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Pros & Cons

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Pros

The imac's blu-ray drive is recommended for standard cd, dvd, and blu-ray video disks. It's easy to set up on a newer imac-- if you already have the small-apple-usb to standard-usb adapter. It’s mostly to reload all my cds to my itunes, having lost my...  Read More



Cons

This is ridiculous! Turns out it is somewhat of a fake. And again, very inconvenient. Truly a disappointment.

It reads cds (although it mis-reads or messes up on cds more than other drives) ripping cds is a nightmare.

Apple support says it is not compatible. This is really disappointing and now i'll need to find an alternative device.

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Quality


As usual the product design appearance and quality is superior with no issues in operability


Works well and is high quality in build


After speaking with several mac technicians we discovered that the problem is not with the super drive but with the wrong inter...  Read More


I stopped upgrading with the s 20 because of no support for a micro sd card which was a reason i stayed with samsung

Shipping


I requested a later date for shipping but amazon tricked me and sent it early so there i was this weekend looking at the gizmos

Competitiveness


Ordered it with syntech usb c to usb adapter and it works great with my new macbook pro


Yes it costs more than most but the performance difference more than made up for the price


A little pricey but cheaper brands which i tried were not compatible with imac

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  • This product had a total of 4,752 reviews as of our last analysis date on Dec 5 2022.

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    Posted by a reviewer on Amazon

    Other super drives ive purchased have failed after long use


    Posted by a reviewer on Amazon

    Sometimes you need to load physical disc


    Posted by a reviewer on Amazon

    For some reason the stupid flies are attracted to this and they get stuck until they die


    Posted by a reviewer on Amazon

    I think when one sticks to it the wiggling around attracts othersflies are attracted to others


    Posted by a reviewer on Amazon

    Having bought a macbook pro that i adore most of the timei thoughtwell no external drive for ripping cds wouldnt be a big deal


    Posted by a reviewer on Amazon

    But id ignore wanting to rip my new copy of company or other cds


    Posted by a reviewer on Amazon

    Then using my iphones reminder listi put this issue on it and finally investigated what to do


    Posted by a reviewer on Amazon

    Seemed like a nonapple external drive for cddvd would work

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