It is a very nice looking device that is truly thinner than most external drives I have seen. It is USB 3.0 technology but it is compatible with USB 2.0 and USB 1.1 ports.

It is plug and play so there is no software to install. I am on Beta software with Apple so my iMac runs on 10.11.3 and as I said, it worked perfectly once I plugged it into the back of the iMac. It is compatible with WindowsXP/windows2003/Windows8/ windows10 Vista/7, Linux, Mac10 OS, OS X Yosemite, 2015 27″ retina iMac, Macbook Pro with OS 10.10.5, macbook air version 10.9.5, imac with el capitan – os x 10.11. It works great – and will play DVD’s perfectly – however it only burns CD’s. It is definitely portable and I intend to keep the box it came in complete with all the packaging so I can easily transport it. For laptops or desktop PC’s with the USB ports on the front this is not an issue at all. My solution is to buy an extension cable for the device. So short in fact I was unable to sit the device down on my desk because of how things are arranged.

The USB cord that comes attached to the DVD CD drive is super short. It worked – however there was one small issue. As a last resort I did what I should have done to start with and plugged it into the back of my iMac. I did not get a message this time but the device did not show up on my iMac either. I wondered if there was something wrong with the external drive, but decided to try plugging it into a USB device I had attached to the back of my iMac. When I first plugged this external DVD CD drive into the keyboard USB port on my iMac I received a message saying that one USB device was taking too much power so all USB devices were being temporarily disabled. I really like my netbooks except for the fact that they do not have a CD drive – now this problem is solved thanks to the #dvdexternaldrive. It is nice to be able to burn CD’s or watch DVD’s on different devices including netbooks which do not have a CD drive. I also have several PC’s that I use from time to time. The CD drive on my iMac works but it makes an awful noise so I don’t use it. Sheri Ann Richerson from talks about the External DVD CD Drive that she received for review.Īn external DVD CD drive is always a handy thing to have on hand in my opinion so when I was offered this for review, I said sure.

External dvd drive for macbook pro 2016