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Compared to many How-To articles, this one is pretty simple, but it saved me from buying another USB DVD drive just for one little task.

The problem: I have both Macs and Windows PCs, and needed to install Microsoft Office from DVD media on an ultrabook laptop that had no internal optical drive.

1 Steps total

Step 1: Download BootCamp from the Apple Support Site

The MacBook Air SuperDrive has unique firmware which prevents it from being properly recognized as a plug and play optical USB drive by Windows. Fortunately, Apple provides the drivers for running Windows on a Mac, as part of its BootCamp software.

If you download the latest release of BootCamp from Apple's support site, you will have a zip file wherein the path bootcampdriversApple contains the file 'AppleODDInstaller64.exe'.

Simply execute this file to install the Apple Optical Disk Driver for 64 bit Windows, and presto! You can then use the MacBook Air SuperDrive with your Windows PC.

15 Comments

Install Apple Mobile Device Driver Windows 10

• Tabasco
  FelloWizard Aug 14, 2015 at 03:03pm

  Finally, something I can use. Thanks this is helpful on many levels.

• Cayenne
  JeremyGove Aug 14, 2015 at 05:50pm

  Long live BootCamp! Great post! Thanks for putting this up.

• Cayenne
  InevitableCheese Aug 14, 2015 at 05:53pm

  Makes you wonder why in the world they wouldn't just make it available.

• Mace
  Curtis3363 Aug 14, 2015 at 06:16pm

  Awesome, I just got this drive for a friend and it won't work on his older Mac, so I'll give him mine and use his.

• Serrano
  NHCSAdmin Aug 14, 2015 at 06:20pm

  Awesome! Been to busy to figure out how to use it on another computer! Thanks for the write up!

• Thai Pepper
  Blair Groves Aug 14, 2015 at 06:23pm

  Thank you for your comments everyone! I'm glad this was helpful to you!

• Chipotle
  ColdDeck Aug 14, 2015 at 08:19pm

  That's a useful bit of info right there. Thanks for posting!

• Datil
  lhatsynot Aug 14, 2015 at 09:10pm

  Very nice and I didn't know it wouldn't work. My wife has a Mac with one of these drives and I have an Ultrabook so this will come in handy.

• Chipotle
  James1765 Aug 14, 2015 at 10:55pm

  I should be shocked that Apple would break a long standing standard like this without any apparent advantage, but this is Apple we're talking about.

• Thai Pepper
  Blair Groves Aug 14, 2015 at 11:23pm

  For every one item that Apple has put up a dead end, they've both innovated and perfected dozens of things that have influences our world in general. They've succeeded in creating a very nice ecosystem for people who are prepared to pay the price of admission, and there is much more to come, as long as Apple remains attentive.

• Cayenne
  Bryan9095 Aug 15, 2015 at 12:05am

  This is a much easier method. Connect the SuperDrive and a USB flash drive to a Mac. Copy the contents of the Office DVD to the flash drive. Then plug the flash drive into the ultrabook. Run the setup. The benefit of this method is not having to do anything special to get the SuperDrive to work with the ultrabook and the installation of Office will be faster.

• Thai Pepper
  Steve_Belmont Aug 15, 2015 at 02:58am

  Good Thinking! great job, and you get to save a few

• Mace
  bbigford Aug 15, 2015 at 04:45am

  Nice write up on repurposing. I'm guessing nobody would actually buy an Apple optical drive for Windows intentionally. At least it isn't a total loss if you're stuck with it and don't want to pay $30 for a new external.

• Datil
  AshleyLewisMS Aug 16, 2015 at 02:30pm

  Thanks for the guide. I gotta say, I've used a generic Samsung external DVD drive on an iMAC before and it works a treat.

• Datil
  Rusty Platter Aug 17, 2015 at 10:19am

  For the reverse situation, I've used a Dell USB DVD drive without issues on a Mac.

CDs and DVDs gradually disappear from our lives, and every day we hear about them less and less. They are dying out, and flash drives and the Internet, which is one large file storage, are replacing. However, sometimes you have to resort to using CD or DVD compact discs in order to copy old photos to your computer or to look at the necessary files that were written to the disc a couple of years ago, and here you can not do without a DVD drive.

Apple is phasing out DVD drives in its laptops, all-in-ones. As many people know, the drives are quite voluminous, and due to their elimination the products become thinner and lighter.

Apple External Drive

MD564 Apple USB Super Drive – Apple’s proprietary drive for reading and writing DVDs and CDs. The weight of the device is a little more than 300 grams, which is pretty good considering that the drive has an aluminum case. The cable is integrated in the drive and cannot be disconnected from the drive. The drive is powered via the usb bus, those the drive does not need additional power. Compatibility of the drive with devices can be seen in the table.

Read more: How to Boot a Mac from an External Drive or USB?

Drivers For Mac Usb Superdrive

Using SuperDrive with BootCamp on MacBook Air or PC

In addition to the native Apple technique, this drive will work perfectly with a regular PC or any modern Windows or Windows in Boot Camp mode and here’s the way to do that:

• Connect your SuperDrive device to a Windows PC;
• Download the latest version of Boot Camp Support Software “5.1.5722”;
• Unzip it on your computer;
• In the unzipped folder “Bootcamp5” go to the folder BootcampDriversApple and find AppleODDInstaller64.exe;
• Run the AppleODDInstaller64.exe executable file to install the appropriate drivers for Apple SuperDrive on Windows.

Download Apple Mobile Device Usb Drivers

Conclusion

This is all that is required for the correct operation of the device with any devices based on the Windows OS. I wish you success in using.