Remote disc
Remote Disc is one of Apple developed and on the Macworld 2008 introduced software that enables CDs and DVDs from another Mac or Windows - PC to a MacBook Air to use. This is made necessary by the lack of an optical drive in this notebook . As an alternative, Apple offers the external MacBook Air SuperDrive , which is connected to the computer via USB . The software has been installed by default since Mac OS X Leopard 10.5.2 .
functionality
First you have the appropriate software on a computer with optical drive, which is to serve as a source, installed be. It is important that the source computer is on the same network as the MacBook Air. The software is shipped with the MacBook Air and is located on the system DVD. When the installation is finished, the source computer is permanently prepared for the use of Remote Disc. After this initial configuration , any CD or DVD can be inserted to be used on the MacBook Air. This data carrier is displayed in the Finder and can now be used as normal.