You can use it like a local disk drive for everything except music or, possibly, DVDs with movies on them. For some reason, Apple disallows using remote Disk to play, transfer, or otherwise manage music on CDs. I don't know for sure, but they may apply the same limitations to movies as well. Still, you can burn, copy, and perform other tasks; I mostly use this for installations on the rare occasion something is on a CD. On Dec 5, 2013, at 11:18 AM, Chris H <christopher...@gmail.com> wrote:
> This sounds awesome! So what can I do with Remote Disc? I only have one Mac a > Macbook Pro but I do have a Pc here. Any ideas greatly appreciated. Thanks! > > On 05/12/2013 15:11, Alex Hall wrote: >> That's complicated… Why not just use Remote Disk? Enable the feature under >> Sharing in your System Preferences. Put the disk into the drive, give it a >> minute, and then find "remote disk" on the sidebar of your MBA's Finder. >> Both machines need to be on the same wifi network, but it should work. I >> installed Windows on Fusion this way, using an old Mac Mini as the drive and >> loading it onto my Air. You can even download a utility to do this on a >> Windows machine if you need to. >> On Dec 4, 2013, at 11:39 PM, Sandi Jazmin Kruse <sandi1...@gmail.com> wrote: >> >>> hi, you can do just like i have done with my mba and the mac pro, but >>> it is a little complicated. >>> On the other hand if you do as i tell you too, you ought too be un >>> and run in a few hours. >>> First of all you gotta make an image outta your dvddrive, we will use >>> your mac with a dvddrive for this. Open a terminal under utilities. >>> and here is where it gets a little complex. >>> type "mount" it will look a little like this >>> >>> sandras-MacBook-Air:MacOS sandra$ mount >>> /dev/disk0s2 on / (hfs, local, journaled) >>> devfs on /dev (devfs, local, nobrowse) >>> map -hosts on /net (autofs, nosuid, automounted, nobrowse) >>> map auto_home on /home (autofs, automounted, nobrowse) >>> sandras-MacBook-Air:MacOS sandra$ >>> okay, since i don't have a cd-rom drive on the mba it is not being >>> shown, but if you can lay the dvd in your mac, and type mount i can >>> tell you which drive too use. >>> Anyways, after you have found the right drive you will type something like >>> this >>> dd if=dev/dvd/path/ of=/place/for/the/new.iso >>> your drive will start up, and run for a few minutes, after that is >>> outta the way, you have your brand new image where you placed it , lay >>> it on an usb or something like that. >>> If you are using vmware you should be fine from here. If that aint >>> working out just write again >>> :) >>> >>> >>> best >>> >>> /Sandi >>> >>> >>> On 12/4/13, Blake Sinnett <frequency...@hotmail.com> wrote: >>>> Hello, >>>> >>>> I think I remember hearing you could do this too, but the process of >>>> setting >>>> >>>> it up wasn't possible without eye balls so I didn't investigate it much >>>> more. There is also a way to install from a USB flash drive on newer Macs. >>>> I >>>> >>>> know that an USB DVD drive works, as I have to use this method since the >>>> DVD >>>> >>>> drive on my Mac mini has issues. >>>> >>>> Blake >>>> >>>> >>>> -------------------------------------------------- >>>> From: "Kimberly thurman" <kkthur...@hotmail.com> >>>> Sent: Wednesday, December 04, 2013 5:53 PM >>>> To: <macvisionaries@googlegroups.com> >>>> Subject: Installing Windows 7 on an MBA using the DVD drive from a Macbook >>>> Pro >>>> >>>>> Is this possible? I don’t have a portable external DVD drive. Seems as >>>>> though I recall hearing it is possible somewhere. >>>>> >>>>> Thanks in advance for any help! >>>>> >>>>> -- >>>>> You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups >>>>> >>>>> "MacVisionaries" group. >>>>> To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an >>>>> >>>>> email to macvisionaries+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. >>>>> To post to this group, send email to macvisionaries@googlegroups.com. >>>>> Visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/macvisionaries. >>>>> For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/groups/opt_out. >>>>> >>>> >>>> -- >>>> You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups >>>> "MacVisionaries" group. >>>> To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an >>>> email to macvisionaries+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. >>>> To post to this group, send email to macvisionaries@googlegroups.com. >>>> Visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/macvisionaries. >>>> For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/groups/opt_out. >>>> >>> >>> -- >>> You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups >>> "MacVisionaries" group. >>> To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an >>> email to macvisionaries+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. >>> To post to this group, send email to macvisionaries@googlegroups.com. >>> Visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/macvisionaries. >>> For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/groups/opt_out. >> >> >> >> Have a great day, >> Alex (msg sent from Mac Mini) >> mehg...@gmail.com >> >> >> > > -- > You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups > "MacVisionaries" group. > To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an > email to macvisionaries+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. > To post to this group, send email to macvisionaries@googlegroups.com. > Visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/macvisionaries. > For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/groups/opt_out. 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