The NOLYTH external CD/DVD drive for laptop is made of full aluminium alloy and features a USB Type-C connector. Its grey aluminium casing matches the material of your Mac, MacBook Air or MacBook Pro perfectly.

This USB C DVD drive external for Mac comes with a free USB 3.0 adapter and is a good solution for using this CD/DVD external drive on computers with USB and USB-C ports and easily use this USB DVD drive external on some laptops without a USB-C port.

Well workmanship, Specially Designed. This CD DVD external drive for laptop is also a great choice as a gift. High-end atmosphere, sleek and compact, portable slim!

This CD ROM external drive for PC is not only a CD/DVD player but also an CD/DVD burner, supports reading and writing of CD±R/RW, DVD±RW, DVD±R, CD-ROM, DVD-ROM, DVD-RAM, DVD±R DL, VCD-ROM and SVCD.

This external CD drive for Mac features a USB-C high-speed interface with a maximum speed of 10 Gbps, providing stable performance and strong fault tolerance. It is shockproof, low-noise, anti-interference and highly durable. This CD ROM external drive for laptop adopted unique intelligent burning technology with a maximum DVD-ROM read speed of 8X, a maximum CD-ROM read speed of 24X, a maximum CD-R write speed of 8X and a maximum DVD±R write speed of 8X. This external CD/DVD drive for Mac is equipped with brand new chip and strong error-correction ability.

Support:CD±R/RW, DVD±RW, DVD±R, CD-ROM, DVD-ROM, DVD-RAM, DVD±R DL, VCD-ROM and SVCD.

Read Speed:24x CD / 8x DVD

Write Speed: 24x CD / 8x DVD±R / 6x DVD±R DL

Rewrite Speed:16x CD / 6x DVD-RW / 8x DVD+RW

The size of this CD drive: 13.8 x 13.8 x 1.6cm

Nowadays, most PCs don't come with a built-in DVD/CD drive. As laptops become thinner and lighter, internal CD and DVD drives are becoming rare. However, many people still need a CD DVD drive for their PC to burn discs, convert their music to digital MP3 files and preserve their CD and DVD collections containing old photos and movies. Such as store and back up data; copy files; play classical music CDs and DVD movies; view old photos and preserve family images(such as family DVDs: wedding videos/photos, birthday parties, Christmas night or other celebrating days, etc.); install software(the new Windows 11 or older Windows system or other application system); learning software, operating systems, drivers or old games; or read game discs and educational data discs(school class teaching DVDs and student study DVDs); Burn/Rip CDs and DVDs(such as burning downloaded music to CDs, burning images or videos to disks, backing up your CD collections to a computer and uploading them to iTunes, and so on).

So the NOLYTH USB C superdrive for Apple is therefore a great option. It provides you with fast data transfer speeds and stable performance. This CD reader for laptop is not just a simple CD/DVD player for playing music and movies; it's also a burner, writer, rewriter and ripper recorder.

Whether you have a laptop or desktop computer running Windows (11, 10, 8, 7, Vista or XP), a Linux OS, or all versions of Mac OS(including MacBook Pro, MacBook Air, iMac, Mac Mini, Mac Apple), this CD burner for Mac has you covered. Simply plug it into your laptop's USB or USB Type-C port and insert your CDs or DVDs and it will be detected automatically. For Windows, you can see the DVD RW drive icon in Windows Explorer; and for Mac, the icon appears on the desktop. You can use media player software such as Windows Media Player, Apple Music, iTunes, or VideoLAN VLC Player, as well as burning or ripping software, to read or write your discs.

This CD drive external USB supports play and burn both CDs and DVDs whether you're at the office or on the road. After we installed this external DVD player for laptop, put CDs/DVDs inside this DVD player for laptop, you can use a playback software, burning software and ripping software to complete various tasks such as watching DVD movies, burning/ripping CDs & DVDs, installing software/system/games, backing up data to discs, and more.

Portable slim, sleek and compact, this external DVD drive for pc slips easily into your travel bag when you hit the road and takes up little space on your desk or tray table when you’re working. Just plug this external CD/DVD drive for pc directly into your USB C/USB port and this DVD drive USB external will be detected. Insert a disc inside this external CD drive for laptop, it will play automatically, don’t need to install software to set up DVD driver. ( NOTE: There must be a playback software in computer system.)

NOLYTH external CD drive is wide compatible with Windows and all versions of Mac OS. We can use this external CD/DVD drive for laptop Windows 11 on almost all computers including MacBook Pro, MacBook Air, iMac, Mac Mini, Windows laptop, ASUS, Lenovo, HP, LG, Thinkpad and desktop PCs, etc. Only if there are equipped with Windows OS, Mac OS and Linux OS, this external DVD drive for laptop will quickly show up on your computer.

NOTE: This USB CD drive is not compatible with Chromebooks, TVs, cars, tablets, iPads, PS4/5s, Xboxes, Switches, projectors, Surface (some models), Blu-ray discs or 4K discs.

Playing CDs & DVDs :

on Windows OS: You can use Windows Media Player software to play audio CDs and data DVDs (Windows 11 requires a network). If you want to play video/movie DVDs, download the free VideoLAN VLC player from the official VLC website, launch the VLC media player, click on "Media" in the top menu, select "Open Disc...", make sure "DVD" is selected, then click on "Play". If you want to use another media player to play video DVDs, please set the region code before playing, scroll down to check the region code instructions. on Mac OS: After you insert the audio CD into your DVD burner external, the Apple Music app should open automatically and begin playing the CD. If not, you can open the Music app manually and select the CD in the Devices sidebar. If you prefer, you can use VLC Media Player. For video DVDs, open VLC Media Player by going to File > Open Disc... or simply drag the DVD icon into the VLC window. VLC can handle most DVD formats and regions.

Best CD & DVD Burning/Ripping Software

for Windows OS: Free audio CD burning software (Windows Media Player, CDBurnerXP and ImgBurn); Free audio CD ripping software (Windows Media Player, iTunes, CDex, Exact Audio Copy [EAC]); Free video DVD burning software (ImgBurn, BurnAware Free, CDBurnerXP, Freemake Video Converter, or HandBrake software); Free video DVD ripping software (HandBrake, MakeMKV, VLC Media Player, Freemake Video Converter). on Mac OS: Free audio CD burning software (Apple Music, old iTunes, Burn, Express Burn); Free audio CD ripping software (Apple Music, old iTunes, X Lossless Decoder, HandBrake, Audacity); Free video DVD burning software (Burn, HandBrake, iDVD (Legacy), DVDStyler, iDVD [for old Mac]); Free video DVD ripping software (MakeMKV, HandBrake with VLC - use VLC to read the DVD, and HandBrake to convert and rip it to the format you want).

Mac OS has a built-in burning function: Connect the USB CD/DVD external drive, insert a blank disc, then click 'File' in the top menu and select 'New Burn Folder. Drag the files you want to burn into this folder, click 'Burn to Disc,' and eject the disc when finished. Note that Mac OS only supports burning to blank discs, and each disc can only be burned once.

For troubleshooting steps Please check if your computer recognises to the USB DVD drive external (if your computer recognises the CD burner, you can see the icon of "DVD RW Drive" icon in "My Computer" on your computer. The Mac OS computer will not display the device icon until the disc is inserted into in the CD burner for laptop and the disc is successfully read).

If the DVD burner is not recognised by the computer, the following solutions are suggested. *Method 1: Check the external connections. 1. Use the Type C cables or with the USB 3.0 adapter to connect the laptop. 2. Connect the machine to other USB ports. *Method 2: Update or reinstall the driver. The driver for your external DVD drive for Mac is included in the operating system, so you do not need to install a specific driver. Uninstalling the driver and restarting the computer will reinstall the driver and resolve most device driver issues. *Method 3: Run the Hardware and Devices troubleshooter (Windows 7, Windows 8, Windows 8.1, and Windows 10) You can run the Windows Hardware and Devices Troubleshooter, which is built into Microsoft Windows. The Hardware and Devices troubleshooter is only available in Microsoft Windows 7, Windows 8/8.1, and Windows 10.