Hi Alex, You don't need to install additional software if you want to share a CD or DVD drive from another Mac, but you do need to enable the DVD or CD Sharing under System Preferences > Sharing from the Service List. Did you read the documentation? It may also depend on what operating system you have loaded on your Mac Mini, because you have to grant permission for the machine with the CD or DVD drive you want to use to share its resources. I don't know whether there are restrictions on older hardware, but I think you can even share drives on machines running Tiger (Mac OS X 10.4 -- the first version of the OS with VoiceOver built in) provided you have the latest version and install an additional software update. And I think there are some different instructions if you're using the DVD for remote software installation with Snow Leopard (Mac OS X 10.6) or earlier.
I've never used a Mac Mini, so my only advice is to read the instructions in the links or other Apple documentation that are appropriate to you machine. HTH. Cheers, Esther On Oct 9, 11:18 am, Alex Hall <[email protected]> wrote: > I did, and I have installed the utility on the windows machine. Are you > saying, though, that I can use a mac as aremotediskwith no installation? > There's a 2007 mini sitting downstairs I could use if this is the case. > On Oct 9, 2012, at 5:16 PM, Esther <[email protected]> wrote: > > > Hi Alex, > > > I'm pretty sure that you can't useremotedisc sharing on a Windows > > machine if haven't installed additional software to enable this, even > > if the drive is visible from your Mac. Did you read the Apple > > Documentation? Here's the link to the knowledge base article: > > • DVD or CD sharing: UsingRemoteDisc: > >http://support.apple.com/kb/HT5287 > > There are also links to "Instructions for DVD or CD Sharing andRemote > > Disc" on that web page. > > > I think the software download can be found from the Apple knowledge > > base support web site: > > • DVD or CD Sharing Update 1.0 for Windows > >http://support.apple.com/kb/DL112 > > That web page also has a link to the MacBook Air User's Guide where > > you can read up onremoteDVD and CD sharing. I've never tried > > sharing CD/DVD resources with a Windows machine, but from past memory > > of doing network sharing you have to set things up. > > > HTH. > > > Cheers, > > > Esther > > >>>> Hi all, > >>>> I was trying to rip a cd the other day using a windows laptop withe > >>>> apple'sremotediskutility installed. It did not work - I saw thediskon my > >>>> mac, but I was told there would be a button to click to ask to use it, > >>>> yet I saw not button of any kind. Without this button, I cannot get > >>>> thediskto work, of course. Am I missing a step, or is this, for some > >>>> reason, inaccessible? Thanks. > > >>>> Have a great day, > >>>> Alex (msg sent from Mac Mini) > -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "MacVisionaries" group. To post to this group, send email to [email protected]. To unsubscribe from this group, send email to [email protected]. For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/macvisionaries?hl=en.
