Will my imac superdrive work ok if i put it in an external usb enclosure?

Hi!
I have an optibay caddy to put in my iMac 27" so I can add a second SSD to my system... Question... Will OSX still recognise the superdrive and use it as normal if i put it in a slot loading external USB caddy?
Thanks for any advice in advance.
Mike

It may. It could. It should in theory. But none of us can guarantee it will. You will just need to give it a try. I would get a caddy that is guaranteed by its developer to work with a Mac.
Update -
Looking on the Optibay site, I see that they include a caddy for your Superdrive, with the Optibay, to do exactly this solution. So that should definitely work for you. They have developed it to do so.

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