
- #Cd drives for mac book air via usb drive drivers#
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#Cd drives for mac book air via usb drive portable#
The WinToUSB takes such longer because of how it extracts files into their directories (instead of just doing a file copy), but it has made getting Windows installed on crappy WinPCs a cake walk. ROOFULL External CD/DVD +/-RW Drive USB 3.0 Type-C Premium Portable DVD CD ROM Player Reader Writer Burner Optical Drive for Apple Mac MacBook Pro/ Air, Windows 11/10/8/7 Laptop Computer, Silver. MS offers an option for the former, but usually it comes back saying it couldn't make the drive bootable. Memory sticks, commonly referred to as flash or thumb drives, use a USB connection to transfer and receive data from computers. External DVD Drive for Laptop, Portable High-Speed USB-C & USB 3.0 CD Burner/DVD Reader Writer for PC Desktops, Compatible with Windows/Mac OS X/Linux.

The first one is great for taking, say, a Win ISO and making it into a football flash drive, and the latter will allow you to take a Win ISO and make it into a pre-installed OS-not just an installer-that you can then put into into another machine. the old hard drive, you will plug that in via Firewire or USB, (Note: USB is.
#Cd drives for mac book air via usb drive drivers#
Fortunately, Apple provides the drivers for running Windows on a Mac, as part of its BootCamp software. Pretty clever.PS: Segue, for those that are looking that are looking for slick ways to get Win ISO and installations without having to burn bootable DVDs, Ive had a lot of success with the following apps: Note: Older Macs using ATA type drives may require you to configure the new. The MacBook Air SuperDrive has unique firmware which prevents it from being properly recognized as a plug and play optical USB drive by Windows.

I was surprised to see this is possible over a LAN with a WinPC. on a data storage device (usually a hard disk drive or solid-state drive).
#Cd drives for mac book air via usb drive pro#
I almost didn't click on this article because 1) this hasn't been an issue for me in a very long time, and 2) I thought it was a well-worn topic built into macOS since around the MacBook Air launch. Re-enable Auto Boot Feature on MacBook Pro and MacBook Air Your Mac is going.
