Editing IDVD (section)

== Limitations ==
Until version 3.0.1, iDVD could only run on [[Macintosh|Macs]] with a built-in SuperDrive. In July 2002, Apple-certified vendor [[Other World Computing]], which sold third-party external DVD drives, released a "DVD Enabler" patch that allowed iDVD to work with their Mercury Pro drive and presented iDVD compatibility as a selling point. In response, Apple threatened a [[Digital Millennium Copyright Act|DMCA]] lawsuit, and OWC backed down, withdrawing DVD Enabler. Journalists criticized the SuperDrive restriction, with ''Ars Technica''{{'s}} editor-in-chief calling it a "scheme to promote hardware sales".<ref name=":2" /><ref>{{Cite web |last=Fisher |first=Ken |date=2002-08-29 |title=Apple stymies some potential iDVD users |url=https://arstechnica.com/uncategorized/2002/08/1580-2/ |access-date=2023-05-13 |website=Ars Technica |language=en-us |archive-date=May 13, 2023 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230513140359/https://arstechnica.com/uncategorized/2002/08/1580-2/ |url-status=live }}</ref>

iDVD 3.0.1 gained the ability to run on Macs without a SuperDrive, though on these machines, it could only create and save projects, not burn them to a disc.<ref>{{cite web |last1=Carlson |first1=Jeff |title=Using iDVD 3.0.1 on Non-SuperDrive Macs |url=https://tidbits.com/2003/07/28/using-idvd-3-0-1-on-non-superdrive-macs/ |website=TidBITS |access-date=17 May 2023 |language=en |date=28 July 2003}}</ref> iDVD 5 remained unable to burn DVDs with third-party drives, though it gained the ability to save finished projects as a [[disk image]], which could be burned with third-party drives using other applications like [[Roxio Toast]].<ref name="Carlson5.0"/><ref name="iDVD5BurningSecret"/> iDVD 6 added the ability to burn DVDs with third-party drives.<ref name=":3" />