Once the system has restarted, you should now be able to use your USB SuperDrive. I dont know for sure it was due to this software in particularI got. Type shutdown -r now, and then press return. Tried it out on a Dell Inspiron Mini 1010, and after a bit effort, the laptop was bricked.
Type csrutil enable, and then press return. It just didnt occur to me that this thing could possibly not just work with any Mac, so I didnt even ask before buying. Type vi /Volumes/Macintosh\ HD/Library/Preferences/SystemConfiguration/, and then press return.Īdd the mbasd=1 flag to the 'Kernel Flags' string, and save the file. And I didnt want to carry that around, so I left it at home and bought a shiny new MacBook Air SuperDrive (by 2012, Apple USB SuperDrive) for the office. Type plutil -convert xml1 /Volumes/Macintosh\ HD/Library/Preferences/SystemConfiguration/, and then press return. Type csrutil disable, and then press return. Once booted into the GUI, click on the 'Options' menu, and select 'Terminal'. I discovered this is a fast and simple way to enable a USB SuperDrive on El Capitan:Ĭlick on the '' (Apple) menu, select 'Restart.', and then hold '⌘' (Command) and 'R' at the same time until the progress bar appears.
