1) Open Terminal

2) sudo nvram boot-args="mbasd=1"

3) restart

4) PROFIT!!!

9/21/2012 5:59:52 PM

...alright?

9/21/2012 8:05:24 PM

Your MacBook Pro has a second SuperDrive via USB

9/22/2012 3:46:01 AM

I told you this would work a year or two ago and you basically told me to go fuck myself, which is one of the reasons why I still think you're a dickbag to this day.

That and you're also a fucking dumbass. Go eat a pile of dogshit, asshole.

9/22/2012 4:12:41 PM

Quote :

"SO VERY ANGRY!!!11"

9/22/2012 4:16:09 PM

indeed.

[Edited on September 22, 2012 at 4:19 PM. Reason : Seriously though, if that's not a valid reason for disliking someone, I don't know what is.]

9/22/2012 4:17:05 PM

here's a hint: it's not

9/22/2012 4:20:39 PM

When I try to give a genuinely helpful answer and it gets thrown back in my face and he calls me names and gets an attitude?

We'll just have to disagree on that one.

9/22/2012 4:22:02 PM

message_topic.aspx?topic=614527&page=1#14826376

9/22/2012 4:22:08 PM

Quote :

"I've never tried what you're trying to do, but I do know that external superdrives for the Macbook Air work just fine on all other Macs and can be found on eBay for ~$45. A quick google search shows that external enclosures for superdrives are similarly priced. Personally, I wouldn't go to the hassle of making your own external solution, when you can get the real deal for the same price/a little cheaper."

I believe your solution was to just buy a hacked up version on ebay.

In essence, you said it couldn't be done unless I bought something else entirely.

I've done it.

9/22/2012 7:49:06 PM

Hacked up version on ebay? What the fuck are you talking about? You're the dumbass that wanted to put your internal superdrive in an external enclosure. I told you to buy a stock external drive off ebay to save yourself the hassle of hacking something together on your own.

You know, basically what you ended up doing and then making this wonderful thread about a year later.

[Edited on September 22, 2012 at 9:01 PM. Reason : I genuinely hope you get anally raped by a bear and left to die in the woods crying and alone.]

9/22/2012 8:55:07 PM

tell us... tell us... tell us how you [/i]really[/i] feel

9/22/2012 9:10:55 PM

Yes that's what I wanted and I've done it.

On top of that, I've offered what I learned and provided that solution to others who may be looking for the same solution to the same question I've asked.

Your solutions appear to be a waste of money.

9/22/2012 10:32:15 PM

If I didn't already know how incredibly stupid you are, I would be certain you are trolling me right now.

9/22/2012 10:46:10 PM

As you get older, you're going to learn that there are two certainties in life, El Nacho:

1) Don't do that

2) You just dropped $45 bucks on a solution you could have gotten for free if you looked it up on the internet

9/23/2012 2:03:14 AM

... that took you a year to do. classic.

9/23/2012 8:27:12 PM

Two days actually... I just didn't get around to it until now.

9/24/2012 10:51:31 AM

What website did you download the free SuperDrive from? That's a neat trick.

9/24/2012 2:05:46 PM

i hear he bought a 3D printer so he could print out an enclosure for it for basically free

9/24/2012 2:09:00 PM

Alright guys, don't hurt yourself... practice some more at Chit Chat... you can only improve from here.

9/30/2012 3:45:03 PM

I want to rehash an issue that I started here sometime back and let you know why it's important to use the superdrive as opposed to some hacked up version on ebay as recommended by my less than classy colleagues.

With the superdrive, your macbook pro will recognize windows installations from a dvd without having to swap out an internal drive.

10/24/2014 2:15:56 AM

because people buy macbooks to run windows

10/24/2014 8:38:59 PM

^Last I checked, more than half in fact.

10/26/2014 4:25:03 AM

^^^wow....2 years later and still talking shit. *clap*clap*clap*

10/26/2014 10:12:53 AM

2 years later and the dumbass still can't read properly either apparently. Somehow he thinks I wanted him to buy a "hacked up" version on ebay when I never suggested anything of the sort. I was talking about a used superdrive, still in stock condition...you know, exactly what he ended up using.

[Edited on October 29, 2014 at 6:56 PM. Reason : guy literally bumped a 2 year old thread to remind everybody what a dipshit he is.]

10/29/2014 6:55:13 PM

Relax El Nacho, I was right about "less than classy."

Don't get so emotional... or you'll get a heart attack well before your golden years.

11/5/2014 7:13:27 AM

I'm not emotional at all. I'm calmly, rationally and logically explaining why you're dumber than a ziplock bag full of used band-aids. Perhaps I could interest you in in raising the collective iq of the planet a little bit by swallowing some rusty razor blades?

11/5/2014 4:34:53 PM

I can only imagine the pain of two years of pent up butthurt

11/5/2014 5:13:05 PM

I use an external Lenovo DVDRW drive with my MBA. Works just fine.

**shrugs**

11/11/2014 3:18:02 PM