Hi Eric, Lynne recently posed this question and Nic supplied the answer of a firmware fix so that your SuperDrive can be recognized on the MacBook. You can find that post by using the Mail Archive link at the bottom of each post, and typing into the search text box: "from:Nicolai superdrive" Then press return, and the first linked entry will be the post that you want: • Re: Apple MacBook Air SuperDrive & MacBook Pro Don't Get Along Together! http://www.mail-archive.com/[email protected]/msg10233.html
The search is case insensitive, so you don't have to capitalize Nic's name. You can also leave a space between the colon that follows "from" and the name you type in, if you prefer. If you wanted to search for a name with spaces in between, you'd need to but that name in quotation marks. For example, I could have searched for Nic's posts by typing: from:"Nicolai Svendsen" And the name in the search field has to be how the post is identified in the "From:" field of mail -- since Colin's posts are from "Red.Falcon" I could search for these as "from:red". To get back to the subject of the SuperDrive, once you apply the fix that Nic described, your MacBook should also recognize the SuperDrive. There should be no problems using the SuperDrive with the MacBook Air, since it was designed for that machine. The only issue is how to make the SuperDrive recognizable by other computers. Also, for new users, you can create a bookmark to the Mail Archive site, but you can also create a web shortcut file that you access from your Desktop or the Dock for this, or any other URL. It's been discussed on this list before, but it's easier to point to the instructions that John Panarese saved on his "macfortheblind.com" web site under tips and tricks for the Mac. (I just Google "macfortheblind tips and tricks".) Here's the link to that page: • Tips and Tricks for the Mac and OS X | MacForTheBlind http://macfortheblind.com/Tips-and-Tricks-for-the-Mac Go to the heading on "Web Shortcut Files" for instructions on how to create a 3-line web shortcut file with TextEdit that you can place on your Desktop or Dock, or mail to someone. When you open this file, Safari (or whatever is your default web browser) will open a window at this web page. You can also use these on Windows machines. I'll paste in the directions here: 1. From Finder, press Command-Shift-A to navigate to your Applications folder 2. Press “t” to navigate to TextEdit, and open it with Command-Down arrow or Command-O 3. If you’re using the default TextEdit settings, press Command-Shift-T to switch from rich text to plain text format. 4. Type the following three lines, noting that for the third line you will simply be pressing the return key: A. [InternetShortcut] B. URL=https://nlsbard.loc.gov/ C. enter key 5. Save the file with Command-S, and if you want it saved to your Desktop press Command-Shift-D. Type in a name in the text box like “bard.url” (without the quotes), and press return. You’ll be asked to confirm that you want to use the “.url” extension instead of “.txt”‘; just press return to accept this. 6. Close the file with Command-W If you want to save this to your dock, locate the file in Finder and use the shortcut Command-Shift-T. You can navigate to the dock with either VO-D or Control-F3, and you can navigate to the folder and files section of the dock with Command-Fn-Right arrow. I assume this is Command-End on a full size keyboard. Command-Fn-Right arrow and Left arrow cycles you through the three sections of the dock: applications, files and folders, and trash, in either forward or reverse order. Command-Fn-Down arrow (where Fn-Down Arrow is Page down on a full-size keyboard) takes you to the Trash folder, and Command-Fn-Up arrow (where Fn-Up Arrow is Page up on a full-size keyboard) takes you to the first item in the applications section when you are navigating in your dock. And of course, you can also reorder the items in your dock. The link to the tips and tricks page at macfortheblind.com has an entry under the heading: "Arranging Items on the Dock with VoiceOver" you can read for more details. HTH. Sorry to get off to other details. Cheers, Esther On Jul 8, 2012, at 9:24 AM, Eric Caron wrote: > Hi Listers, > > My next Mac will not have a internal Super drive. I purchased a super > drive in advance of my new machines arrival. I wanted to test it out on my > Mac book but it does not seem to recognize it. When I go to disk utility it > recognizes one super drive, the one in the Mac Book. is there a way for me > to see and test the new Super drive? When I plug in the USB I hear a short > click and that is it. I'm assuming there is no on off switch on this compact > device. > > Tips are very much wanted. > > thanks, > > Eric Caron > <--- Mac Access At Mac Access Dot Net ---> To reply to this post, please address your message to [email protected] You can find an archive of all messages posted to the Mac-Access forum at either the list's own dedicated web archive: <http://mail.tft-bbs.co.uk/pipermail/mac-access/index.html> or at the public Mail Archive: <http://www.mail-archive.com/[email protected]/>. Subscribe to the list's RSS feed from: <http://www.mail-archive.com/[email protected]/maillist.xml> The Mac-Access mailing list is guaranteed malware, spyware, Trojan, virus and worm-free! Please remember to update your membership options periodically by visiting the list website at: <http://mail.tft-bbs.co.uk/mailman/listinfo/mac-access/options/>
