Re: Mac Mini's

[Daniel Kerr]

Hi John

Remote disk would work as Ronni’s mentioned.
The other way to do it (which may be cheaper in the long run) is an external 
USB CD/DVD burner.
Apple sell one for $119, but I tend to sell other brands for my clients which 
are a bit cheaper at around $50. It just plugs straight into a USB port and 
works the same way as the built in drive.
I say this is probably cheaper as you then don’t have the power running costs 
of the other Mac mini and having to ensure the other Mac mini keeps running as 
well.
(plus you can then either on-sell the older Mac mini or move it to someone 
else).

Hope that helps.

Kind regards
Daniel

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> On 11 Jun 2016, at 9:25 am, Ronda Brown  wrote:
> 
> Hello John,
> 
> Just a quick reply as rushing to an appointment. You can use Remote Disc 
> feature. 
> 
> Use the CD or DVD drive from another computer with your Mac
> The Remote Disc feature of OS X lets you use files stored on a CD or DVD 
> hosted from another computer.
> 
> Kind regards,
> Ronni
> 
> Sent from Ronni's iPad4
> 
> 
> On 11 Jun 2016, at 8:43 AM, John Thompson  wrote:
> 
>> Good Morning List,
>> 
>>My primary computer is a 7-year old Mac Mini, still going strong and 
>> runniong the latest upgrades but is a little slow in a lot of areas.  I have 
>> been thinking of updating to the latest model for a while now but the newer 
>> machines do not come with the optical drive (DVD/CD reader/writer).
>> 
>>My question to the list, is it feasible to link the two Mini’s and 
>> utilise the optical drive and storage on the older one whilst using the new 
>> one as the main computer?
>> 
>> Thanks for any comments.
>> 
>> John Thompson
>> 
>> Member 861
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Re: Mac Mini's

[Ronda Brown]

Hello John,

Just a quick reply as rushing to an appointment. You can use Remote Disc 
feature. 

Use the CD or DVD drive from another computer with your Mac
The Remote Disc feature of OS X lets you use files stored on a CD or DVD hosted 
from another computer.

Kind regards,
Ronni

Sent from Ronni's iPad4


> On 11 Jun 2016, at 8:43 AM, John Thompson  wrote:
> 
> Good Morning List,
> 
>My primary computer is a 7-year old Mac Mini, still going strong and 
> runniong the latest upgrades but is a little slow in a lot of areas.  I have 
> been thinking of updating to the latest model for a while now but the newer 
> machines do not come with the optical drive (DVD/CD reader/writer).
> 
>My question to the list, is it feasible to link the two Mini’s and utilise 
> the optical drive and storage on the older one whilst using the new one as 
> the main computer?
> 
> Thanks for any comments.
> 
> John Thompson
> 
> Member 861
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Mac Mini's

[John Thompson]

Good Morning List,

My primary computer is a 7-year old Mac Mini, still going strong and 
runniong the latest upgrades but is a little slow in a lot of areas.  I have 
been thinking of updating to the latest model for a while now but the newer 
machines do not come with the optical drive (DVD/CD reader/writer).

My question to the list, is it feasible to link the two Mini’s and 
utilise the optical drive and storage on the older one whilst using the new one 
as the main computer?

Thanks for any comments.

John Thompson

Member 861

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