The Apple MacBook Air : MacBook Air Remote Disc Installation

Most laptops need a DVD or CD drive to install software. Apple's MacBook Air laptop can use the drive from another computer to install software. Learn how to use the remote disc feature to install all your favorite software in this free video.

Expert: Brandon Karon
Bio: Brandon Karon works for Florida's largest premier Apple reseller. He is also an Apple specialist and has been an Apple sales professional for over two years.
Filmmaker: Christopher Rokosz

Category:

Howto & Style

Tags:

• Apple
• MacBook
• Air
• computer
• MacIntosh
• notebook
• laptop
• ultrathin
• portable
• lightweight

[YUPnNOPE]

your lisp kicks ass!

[TheWorldOfJames]

lol

[gfl1996]

When I get to the part where you go to "Finder" and then "Remote Disc," my windows doesn't pop up. I have installed the software and I have enabled DVD and CD sharing, too. (My windows runs on XP) Help please! Thanks

[MisterBinx]

@crackowacko87 Eventually using discs is going to die out. It's cheaper and easier to steam data and that's why companies like Netflix are thriving. I mean how often do you really use your CD drive? Even if you need one, a external drive would be better. Then once you're done you can put it away and it saves power for your computer. It also makes computers lighter.

[orkestral1]

Thanks for the brief intro, it's what I was looking for.

[Happymegaman]

I have a problem. After my mac book air boot into the startup manager, no network appear. I am using the ad-hoc network from window 7 and it's open.

Please Help me because i want to re-install my Mac OS.

[petsociety99]

does the mcbook air support normal cd players?

[vladib]

For those of you who are complaining that the Air comes with no optical drive, don't forget that people made the same criticisms when the original teal iMac came w/o a floppy drive. Everyone laughed, but Apple lead the way toward getting rid of what was then an over decade old technology. The optical drive needs to be put to rest too, it seems. Apple is leading the way again, and in ten years you'll look back to this day much as those who once laughed at the iMac w/o a floppy.

[Rifalltoo]

@crackowacko87 Well, a macbook air isn't meant for frequent, around the house use. It was actually meant for the added mobility that you still couldn't get with thicker computers, such as being lighter and using less space. So unless you're buying it for frequent around the house use, then you should rarely need to be using CDs with it.

[PalmyJason]

you're slurring... :L

[sdam93]

Can re-install the os x-system from a late 2009 macbook to a black macbook with remote disc or is it only possible with a macbook air?