Felipe Esposito wrote on 9to5Mac that it is no longer possible to buy the Apple SuperDrive through the Apple Store in the United States. While there has been no official announcement, it appears that Apple is selling out existing stock with no intention of making any more. The SuperDrive is a USB CD and DVD player that you can connect to your Mac with a USB-A port. Back in the day, they were essential with operating system and software were issued on CD.

I have one in a drawer that I use infrequently. Just recently, I bought some Jamey Aebersold music books that came with accompanying tracks on CD. Using my SuperDrive, I installed the tracks into Apple Music and made them available for my next practice session.

While I understand that Apple feels it’s time to discontinue this 2008 product, I’m still a little sad. I bought mine around 2010, and now I’m just hoping I can get another 14 years out of it.