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Pros & Cons
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.
Highlights
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
Overview
- How are reviewers describing this item?
easy, new, great, pro and old. - Our engine has profiled the reviewer patterns and has determined that there is minimal deception involved.
- Our engine has detected that Amazon has altered, modified or removed reviews from this listing. We approximate total reviews altered up to 25.
- Our engine has discovered that over 80% high quality reviews are present.
- This product had a total of 4,752 reviews as of our last analysis date on Dec 5 2022.
Helpful InsightsBETA
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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