A DIY-minded Mac user by the handle of TnkGrl undertook the responsiblity of investigating the MacBook Air’s SuperDrive. As ArsTechnica reports, it seems by all accounts to be a normal external drive. But it only works with the MacBook Air. Now, gather round and hear the story of the “Mystery of the Superdrive.” Was the more »

If you purchased a lower end MacBook or MacBook Pro, it most likely has a 4x or 6x drive, and can only write single-layer DVDs. MCE technologies is offering an upgrade optical drive for both MacBooks and MacBook Pros, allowing existing users to get 8x speeds with dual-layer capacity. It supports DVD+R DL (Double Layer) more »

Apple has always been one to do things differently. Apparently, they made the external MacBook Air Superdrive different as well. It sounds like this drive can only work with your MBA, and not any other Macs or PCs. Now Apple didn’t do this to be mean. They wanted to create a Superdrive that could be more »

Have you ever inserted a disc into your Mac’s drive and then shut it down – completely forgetting that you had a disc in there? Disctop will prevent that from happening again. It’s a cool free app that displays a semi-transparent picture of a disc on your Mac’s desktop. What’s even cooler about it is more »