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Filipe Espósito<\/a> (MacRumors<\/a>):<\/p>\n

As noted by one of our readers, it’s no longer possible to buy an Apple USB SuperDrive<\/a> online via the official Apple Store in the US. The product’s webpage says that it’s “Sold Out,” and given that it’s a product introduced in 2008, it seems very unlikely that Apple will ever produce new units again.<\/p>

[…]<\/p>

The MacBook Air was the first MacBook without a built-in CD drive, which led the company to introduce an optical drive sold separately. Apple completely phased out optical drives from its computers in 2013, when all the Macs available in the lineup no longer had a CD reader.<\/p><\/blockquote>\n

I still use mine now and then. It does work with Apple Silicon Macs. There are third-party alternatives, but I don’t know how reliably they work with macOS. The DiscRecording framework never got deprecated, but it’s been adding bugs for years. The documentation no longer shows up in Xcode or on Apple’s Web site.<\/p>\n\n

See also: Mr. Macintosh<\/a>.<\/p>\n\n

Previously:<\/p>\n