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17Chapter 1 Ready, Set Up, Go
Important: AfteryouinstalltheDVDorCDSharingSetuppackageonyourotherMac,
makesureyouhavethelatestsoftwarebychoosingApple()>SoftwareUpdate.
InstallanyavailableMacOSXupdates.
Sharing Discs with DVD or CD Sharing
YoucanenableDVDorCDSharingonaMacorPCtousetheRemoteDiscfeatureof
MacBookAir.RemoteDiscallowsyoutosharethediscsyouinsertintotheopticaldisc
driveoftheothercomputer.Somediscs,suchasDVDmoviesandgamediscs,maybe
copy-protectedandthereforeunusablethroughDVDorCDSharing.
MakesureDVDorCDSharingisalreadysetuponanyMacorPCyouwanttopartner
with.Forinformation,seepage15.
To enable DVD or CD Sharing, if your other computer is a Mac:
1 MakesureyourMacBookAirandtheotherMacareonthesamewirelessnetwork.
OntheotherMac,chooseApple()>SystemPreferencesandthenopenSharing.
2 IntheSharingpane,select“DVDorCDSharing”intheServicelist.Ifyouwantother
userstorequestpermissiontoshareaDVDorCD,select“Askmebeforeallowingothers
tousemyDVDdrive.”
To enable DVD or CD Sharing, if your other computer is a PC:
1 MakesureyourMacBookAirandthePCareonthesamewirelessnetwork.
2 OnthePC,opentheDVDorCDSharingcontrolpanel.
3 Select“EnableRemoteDVDorCD.”Ifyouwantotheruserstorequestpermissionto
shareaDVDorCD,select“AskmebeforeallowingotherstousemyDVDdrive.”