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Does Apple MacBook Air Superdrive to work on any PC?

Anonymous
2013-02-05T10:37:27+00:00

Referring to following link, does anyone tries whether Apple MacBook Air Superdrive to work on any PC or not?

Thanks in advance for any suggestions

Solution for PC users: Does it work ?

The solution is as simple as installing the right drivers for it. Apple supplies these along with many other PC drivers on their OS X installation disc. Why? So when you install Windows on a Mac all Apple peripherals and devices will work.

So here is what you got to do:

  • Run to your nearest friend or colleague who owns a Mac.
  • Borrow his/her original installation DVD that came with that Mac.
  • Insert it on any PC with a DVD-ROM drive.
  • Copy/Paste to a thumb drive the file AppleODDInstaller.exe located at \Boot Camp\Drivers\Apple if you have Windows 32 bit or \Boot Camp\Drivers\Apple\x64 if you have the 64 bit version.
  • Run that file from the thumb drive on the PC you want to use your Apple MacBook Air Superdrive.
  • That’s it! You are done. Now that the drive is not only recognized but also powered and ready to burn.

https://sites.google.com/site/applemacbooksuperdriveonanypc/

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  1. Anonymous
    2013-02-06T01:45:57+00:00

    Hi,

    Thank you for posting your question in Microsoft Community Forums.

    It looks like the issue description is more into Mac computers. The issue you have posted would be better suited in Apple Support. Post the query in Apple forums for better assistance. Please refer the links mentioned below.

    http://www.apple.com/support/

    Hope it helps.

    Keep us posted if you face any issues related to Windows in future. We will be glad to help you.

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  2. Anonymous
    2013-09-08T23:08:33+00:00

    I managed to get my Superdrive working with Windows 7 64bit just fine. Here's a link to my thread on Notebookreview that describes what I did: 

    http://forum.notebookreview.com/alienware/730890-using-apple-macbook-air-superdrive-non-apple-pc-not-running-mac-os-possible-not.html

    For 32bit, if you read through the above, it's my understanding that as we need the AppleODDInstaller.exe file, you would need that in 32 bit format. I got mine from the 64bit version of Boot Camp, but if you require a 32bit version, that requires Boot Camp 4 which is not the same version I downloaded in my guide.

    Have a look at what Apple say about 32bit Boot Camp here:

    http://support.apple.com/kb/HT5639

    I imagine if you follow my guide, but substitute the version of Boot Camp I used with the correct 32 bit version (Boot Camp 4) you should be good to go. Version 4 can be downloaded from the same link I posted in my guide, or from here:

    http://support.apple.com/downloads/#macoscomponents

    Hope that helps.

    Regards,

    Stevie.

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  3. Anonymous
    2013-09-05T11:08:41+00:00

    you gave the answer in your question, yes it does work, thank you !

     

    Using the info in your question, I were able to find AppleODDInstaller.exe file (64 bit version) for my Windows 8 Ultrabook. this is the website I used to install the file on my laptop:

     

    http://www.mmnt.net/db/0/0/82.199.101.173/install/MacOS/Boot%20Camp%204.0/Drivers/Apple/x64

     

    The result is I am using my friends MacBook Air Super Drive and watching DVD right now :)

    Hmmm. I'd like to get a Superdrive I just bought to work with my 64bit Windows 7 Ultrabook (Toshiba Z830) as well. The link above requires a password etc to download the relevant file, so I can't go further with this without some assistance.

    Also, it would be great if you could give a 'step by step' of what you did to get ths Superdrive to work for you.

    Thanks in advance - hope to get this up and running soon!

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  4. Anonymous
    2013-09-04T08:58:13+00:00

    Hey. Do you have the link for the 32 bit version?

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  5. Anonymous
    2013-08-28T11:44:14+00:00

    you gave the answer in your question, yes it does work, thank you !

    Using the info in your question, I were able to find AppleODDInstaller.exe file (64 bit version) for my Windows 8 Ultrabook. this is the website I used to install the file on my laptop:

    http://www.mmnt.net/db/0/0/82.199.101.173/install/MacOS/Boot%20Camp%204.0/Drivers/Apple/x64

    The result is I am using my friends MacBook Air Super Drive and watching DVD right now :)

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