{"id":22689,"date":"2014-02-04T11:01:01","date_gmt":"2014-02-04T17:01:01","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/eshop.macsales.com\/blog\/?p=22689"},"modified":"2014-05-22T13:21:46","modified_gmt":"2014-05-22T18:21:46","slug":"owc-has-optical-options-for-your-optical-less-mac","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/eshop.macsales.com\/blog\/22689-owc-has-optical-options-for-your-optical-less-mac\/","title":{"rendered":"OWC Has Optical Options for Your &#8216;Optical-Less&#8217; Mac"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignright size-medium wp-image-22695\" alt=\"blurayexternal\" src=\"https:\/\/eshop.macsales.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/02\/blurayexternal-300x179.jpg\" width=\"300\" height=\"179\" \/><\/p>\n<p>Over recent years, Apple has slowly phased out optical drives from its Mac lineup. In fact, the non-Retina MacBook Pro is the only Mac that currently ships with an optical drive. 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Obviously, optical drives are great when it comes to making easy and affordable to back up files for long-term storage. But there are many other benefits such as installing disc-based software, ripping audio CDs instead of re-buying digitally, sending files without network access, or sending <a href=\"https:\/\/eshop.macsales.com\/blog\/3563-suggested-new-years-resolution-backup-your-photos-and-videos\">pictures and videos<\/a> to family members for cheaper and more permanent access.\u00a0And with Blu-ray disc capacities up to 128GB, you can fit a ton of data on a single disc.<\/p>\n<p>With OWC\u2019s range of high-performance internal and external <a href=\"https:\/\/eshop.macsales.com\/shop\/optical-drives\/superdrives\/\">optical drive upgrade\/replacement solutions<\/a>, you can burn CDs, DVDs and BD-R discs. You can even get the ultimate all-in-one for high capacity drive, media reader and Blu-ray optical drive with the <a href=\"https:\/\/eshop.macsales.com\/shop\/ministack_max\">miniStack MAX<\/a>. And once you get your optical drive from OWC, we can show you how to burn your <a href=\"https:\/\/eshop.macsales.com\/articles\/howto-burn-bluray-toast\">HD movies to Blu-ray disc using Toast<\/a> and how to <a href=\"https:\/\/eshop.macsales.com\/blog\/12010-play-blu-ray-movies-on-your-mac-without-converting-them-first\">play Blu-ray movies<\/a> on your Mac without converting them first!<\/p>\n<p>So check out OWC&#8217;s <a href=\"https:\/\/eshop.macsales.com\/Search\/?Ntk=Primary&amp;Ns=P_Popularity%7c1&amp;Ne=5000&amp;N=6866&amp;N2=6866&amp;Ntt=internal+optical\">internal<\/a>, and portable and desktop\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/eshop.macsales.com\/Search\/?Ntk=Primary&amp;Ns=P_Popularity%7c1&amp;Ne=5000&amp;N=6866&amp;N2=6866&amp;Ntt=external+optical\">external<\/a> solutions and opt to bring optical back in to your digital life!<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Over recent years, Apple has slowly phased out optical drives from its Mac lineup. 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