These days, the only way to get hold of a DVD reading/writing optical drive is to invest in a $79 Apple SuperDrive - and if you use a modern MacBook Pro equipped with Thunderbolt 3, then you need to get a USB-C to USB Adapter to connect the device to your Mac. This lack of compatibility at the high end of the Apple-verse is surely a clear message that the future of the Apple accessory doesn’t look bright.
To be fair, Apple’s isn’t the only external DVD burning/playing product you can get, and a glance at the 87 one-star reviews its accumulated at the Apple Store don’t exactly fill one with confidence. However, even when purchasing a third-party DVD/CD drive system, you must beware because many such devices simply aren’t supported by macOS, though Macworld UK has a few suggestions here. Where’s the love?Īpple’s been phasing out optical drives in its Macs since it introduced the MacBook Air in 2008. The last model to include one was the 2012 13-inch MacBook Pro Apple sold until October 2016.ĭVD Player isn’t the only Apple app that’s not feeling 64-bit love from the company, QuickTime Player 7 and iDVD 7.1.2 are also also stuck at 32, and third-party disk-burning solutions seem similarly abandoned. This suggests Apple has no intention of even enabling system support for third-party CD/DVD authoring solutions. If that is the case, then Mac users hoping to use or burn DVDs or CDs will have to find alternative software (such as IINA) and/or (potentially) new hardware solutions to do the job. It also seems probable we’ll see increased second-user prices for Macs equipped with built-in SuperDrives. What can we do instead?Īpple introduced something called Remote Disc Sharing when it launched the 2012 MacBook Pro. This lets you use an older Mac that has an optical drive as a remote disc player, which you can use to access data and play movies (but not audio). You can also choose to make virtual copies of DVDs you need to keep around on another Mac that has an optical drive if you have access to one. However, with literally millions of CDs and DVDs still sold every year, it would probably be useful for many Mac users to learn exactly what kind of future they should plan for when it comes to playing and writing the CDs and DVDs they may already own.
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