Hi, If it is a MacBook Pro from before the Retina Display models, then it requires you entering a command in Terminal in order to make it work. The older MacBook Pros with the built-in DVD player didn't normally accept the USB Super Drive as they expected you to use the internal one. Some folks have upgraded their MBP's to have an SSD and HDD in them instead of the Optical drive thus requiring an external DVD of some sort. Third party ones should work out of the box but the Apple USB Super Drive requires the following command to be entered while in Terminal:
sudo nvram boot-args="mbasd=1" This will allow the drive to be accessed even when it normally wouldn't be usable. If you wish to use it with the DVD player app as well, there's another thing that needs done but I'll leave that for another post if necessary. HTH. Later... Tim Kilburn Fort McMurray, AB Canada On Apr 24, 2014, at 10:01 PM, Maria and Joe Chapman <bubbygirl1...@gmail.com> wrote: > Hi. > > when I bought my mac mini a couple of years ago, I bought an external dvd > drive. It has always worked fine on the mini although I haven't tried it > since updating to mavericks. I recently bought a macbook pro and when I plug > the drive in, I get a notification saying that this super drive is not > supported by this mac. Do I need to update something, or do I need another > external drive? > thanks in advance. > Warm regards and blessings > Maria, Joe and FurBabies > Email: iMessage:bubbygirl1...@gmail.com > > > > -- > You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups > "MacVisionaries" group. > To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an > email to macvisionaries+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. > To post to this group, send email to macvisionaries@googlegroups.com. > Visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/macvisionaries. > For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout. -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "MacVisionaries" group. To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email to macvisionaries+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. To post to this group, send email to macvisionaries@googlegroups.com. Visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/macvisionaries. For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout.
