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Zorro60 Author

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ipad pro

Can I use a USB superdrive connected to a ipad pro?

iPad Pro, iPadOS 14

Posted on Mar 12, 2021 6:05 AM

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MichelPM

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Posted on Mar 12, 2021 6:11 AM

Nope.

This has never been possible ever!

Optical drives are NOT supported on iOS/iPadOS devices.

The power requirements are too high as well as iOS/iPadOS's inability to install necessary driver software for such high power consumption drives.

Sorry.

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