Usb superdrive installation?

Just wondering how to use my new USB Superdrive to play CD's. Is there some sort of installation process. It came with no instructions.

Try another CD, if it's a music CD then open iTunes and you can import the music into iTunes and store it on your computer. However without know what is on the CD I am just guessing. Perhaps a complete post with what you are attempting to do and the version of OS X installed would be helpful

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    Recently picked up a MackBook Pro, and too my dismay... No disc drive. The USB superdrive has a ton of very bad reviews on the Apple website so I'm extremely skeptical to try it for the rather steep price of $90.00. I did notice though that a lot of the reviews were from around 2012 or so. Just wondering if anyone knows whether or not Apple has made any modifications to the product since then to make it more compatible?
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  • Problem installing software using USB SuperDrive

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    I've tried to search previous enquiries, but from what I can see there are similar issues but not specifically one to match my problem... So thanks in advance of any help you can offer and apologies if I'm doing something really dumb....
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    The Disk Utility repair disk can't be run on the boot disk from the boot disk.  You must boot into another hard drive and run Disk Utility from it on your boot drive. Or you can try booting into the Recovery HD that Mt. Lion creates.  There you can run Disk Utility.  I'm not sure if you can repair disk with this method but it's worth a try. I've only used it to reinstall the system on my iMac. Apple - OS X Recovery restores your Mac with a few clicks.
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  • How to connect USB superdrive with macbook pro?

    How do I connect my USB SuperDrive with my MacBookPro?

    You should also ask this in the MacBook Pro forum. This is the forum for the white and black plastic MacBooks that were discontinued in 2010. You should also post this question there to increase your chances of getting an answer.
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    If you just bought the iMac and the Sjuperdrive take the superdrive back and get a refund. The by any other brand external DVD drive that connects by USB and try that. Most come with a Y USB cable to allow you to connect to 2 USB ports to supply enogh power to the drive IF Needed.
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