The built-in optical drive has been abandoned by laptops and desktop PC for many years, and also no exception for Apple products. However as to listening songs, watching movies, burning discs or installing software, there are still many people using CDs and DVDs. Therefore, external CD DVD optical drive is the most convenient solution at present. Although most sellers on amazon emphasize that their products support Mac system, there are not really many external CD DVD drive that can be well compatible with Mac OS. So we compared all top-rated external DVD drives that claim to support Mac OS and listed few reliable choices for Apple Mac OS on Amazon as below, just for reference: 1.

LG USB 2.0 Super Slim Portable DVD Rewriter External Drive with M-DISC Support for PC and Mac Specifications: • Interface Type: USB 2.0 • Work with Mac OSX (including the Macbook, Macbook Air, Macbook Pro, Mini, and iMac) • Work with Windows 10 and other system (Surface Pro Compatible) • Support read and write CDs and DVDs • Support M-Disc • One year replacement warranty 2. Aluminum External USB DVD+RW,-RW Super Drive for Apple–MacBook Air, Pro, iMac, Mini Specifications: • Interface Type: USB • Work with Mac OSX 10.4 and later (including the Macbook, Macbook Air, Macbook Pro, Mini, and iMac) • Work with Windows system • Support read and write CDs and DVDs • Support M-Disc DVD • One year replacement warranty 3. ASUS ZenDrive Silver 13mm External 8X DVD/Burner Drive +/-RW Compatible Specifications: • Interface Type: USB 2.0 and Type-C • Work with Mac OS X 10.6 or higher (including the Macbook, Macbook Air, Macbook Pro, Mini, and iMac) • Work with Windows 10, 8.1, 7, Vista system • Nero BackItUp function for Android Devices • Support read and write CDs and DVDs • Support M-Disc 4. Archgon Slim USB External CD/DVD+RW,-RW writer Drive for Window & Mac computers Specifications: • Interface Type: USB 2.0 • Work with Macbook, Macbook Air, Macbook Pro, Mini, and iMac • Work with Windows system • Support read and write CDs and DVDs (UPDATE: Dec 18, 2018) READ MORE: If you are looking for external DVD drive for windows 10 laptop or desktop, please.

A DVD drive consists of impressively few components. The most important one is the laser sled, which houses the lens used to read information off an inserted disc. It is positioned on a motorized sliding track that allows it to move radially to access every part of a disc's surface. It is compatible with Macbook,Macbook air, Macbook Pro, iMac or Mac mini via a single USB cable to help read DVD/CD and write to CD-R and DVD-R discs. With this portable disc drive for Mac, you can play DVDs, rip discs, burn home movies to DVD, extract music from CD etc.