Although most sellers on Amazon emphasize that their products support Mac system, there is not really any external CD DVD drive that can be well compatible with new Mac OS, most of them only support Mac OS 10.10.x and below.
USB 3.0 External DVD CD Drive, Tagital Slim Portable External DVD/CD RW Burner Drive for l aptop, Notebook, Desktop, Mac Macbook Pro, Macbook Air and More Add To Cart There is a problem adding to cart. Best External CD/DVD Drives for Your Media. Review & Comparison, Last Update October 26, 2018. The USB 2.0 interface allows this external CD/DVD drive to write a DVD disc at the speed from 6x to 8x. The reading speed also varies, from 5x to 8x. Best External Hard Drives for Mac.
So we compared all external DVD drives that claim to support Mac OS and listed a few reliable choices for Apple MacBook Pro and MacBook Air on Amazon as below:
1. SEA TECH 1 Archgon Aluminum External USB DVD+Rw, RW Super Drive for Apple-MacBook Air, Pro, iMac, Mini
Features:
- Interface Type: USB 2.0
- Work with OSX 10.4 and later (including the MacBook, MacBook Air, MacBook Pro, Mini, and iMac)
- Support read and write CDs and DVDs
- One year replacement warranty
2. ROOFULL USB 3.0 & USB-C Slim External DVD Drive Burner for MacBook Pro/Air
Features:
- Interface Type: USB 3.0 and Type-C
- Work with all versions of Mac OS (including the Macbook, Macbook Air, Macbook Pro, Mini, and iMac)
- Supported discs: DVD +/-R, DVD+/-RW, DVD+R(DL), DVD-R(SL), DVD-RAM, DVD-R(DL), CD-R, CD-RW
- Support read and write CDs and DVDs
- You can get extra 1-year warranty service via http://www.roofull.com/support/#extra-warranty
3. Archgon Slim USB External CD/DVD+RW,-RW writer Drive for Window & Mac computers
Features:
- Interface Type: USB 2.0
- Work with Mac OSX (including the MacBook, MacBook Air, MacBook Pro, Mini, and iMac)
- Support read and write CDs and DVDs
- One year replacement warranty
4. LG Electronics USB Super Multi Ultra Slim Portable DVD Writer Drive – GP65NS60
Features:
- USB 2.0 (up to 480Mbits/s, USB 3.0 Compatible)
- Max 8x DVD R Write Speed
- Max 24x CD Write Speed
- Come with Cyberlink Software
- Support M Disc
- No additional installation required
(UPDATE: Aug 22, 2019)
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