
- #How to use apple superdrive with windows 10 for mac os x#
- #How to use apple superdrive with windows 10 mac os x#
- #How to use apple superdrive with windows 10 update#
#How to use apple superdrive with windows 10 update#
[ Important update for users of Trim Enabler (thanks boabmatic!): Since Yosemite, installation of Trim enabler puts another flag " kext-dev-mode=1" into the, and, unfortunately, also converts the. Insert mbasd=1 in the value below the Kernel Flags (If and only if there is already something written between and, then use a space to separate the mbasd=1 from what's already there.Sudo pico /Library/Preferences/SystemConfiguration/ Sudo plutil -convert xml1 /Library/Preferences/SystemConfiguration/

#How to use apple superdrive with windows 10 mac os x#
This drive only works for Macs which, in their original form, do not have an optical drive.Īt this point, I started to search the net, finding hints, disassembling Mac OS X USB drivers and finally patching code in a hex editor which was the first, but ugly, solution to make the superdrive work, and gave me the information to eventually find the second, much nicer solution presented below. I knew that many third-party USB optical drives work fine, so I just assumed that would be the same for the Apple drive. It just didn't occur to me that this thing could possibly not just work with any Mac, so I didn't even ask before buying. And I didn't want to carry that around, so I left it at home and bought a shiny new MacBook Air SuperDrive (by 2012, Apple USB SuperDrive) for the office.


To be able to continue using the SuperDrive (Apple's name for the CD/DVD read/write drive), the Optibay came with an external USB case which worked fine, but was ugly. The story is this - a while ago I replaced the built-in optical disk drive in my MacBook Pro 17" by an OptiBay (in the meantime, there are also alternatives) which allows to connect a second harddrive, or in my case, a SSD.
#How to use apple superdrive with windows 10 for mac os x#
Note: for Mac OS X 10.11 El Capitan and later, please see this updated post instead.
