my disk will not eject from the Apple USB SuperDrive. It is not showing up on my desktop or in Finder.Any thoughts?

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my disk will not eject from the Apple USB SuperDrive. It is not showing up on my desktop or in Finder.Any thoughts?

My disk will not eject from the Apple USB SuperDrive. It is not showing up on my desktop or in Finder.Any thoughts?

iMac 24″, macOS 13.5

Posted on Aug 29, 2023 2:21 PM

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Answer 1

Tesserax

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Aug 29, 2023 6:13 PM in response to Chinadollflutie

According to Apple, only the following iMacs are compatible with the Apple SuperDrive:

iMac (Retina 4K, 21.5‑inch, 2019)
iMac (Retina 4K, 21.5-inch, 2017)
iMac (Retina 4K, 21.5-inch, Late 2015)
iMac (Retina 5K, 27-inch, 2019–2020)
iMac (Retina 5K, 27-inch, 2017)
iMac (Retina 5K, 27-inch, Late 2014 - 2015)
iMac Pro (2017)

Based on your tagline, yours may not be one of them ... and potentially why your Mac is having issues with it.

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Answer 2

Aug 29, 2023 7:00 PM in response to Tesserax

Thank you very, very much, Tesserax, for taking the time to answer. You are correct ~ mine needed a special USB-C attachment in order for it to work in the first place. But that was just one of the problems with the Apple SuperDrive. I did restart my computer, and it did, finally, spit out the disk.

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Rudegar

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Aug 29, 2023 11:07 PM in response to Chinadollflutie

posts made by other users suggest some people get the superdrive to play nicely with m1-2 cpu macs

SuperDrive compatibility - Apple Community

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my disk will not eject from the Apple USB SuperDrive. It is not showing up on my desktop or in Finder.Any thoughts?

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