Ever since the launch of the MacBook Air i’ve wanted to be able to use Remote Disc on my 3rd gen MacBook. I hate slot loading optical drives with a passion…. I thought apple would have enabled Remote Disc for all machines but they sadly didnt.

I have recently found some bits and pieces on various sites and it seems you can use it on any mac not just a macbook air. The only thing that doesn’t work is the remote install.

Heres how:

1. Download the DVD or CD Sharing software for Windows or Mac OS X and install it
2. On the mac run the following commands in Terminal
   1. defaults write com.apple.NetworkBrowser EnableODiskBrowsing -bool true
   2. defaults write com.apple.NetworkBrowser ODSSupported -bool true
3. Restart both machines to be sure that the install/settings took
4. You know should be able to mount any cd/dvd over the network

Tags: Apple, cd, disc, dvd, install, Mac, Mac OS X, network, Remote, WIndows

Here are the links for: Saturday, January 3nd 2009…

17″ Unibody MacBook Pro with Non-Removable Extended-Life Battery?
Open Source Victories of 2008
Seven Most Influential GNU/Linux Distributions
PlayStation 2 still the most played console
Shrouded Macworld banners ready for Tuesday
Phishing Scam Spreading on Twitter
Power Twitter For Firefox: Inline Media, Integrated Search And A Lot More
Windows 7 build 7000 already outperforming Vista and XP in “real-world” tasks
Gadget Deals of the Day: HDTVs, Free DTV Converter [Dealzmodo]
More 10-inch Acer Aspire One rumors trickle out
microsoft’s sagging browser business
Apple’s Patent for iPhone-Compatible Gloves: Forgotten, Thankfully [Apple]
Softbank’s iPhone 1seg tuner / battery charger gets unboxed
Western Digital WD TV, tagline contest update
Craigsphone brings Craigslist to the iPhone
I’ll Be Moving to 64-Bit Computing
XIM 2 Xbox 360 mod ready for pre-order, you aren’t ready to pony up
Guy spends $4000 for pair of custom ‘Back to the Future’ sneakers
Windows 7 surprise: DivX built in
Mac at 25
Ainol serves up 4.3-inch V6000HDB portable media player
Moscone Center gearing up for Macworld
Running Android On Netbooks
Microsoft Offers ‘Fix it’ Site To Fix Problems
JournalSpace Drama: All Data Lost Without Backup, Company Deadpooled
Washing machine hacked to tweet when the load’s done: @maytag, you listening?
EMC Acquires SourceLabs, And With It Open Source Documentation Project SWiK
The evolution of Windows Media Center
The Google Linux desktop has arrived
Y2K8 Zune quirk really a Freescale bug?
CD sales fell 20 percent in 2008

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I can remmeber back to a day when cds were not affordable for the average person let alone cd burners. I never thought id have more cds than floppy disks ( I still got a box of them). Over the years i have noticed my collection of toss cds/dvds has grown to be nearly as large as my box of floppies. One thing that makes me wonder is are disposeable burnable discs really that good for the enviroment.

This picture is just the result of my last few disc spindle cleanups

Those are just a small amount of them. I’ve toss far more than that in the last many years. Post pics to your disc waste in the comments… share with the world

Tags: cd, disc, dvd, waste