Download and install Apple Inc. Apple External Optical Disc Drive driver

Apple External Optical Disc Drive is a USB Universal Serial Bus device. The developer of this driver was Apple Inc.. USB/Vid_05AC&Pid_1500 is the matching hardware id of this device.

1. Apple Inc. Apple External Optical Disc Drive - install the driver manually

1. Download the setup file for Apple Inc. Apple External Optical Disc Drive driver from the location below. This download link is for the driver version 3.1.0.0 dated 2010-05-17.
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3. Start the driver setup file from a Windows account with administrative rights. If your User Access Control (UAC) is running then you will have to accept of the driver and run the setup with administrative rights.
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5. Go through the driver setup wizard, which should be quite straightforward. The driver setup wizard will analyze your PC for compatible devices and will install the driver.
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7. Shutdown and restart your computer and enjoy the fresh driver, it is as simple as that.
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This driver is digitally signed by the manufacturer.
The file size of this driver is 1890717 bytes (1.80 MB)
This driver was installed by many users and received an average rating of 5 stars out of 63300 votes.
This driver is compatible with the following versions of Windows:

• This driver works on Windows 2000 64 bits
• This driver works on Windows Server 2003 64 bits
• This driver works on Windows XP 64 bits
• This driver works on Windows Vista 64 bits
• This driver works on Windows 7 64 bits
• This driver works on Windows 8 64 bits
• This driver works on Windows 8.1 64 bits
• This driver works on Windows 10 64 bits
• This driver works on Windows 11 64 bits

2. The easy way: using DriverMax to install Apple Inc. Apple External Optical Disc Drive driver

The most important advantage of using DriverMax is that it will install the driver for you in the easiest possible way and it will keep each driver up to date, not just this one. How easy can you install a driver with DriverMax? Let's see!

1. Open DriverMax and press on the yellow button that says ~SCAN FOR DRIVER UPDATES NOW~. Wait for DriverMax to scan and analyze each driver on your PC.
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3. Take a look at the list of detected driver updates. Scroll the list down until you locate the Apple Inc. Apple External Optical Disc Drive driver. Click the Update button.
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5. That's all, the driver is now installed!
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