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DVD or CD Sharing is usually unnecessary on the Mac that will be using another Mac's drive, but can sometimes play a role in getting it to work properly. Also note that Apple restricted the Remote Disc option (the ability to use another machine's optical drive) to devices that actually don't have an optical drive (Mac Mini, Macbook Air, etc.
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- If your Mac has a built-in optical drive, or if you connect an external DVD drive (for example, an Apple USB SuperDrive), you can burn files to CDs and DVDs to share your files with friends, move files between computers, or create backup files. Discs you burn on your Mac can also be used on Windows and other types of computers.
- Set up a Mac to share its optical drive On a Mac that has an optical drive connected, choose Apple menu System Preferences, then click Sharing. Select the DVD or CD Sharing checkbox. To be notified when a computer tries to access your optical drive, select “Ask me before allowing others to use my DVD drive.”.
- You can use a DVD or CD via another computer's optical drive by enabling DVD or CD sharing. You might want to do this if your Mac did not come with an optical drive and you don't have an external Apple USB SuperDrive or MacBook Air SuperDrive. To use the above mentioned discs with.
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If your Mac doesn't have a built-in optical drive and you need to use a CD or DVD, you can connect an external drive like the Apple USB SuperDrive. You can also share discs from the optical drive of another Mac, or from a Windows computer that has DVD or CD Sharing Setup installed. DVD or CD sharing allows you to access documents stored on these discs, and allows you to install some software.
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DVD or CD sharing isn't designed for some kinds of optical media. Connect a compatible optical drive directly to your Mac if you need to use one of these discs:
- Audio CDs
- Blu-ray or DVD movies
- Copy protected discs (such as some game discs)
- Recordable CDs or DVDs that you want to burn or erase
- Microsoft Windows installation discs
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If you have a Microsoft Windows install disc that you want to use with Boot Camp, you can create a disc image of this disc and copy it to a USB flash drive for installation instead.
Setting up a Mac to share discs
To share discs from a Mac that has a built-in or external optical drive, use these steps:
- On the Mac that has an optical drive, choose System Preferences from the Apple menu.
- Click the Sharing icon in the System Preferences window.
- Make sure you've entered a name that you can easily recognize in the Computer Name field.
- Enable the checkbox for DVD or CD Sharing.
- You can also restrict who has access to your optical drive by selecting 'Ask me before allowing others to use my DVD drive.'
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Setting up a Windows PC to share discs
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To share discs from a Windows PC that has a built-in or external optical drive, use these steps:
- Download and install DVD or CD Sharing Update 1.0 for Windows.
- From Control Panel, open 'Hardware and Sound'
- Click 'DVD or CD Sharing Options.'
- Select the checkbox for DVD or CD Sharing.
- You can also restrict who has access to your optical drive by selecting 'Ask me before allowing others to use my DVD drive.'
If you're sharing discs from a Windows computer and your PC has firewall software enabled, be sure to allow access to the following programs from your firewall:
- ODSAgent
- RemoteInstallMacOSX
Use a shared DVD or CD
After you've enabled DVD or CD Sharing, you can use that computer's optical drive at any time. Insert a disc in the optical drive of the computer that's being shared. The disc should then be available on any Mac that's connected to the same network.
- On the Mac that doesn't have an optical drive, open a Finder window.
- Select Remote Disc in the Devices section of the sidebar. You should see the computer that has DVD or CD Sharing enabled.
- Double-click the computer's icon, then click Connect to see the contents of the CD or DVD available from that computer.
If you can't use a shared disc
If your Mac already has a built-in optical drive, or an external optical drive connected, you won't see the Remote Disc feature appear in the Finder or other apps.
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If you're using a compatible disc and you don't see it from Remote Disc, make sure the sharing computer is turned on, is connected to the same network as your Mac, and has a compatible CD or DVD in its optical drive. If you've enabled the option to ask for permission before using the drive, click Accept on the computer that is sharing its optical drive.
Hi Maxime,
I was having a similar problem, today, getting a laptop running Windows 7 to recognize that my Mac Pro is set up to share its CD/DVD drive over the local network that they are both attached to. No matter what I tried, per the instructions from Apple, the DVD in the Mac Pro did not show up in the 'Network' window (where network shares are supposed to appear) for Windows 7.
The solution I found was actually very rudimentary. Some of these steps are just good troubleshooting steps.
1) Of course, make sure that CD/DVD sharing is enabled on your Mac.
2) Make sure the Mac and Windows PC are actually on the same network.
3) Turn off the Windows firewall and UAC (User Access Control) on the Windows PC.
4) Open the 'My Computer' (for Windows XP) or 'Computer' (for Windows Vista/7) window.
5) Select the option to map a network drive.
6) When prompted for the location of the network share, click the Browse button and see if the name of the CD/DVD, that is in your Mac, is on the list.
7a) If the CD/DVD is on the list, simply select it and complete the steps in the wizard, to add it as the mapped drive.
7b) If said CD/DVD +does not+ appear in the list, when you browse for a share, enter <the IP address for your Mac><The name of the CD/DVD as it appears on your Mac's desktop and-or the Finder, then complete the wizard for adding the network drive.
*To clarify how to correctly enter the IP address and name of the CD/DVD, here is what I had to enter: 10.0.13.14OFFICE12. My Mac's IP address is the 10.0.13.14, and the DVD I needed to share appears as OFFICE12 on my Mac.
Also, in case you're not familiar with networking: Be sure you use ' back-slashes if-when entering the IP address and name of the CD/DVD. Mac's use '/' forward-slashes as separators between folders or when entering network shares, but Windows typically only accepts back-slashes. And, yes, there absolutely does need to be two back-slashes to the left of the IP address, so that Windows will treat it as a network share.
I was having a similar problem, today, getting a laptop running Windows 7 to recognize that my Mac Pro is set up to share its CD/DVD drive over the local network that they are both attached to. No matter what I tried, per the instructions from Apple, the DVD in the Mac Pro did not show up in the 'Network' window (where network shares are supposed to appear) for Windows 7.
The solution I found was actually very rudimentary. Some of these steps are just good troubleshooting steps.
1) Of course, make sure that CD/DVD sharing is enabled on your Mac.
2) Make sure the Mac and Windows PC are actually on the same network.
3) Turn off the Windows firewall and UAC (User Access Control) on the Windows PC.
4) Open the 'My Computer' (for Windows XP) or 'Computer' (for Windows Vista/7) window.
5) Select the option to map a network drive.
6) When prompted for the location of the network share, click the Browse button and see if the name of the CD/DVD, that is in your Mac, is on the list.
7a) If the CD/DVD is on the list, simply select it and complete the steps in the wizard, to add it as the mapped drive.
7b) If said CD/DVD +does not+ appear in the list, when you browse for a share, enter <the IP address for your Mac><The name of the CD/DVD as it appears on your Mac's desktop and-or the Finder, then complete the wizard for adding the network drive.
*To clarify how to correctly enter the IP address and name of the CD/DVD, here is what I had to enter: 10.0.13.14OFFICE12. My Mac's IP address is the 10.0.13.14, and the DVD I needed to share appears as OFFICE12 on my Mac.
Also, in case you're not familiar with networking: Be sure you use ' back-slashes if-when entering the IP address and name of the CD/DVD. Mac's use '/' forward-slashes as separators between folders or when entering network shares, but Windows typically only accepts back-slashes. And, yes, there absolutely does need to be two back-slashes to the left of the IP address, so that Windows will treat it as a network share.
Sep 9, 2009 6:14 PM