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Does the apple usb cd drive work on newer macbooks?

Got a box of old family CDs to copy and my MacBook Air obviously has no disc slot. Is Apple's own external drive the one to get, and will it need an adapter on a USB-C only machine?
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vinithra.karunanidhi
Yes, the Apple SuperDrive works fine on the USB-C Airs, it just has a USB-A plug on a fixed cable so you need an adapter. Use a plain USB-C to USB-A adapter plugged straight into the Mac. The catch is power. That drive draws more than a normal stick, and through a cheap unpowered hub it often just doesn't spin up or shows nothing in Finder. Straight into the port with a simple adapter and it's been reliable for me. Any decent third party USB drive will also rip CDs in Music, so you don't have to buy Apple's if it's hard to find.
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