Dear Listers,
Here I go again answering my own question. I'm putting this here for
anyone who eventually finds this on the archives and is looking for the answer.
While exploring sharing options for files and such I found how to have one mac
share another computer's disk drive.
This is in Lion
I had asked for help doing this a week or so ago but got no takers.
Go to System Preferences
Go to sharing
on the mac with the disk drive go to the sharing table and check the box for
disk drives.
Add in the correct user in the next table
I then pressed the button that said share point and added myself in.
Frankly I don't totally understand these tables and what they mean but it now
works!
While I was there I set up file sharing as well and now can easily move files
around from one computer to the other as I can see the other computer's disc
drives on each desk top and move around and copy files as needed.
It is rather like magic to work on two computers from one keyboard.
Hope this info helps a current or future lister.
eric Caron
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On Jul 24, 2012, at 3:01 PM, Eric Caron wrote:
> Hello Listers,
>
> I've seen several references to people using a remote disc drive on
> another Mac with their Mac Book Air or Mini. And, this will be used more
> often with the new mac Book Pro that has no CD drive. Can someone familiar
> with this process describe the steps needed? In my case I have a mini and a
> mac book. I will also eventually have another mac and it would be helpful to
> be able to leave the superdrive connected to one computer or just use the one
> on the mac book for all the computers.
>
> Thanks for your tips.
>
> Eric Caron
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