<s>
SuperDrive	B-Device
is	O
the	O
product	O
name	O
for	O
a	O
floppy	B-Device
disk	I-Device
drive	I-Device
and	O
later	O
an	O
optical	O
disk	O
drive	O
made	O
and	O
marketed	O
by	O
Apple	O
Inc	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
name	O
was	O
initially	O
used	O
for	O
what	O
Apple	O
called	O
their	O
high-density	O
floppy	B-Device
disk	I-Device
drive	I-Device
,	O
and	O
later	O
for	O
the	O
internal	O
CD	O
and	O
DVD	O
drive	O
integrated	O
with	O
Apple	O
computers	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Though	O
Apple	O
no	O
longer	O
manufactures	O
computers	O
that	O
feature	O
built-in	O
SuperDrives	B-Device
,	O
the	O
name	O
is	O
still	O
used	O
when	O
referring	O
to	O
Apple	O
's	O
external	O
CD	O
and	O
DVD	O
drive	O
accessory	O
(	O
pictured	O
)	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
term	O
was	O
first	O
used	O
by	O
Apple	O
Computer	O
in	O
1988	O
to	O
refer	O
to	O
their	O
1.44MB	O
3.5inch	O
floppy	B-Device
drive	I-Device
.	O
</s>
<s>
This	O
replaced	O
the	O
older	O
800	O
KB	O
floppy	B-Device
drive	I-Device
that	O
had	O
been	O
standard	O
in	O
the	O
Macintosh	B-Device
up	O
to	O
then	O
,	O
but	O
remained	O
compatible	O
in	O
that	O
it	O
could	O
continue	O
to	O
read	O
and	O
write	O
both	O
800KB	O
(	O
double-sided	O
)	O
and	O
400KB	O
(	O
single-sided	O
)	O
floppy	B-Device
disks	I-Device
,	O
as	O
well	O
as	O
the	O
newer	O
high-density	O
floppies	B-Device
.	O
</s>
<s>
This	O
drive	O
was	O
also	O
capable	O
of	O
reading	O
and	O
writing	O
MS-DOS	B-Application
formatted	O
disks	O
and	O
FAT12	O
file	O
formats	O
,	O
using	O
PC	B-Operating_System
Exchange	I-Operating_System
or	O
other	O
software	O
,	O
unlike	O
the	O
400KB	O
and	O
800KB	O
drives	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
This	O
was	O
made	O
possible	O
as	O
the	O
SuperDrive	B-Device
now	O
utilitized	O
the	O
same	O
MFM	B-Protocol
(	O
Modified	B-Protocol
Frequency	I-Protocol
Modulation	I-Protocol
)	O
encoding	O
scheme	O
used	O
by	O
the	O
IBM	O
PC	O
,	O
yet	O
still	O
retained	O
backward	O
compatibility	O
with	O
Apple	O
's	O
variable-speed	O
zoned	B-Architecture
CAV	I-Architecture
scheme	O
and	O
group	B-Device
coded	I-Device
recording	I-Device
encoding	O
format	O
,	O
so	O
it	O
could	O
continue	O
to	O
read	O
Macintosh	B-Device
MFS	B-Application
,	O
HFS	B-Application
and	O
Apple	B-Device
II	I-Device
ProDOS	B-Operating_System
formats	O
on	O
400/800KB	O
disks	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Introduced	O
in	O
1988	O
under	O
the	O
Trademark	O
name	O
FDHD	B-Device
(	O
Floppy	B-Device
Disk	I-Device
High	O
Density	O
)	O
,	O
the	O
subsequently	O
renamed	O
SuperDrive	B-Device
was	O
known	O
primarily	O
as	O
an	O
internally	O
mounted	O
floppy	B-Device
drive	I-Device
that	O
was	O
part	O
of	O
the	O
Macintosh	B-Device
computer	I-Device
;	O
however	O
,	O
an	O
external	O
version	O
of	O
the	O
drive	O
was	O
manufactured	O
that	O
came	O
in	O
a	O
Snow	O
White-styled	O
plastic	O
case	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
While	O
the	O
external	O
drive	O
worked	O
on	O
both	O
Apple	O
's	O
product	O
lines	O
,	O
it	O
was	O
mainly	O
intended	O
for	O
use	O
on	O
the	O
Apple	B-Device
II	I-Device
series	O
,	O
for	O
which	O
Apple	O
introduced	O
in	O
1991	O
a	O
slot-based	O
interface	O
called	O
the	O
Apple	B-Device
II	I-Device
3.5	O
Disk	O
Controller	O
Card	O
for	O
Apple	B-Device
IIe	I-Device
and	O
IIGS	B-Device
computers	O
so	O
they	O
too	O
could	O
use	O
1.40MB	O
storage	O
and	O
read/write	O
MS-DOS	B-Application
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
controller	O
card	O
as	O
well	O
as	O
the	O
external	O
Superdrive	B-Device
were	O
discontinued	O
in	O
June	O
1994	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
SuperDrive	B-Device
cannot	O
be	O
used	O
with	O
the	O
original	O
four	O
Mac	B-Device
models	O
(	O
Macintosh	B-Device
128K	I-Device
through	O
Macintosh	B-Device
Plus	I-Device
)	O
,	O
as	O
their	O
disk	O
controller	O
(	O
the	O
IWM	B-Device
)	O
does	O
n't	O
support	O
high	O
density	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
next	O
two	O
models	O
to	O
be	O
released	O
(	O
Macintosh	B-Device
II	I-Device
&	O
Macintosh	B-Device
SE	I-Device
(	O
1987	O
)	O
)	O
also	O
shipped	O
with	O
that	O
controller	O
;	O
a	O
SuperDrive	B-Device
connected	O
to	O
them	O
will	O
behave	O
as	O
an	O
800KB	O
drive	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
These	O
two	O
models	O
can	O
be	O
upgraded	O
via	O
the	O
M0244	O
upgrade	O
kit	O
(	O
which	O
replaces	O
the	O
IWM	B-Device
disk	O
controller	O
with	O
the	O
SWIM	O
)	O
and	O
gain	O
full	O
use	O
of	O
the	O
SuperDrive	B-Device
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
first	O
Macintosh	B-Device
model	O
to	O
include	O
a	O
SuperDrive	B-Device
floppy	B-Device
drive	I-Device
was	O
the	O
Macintosh	B-Device
IIx	I-Device
(	O
1988	O
)	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Every	O
Macintosh	B-Device
and	O
PowerBook	B-Device
introduced	O
from	O
1988	O
to	O
1997	O
(	O
with	O
the	O
exception	O
of	O
the	O
PowerBook	B-Device
100	I-Device
,	O
PowerBook	B-Device
Duo	I-Device
series	O
,	O
and	O
PowerBook	B-Device
2400c	I-Device
,	O
which	O
offered	O
a	O
proprietary	O
external	O
floppy	B-Device
drive	I-Device
as	O
an	O
option	O
)	O
,	O
had	O
a	O
built-in	O
SuperDrive	B-Device
floppy	B-Device
drive	I-Device
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
last	O
model	O
to	O
include	O
one	O
was	O
the	O
beige	O
Power	B-Device
Macintosh	I-Device
G3	I-Device
series	O
,	O
which	O
was	O
manufactured	O
until	O
January	O
1999	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
PowerBook	B-Device
G3	I-Device
1998	O
model	O
(	O
a.k.a.	O
</s>
<s>
Wallstreet	O
)	O
had	O
an	O
optional	O
floppy	B-Device
drive	I-Device
module	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
PowerBook	B-Device
190	I-Device
series	O
,	O
PowerBook	B-Device
5300	I-Device
Series	O
,	O
PowerBook	B-Device
3400c	I-Device
,	O
and	O
original	O
PowerBook	B-Device
G3	I-Device
shared	O
the	O
same	O
interchangeable	O
floppy	B-Device
drive	I-Device
module	O
as	O
a	O
standard	O
feature	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
drive	O
as	O
mounted	O
on	O
PowerBooks	B-Device
lacked	O
the	O
auto-inject	O
feature	O
of	O
Apple	O
's	O
initial	O
desktop	O
SuperDrive	B-Device
implementation	O
,	O
requiring	O
the	O
user	O
to	O
manually	O
insert	O
the	O
disk	O
all	O
the	O
way	O
into	O
the	O
drive	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
PowerBook	B-Device
1400	I-Device
series	O
also	O
had	O
a	O
floppy	B-Device
drive	I-Device
module	O
,	O
but	O
was	O
incompatible	O
with	O
the	O
other	O
PowerBooks	B-Device
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
end	O
of	O
the	O
SuperDrive	B-Device
coincides	O
with	O
the	O
demise	O
of	O
Old	B-Device
World	I-Device
ROM	I-Device
Macs	B-Device
;	O
with	O
the	O
advent	O
of	O
the	O
New	B-Device
World	I-Device
ROM	I-Device
machines	O
,	O
Apple	O
stopped	O
offering	O
internal	O
floppy	B-Device
drives	I-Device
on	O
all	O
models	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
SuperDrive	B-Device
is	O
not	O
supported	O
in	O
Mac	B-Operating_System
OS	I-Operating_System
X	I-Operating_System
,	O
not	O
even	O
on	O
the	O
few	O
Old	B-Device
World	I-Device
ROM	I-Device
machines	O
that	O
can	O
officially	O
run	O
OS	B-Operating_System
X	I-Operating_System
.	O
</s>
<s>
Once	O
the	O
use	O
of	O
floppy	B-Device
disks	I-Device
started	O
declining	O
,	O
Apple	O
reused	O
the	O
trademark	O
to	O
refer	O
to	O
the	O
optical	O
drives	O
built	O
into	O
its	O
Macintosh	B-Device
models	O
,	O
which	O
could	O
read	O
and	O
write	O
both	O
DVDs	O
and	O
CDs	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
early	O
2001	O
release	O
of	O
the	O
Power	B-Device
Mac	I-Device
G4	I-Device
was	O
the	O
first	O
Macintosh	B-Device
to	O
include	O
a	O
SuperDrive	B-Device
.	O
</s>
<s>
SuperDrives	B-Device
featured	O
6	O
–	O
24x	O
write	O
speeds	O
and	O
supported	O
the	O
DVD±R	O
,	O
DVD±RW	O
,	O
CD-R	O
,	O
and	O
CD-RW	O
formats	O
along	O
with	O
all	O
normal	O
read-only	O
media	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Some	O
drive	O
models	O
used	O
as	O
SuperDrives	B-Device
are	O
capable	O
of	O
using	O
DVD-RAM	O
but	O
on	O
these	O
drives	O
,	O
the	O
ability	O
to	O
write	O
to	O
these	O
discs	O
is	O
disabled	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
DVD±R	O
DL	O
Dual	O
Layer	O
DVD	O
did	O
not	O
come	O
out	O
until	O
2005	O
and	O
was	O
not	O
supported	O
on	O
the	O
SuperDrive	B-Device
until	O
the	O
release	O
of	O
early	O
2005	O
models	O
of	O
PowerMac	O
G5	O
which	O
came	O
with	O
updated	O
SuperDrives	B-Device
which	O
supported	O
DL	O
recording	O
on	O
DL	O
media	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Unlike	O
tray-style	O
disc	O
holders	O
which	O
have	O
an	O
inner	O
guide	O
ring	O
,	O
slot-style	O
drives	O
will	O
not	O
work	O
with	O
MiniCD	O
or	O
MiniDVD	B-Device
discs	O
(	O
8cm	O
diameter	O
instead	O
of	O
12cm	O
)	O
unless	O
an	O
8cm	O
optical	O
disc	O
adapter	O
is	O
used	O
and	O
extraction	O
of	O
the	O
disc	O
is	O
difficult	O
,	O
requiring	O
tweezers	O
,	O
use	O
of	O
a	O
card	O
with	O
double-sided	O
sticky	O
tape	O
,	O
or	O
complete	O
disassembly	O
of	O
it	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
MacBook	B-Device
Air	I-Device
,	O
released	O
on	O
January	O
29	O
,	O
2008	O
,	O
is	O
the	O
first	O
Macintosh	B-Device
to	O
not	O
include	O
a	O
SuperDrive	B-Device
after	O
it	O
became	O
standard	O
across	O
the	O
line	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Apple	O
began	O
phasing	O
SuperDrives	B-Device
out	O
across	O
the	O
Macintosh	B-Device
line	O
beginning	O
on	O
July	O
20	O
,	O
2011	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
updated	O
second	O
generation	O
13-inch	O
MacBook	B-Device
Pro	I-Device
,	O
released	O
on	O
June	O
11	O
,	O
2012	O
and	O
discontinued	O
on	O
October	O
27	O
,	O
2016	O
is	O
the	O
last	O
Macintosh	B-Device
to	O
include	O
a	O
SuperDrive	B-Device
while	O
the	O
Mid	O
2011	O
was	O
the	O
last	O
iMac	O
model	O
with	O
the	O
built	O
in	O
optical	O
drive	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Apple	O
has	O
sold	O
a	O
USB-connected	O
external	O
SuperDrive	B-Device
as	O
an	O
accessory	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
On	O
newer	O
Mac	B-Device
computers	I-Device
,	O
it	O
also	O
requires	O
the	O
additional	O
purchase	O
of	O
a	O
USB-C-to-USB-A	O
adapter	O
to	O
connect	O
.	O
</s>
