universal and transfer with no issues.
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I have a desktop iMac without a DVD drive and it works just fine, so I don't know. I do remember reading somewhere that Apple's new external dvd will only work on computers without a DVD drive.
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Forget it, they dropped support a long time ago. I sold it as soon as I found out there would be no new driver for Mac. I think the latest one works with Leopard or something.
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No, it doesn't. It won't work with any iMac that was originally built with an internal CD/DVD drive. Per Apple. Amazon should change their description so that potential customers don't fall into the same trap that we did. By the time we realized that for our 2010 iMacs, the drive was an anchor, it was too late to return it.
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I don't have a Mac but all Flash Drives are or should be compatible. It's just the way you format it.
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I don't have an Apple SuperDrive but a LG DVD burner works fine. Since this drive requires USB power to make it work, I would think the SuperDrive would work as well.
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Make sure your external USB drive is formatted for DOS. If you're using a Mac and the USB drive is format Mac OS Extended, the record function wont work.
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The first thing you have to do is to make sure that the drive is set to the format your MAC uses. It should work perfectly fine.
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I have not oprned the package, the usb floppy disc drive I am currently using has occassionally refused to release the disc for removal, but is still working so this Amazon purchase was bought while available if replcement is necessary. No 5¼" dirve is noted on the package but states "compatible Mac OSX, Windows 7, Windoes Vista and Wndows XP". also compatible with USB 1.1/2.0/3..... unfortunately, I am not a computer expert, just know the basics which is adequate for an 89 y.o.
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I don't know what an "inserter" is BUT if you mean: "Is there a place on this computer where a CD can be inserted and ejected?" Apple says YES, there is a CD drive on this series of iMac's. Optical drive Slot-loading 8x SuperDrive (DVDR DL/DVDRW/CD-RW) Writes DVD+R DL and DVD-R DL discs at up to 4x speed Writes DVD-R and DVD+R discs at up to 8x speed Writes DVD-RW discs at up to 6x speed and DVD+RW discs at up to 8x speed Reads DVDs at up to 8x speed Writes CD-R discs at up to 24x speed Writes CD-RW discs at up to 16x speed Reads CDs at up to 24x speed
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I believe there has been a software update that allows this drive to work with older iMacs too. I have this drive for the Macbook Air. When I bought it in mid 2011 it was made very clear by Apple that it only works with the certain Apple products such as the MBA. When the Superdrive in my early 2010 iMac 27" died, I plugged the USB Superdrive in just to see what happens. It works perfectly as a Superdrive for my iMac.
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Are you using it for the primary boot drive, as in installing MAC Leopard to the drive, or just using it as a USB flash drive to store files and stuff to? For the former I have no reason to believe that I would not work however I have only tried it with Linux, not saying much cause Linux can be installed on anything. As for the later case the file system that the drive is formatted to is what makes the difference, unless Apple has some global external memory limit that I don't know about.That's a long answer to say there is not a reasonable reason that it would not work.