Apple Computer External Disc Drives

I have ruined a few external hard drives because of the disc inside was damaged from dropping or bumping them. I found this SSD external hard drive and ordered it for durability. I need to be able to dump my video and photo footage on the fly and carry with me everywhere I go. This external is extremely fast compared to any disc drive. It also has withheld a drop or two from me already. I say get it, and it is worth the extra money. I don't see any reason why this would ever be lower than a 4/5 star rating.

I ordered this external disc drive since the new Apple laptops don't have an internal drive. This drive has worked perfectly so far.

Love this, no more editing on external disc drive, this SSD is just like having zillion of space on the computer. My Mac Studio has 4 To but sometimes I end-up having to edit multiple projet around the same period. I used to edit on a 8 To disc drive but it's just anoying when it pauses and you have to wait for it to wake up...

I must admit that I was skeptical about having to utilize an external device, as opposed to have my Superdrive within my Mac repaired.Many DVD writers on the market will not work if you have a computer that has an optical drive within, regardless of whether it is functional or not. I made the mistake of thinking that I had to install the disc that comes with the unit.there is NO need to do anything with this disc, you just simply have to put in a DVD, and it will play.I am able to use the controls of my computer to operate the DVD Player.It's as if my internal player never had a problem.An excellent machine that does exactly what you want.

I have 31 external hard drives connected to my computer through 9 of these hubs and they work fine.

This is the top of the product line (for external back-up drives), and an excellent companion for an Apple Time Machine.

I'm using this as an external scratch drive for my MBP, as I'm not a fan of Apple's ridiculous prices on internal drives, but I digress. Install this into a thunderbolt housing and you're set! I average near 3GB speeds both read and write, and that works just fine for me... loving it!

I did miss having a built in reader/player, the Apple external drives need to go directly into the Mac, not a hub, and is hard wired with a short usb cable. Being powered, this drive can use a hub, and has a generous wire. Looking forward to larger storage options with Blu-Ray too.

I use it to connect any external drives, the mouse and anything else that uses a USB type-A to my Apple Powerbook. It's great and doesn't take too much space.

For those of us who need to use more than one external back-up drive, for whom CD/DVD drives are important, who need to use an external mouse, Apple's obsession with making everything thin at the cost of connectivity and other functions presents real problems. This hub answers a number of needs well.