Getting additional information onto your macmini, Sharing discs with dvd or cd sharing, Getting additional information onto your mac mini – Apple Mac mini (Mac OS X Server, Late 2009) User Manual

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Chapter 1

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Getting Additional Information onto Your Mac mini

If you want to install third-party applications from a DVD or CD, you can install

applications onto your Mac mini or share information using the optical disc drive on

another Mac or Windows computer (if DVD or CD Sharing is set up and enabled). Read

the next section for more information.

Sharing Discs with DVD or CD Sharing

You can enable DVD or CD Sharing on a Mac or Windows computer to use the Remote

Disc feature of your Mac mini. Remote Disc allows you to share the discs you insert into

the optical disc drive of the other computer. Some discs, such as DVD movies and

game discs, may be copy-protected and therefore unusable through DVD or CD

Sharing.

Make sure DVD or CD Sharing is enabled on any Mac or Windows computer you want

to partner with. For information, see page 16.

To enable DVD or CD Sharing, if your other computer is a Mac:

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Make sure the other Mac and your Mac mini are on the same wireless network.

Check the AirPort (Z

) status icon in the menu bar to see what network you’re

connected to.

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