External Blu Ray drive for use with MacBook Pro 13-inch M2 2022

External Blu Ray drive to use with MacBook Pro 13-inch, M2, 2022 running the latest macOS Sequoia 15.6.

Posted on Aug 5, 2025 2:16 PM

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Posted on Aug 5, 2025 2:58 PM

Pretty much any drive out there should work to read CDs, and DVDs. You'll likely need a USB-A to USB-C adapter to connect it to the Mac though.

click here ➜ Ugreen USB-A to USB-C Adapter (2-pack) - Amazon.com


The only caveat is, if you want to actually read Blu-ray Discs like movies or burn blu-ray data discs and movie discs, you will need special software that can do that.

macOS does not have blu-ray playback or burning software.


The software will be entirely separate the actual drive, though some drives may have bundled software.


A few drives that should work fine:

click here ➜ LG 6X WP50NB40 External Portable Blu-ray Burner in Retail Box Bundle with 50GB Verbatim M-Disc BD-R DL and Cyberlink Burning Software - Amazon.com


click here ➜ External Blu ray Drive for Laptop Portable Blu Ray Burner USB 3.0 Type-C CD/BD Disc Drives Support 100G Bluray/DVD Drive - Amazon.com


click here ➜ Pioneer External Blu-ray Drive BDR-XD08G USB 3.2 Gen1 (USB Type-C) / 2.0 Slim Portable BD/DVD/CD Writer Gold - Amazon.com

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Aug 5, 2025 2:58 PM in response to Maga_1

Pretty much any drive out there should work to read CDs, and DVDs. You'll likely need a USB-A to USB-C adapter to connect it to the Mac though.

click here ➜ Ugreen USB-A to USB-C Adapter (2-pack) - Amazon.com


The only caveat is, if you want to actually read Blu-ray Discs like movies or burn blu-ray data discs and movie discs, you will need special software that can do that.

macOS does not have blu-ray playback or burning software.


The software will be entirely separate the actual drive, though some drives may have bundled software.


A few drives that should work fine:

click here ➜ LG 6X WP50NB40 External Portable Blu-ray Burner in Retail Box Bundle with 50GB Verbatim M-Disc BD-R DL and Cyberlink Burning Software - Amazon.com


click here ➜ External Blu ray Drive for Laptop Portable Blu Ray Burner USB 3.0 Type-C CD/BD Disc Drives Support 100G Bluray/DVD Drive - Amazon.com


click here ➜ Pioneer External Blu-ray Drive BDR-XD08G USB 3.2 Gen1 (USB Type-C) / 2.0 Slim Portable BD/DVD/CD Writer Gold - Amazon.com

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