Last year we had shown that it was possible to change the USB bridge of Superdrive intended for MacBook Air to make it function with any Mac. Since then, we are not the only ones to try to simplify things and to use a software patch to do this.
A reader, Michael, found the way to do this, at least in an episodical way. If you connect this superdrive on something else besides the MacBook Air and you press the Alt key at startup to choose the boot disk, even if you choose the usual system disk, the Superdrive will be recognized and usable as long as you do not have to disconnect it or make a restart without pressing the Alt key again.
We remind you; Apple has decided to link it with the release of the MacBook Air because it is sold without margin, as a service accompanying this machine deprived of Superdrive.
