Re: Installing Windows 7 on an MBA using the DVD drive from a Macbook Pro

2013-12-05 Thread Alex Hall
You can use it like a local disk drive for everything except music or, possibly, DVDs with movies on them. For some reason, Apple disallows using remote Disk to play, transfer, or otherwise manage music on CDs. I don't know for sure, but they may apply the same limitations to movies as well. Sti

Re: Installing Windows 7 on an MBA using the DVD drive from a Macbook Pro

2013-12-05 Thread Chris H
This sounds awesome! So what can I do with Remote Disc? I only have one Mac a Macbook Pro but I do have a Pc here. Any ideas greatly appreciated. Thanks! On 05/12/2013 15:11, Alex Hall wrote: That's complicated… Why not just use Remote Disk? Enable the feature under Sharing in your System Pre

Re: Installing Windows 7 on an MBA using the DVD drive from a Macbook Pro

2013-12-05 Thread Alex Hall
That's complicated… Why not just use Remote Disk? Enable the feature under Sharing in your System Preferences. Put the disk into the drive, give it a minute, and then find "remote disk" on the sidebar of your MBA's Finder. Both machines need to be on the same wifi network, but it should work. I

Re: Installing Windows 7 on an MBA using the DVD drive from a Macbook Pro

2013-12-04 Thread Sandi Jazmin Kruse
hi, you can do just like i have done with my mba and the mac pro, but it is a little complicated. On the other hand if you do as i tell you too, you ought too be un and run in a few hours. First of all you gotta make an image outta your dvddrive, we will use your mac with a dvddrive for this. Open

Re: Installing Windows 7 on an MBA using the DVD drive from a Macbook Pro

2013-12-04 Thread Blake Sinnett
Hello, I think I remember hearing you could do this too, but the process of setting it up wasn't possible without eye balls so I didn't investigate it much more. There is also a way to install from a USB flash drive on newer Macs. I know that an USB DVD drive works, as I have to use this metho