Sharing local devices with remote computers like in Windows Remote Desktop

Morning all,
I'm attempting to access my local machine's CD drive on the remote computer across Apple Remote Desktop. It's ubiquitously possible even in the Windows Remote Desktop Client for OS X but for the life of me can't figure out how to share my drive over the network with a remote client.
Any help would be greatly appreciated!
Thanks

By Remote Desktop, I literally meant from the remote computer. So let me rephrase..
After I've enabled CD/DVD sharing, while I'm in Apple Remote Desktop controlling the remote computer, can I access my CD/DVD drive remotely?
Or to be even clearer, could a remote user on that machine access my CD/DVD drive and how?

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Prior to Yosemite, every machine associated with my iCloud ID would show up in the Finder under "Sharing". If I selected that machine's name, I'd see the shared folders, and be able to activate Screen Sharing directly to that machine with a button click.
Since upgrading to Yosemite, I no longer see these machines available to connect-to. I've tried disabling and re-enabling "Back to my Mac". I've also upgraded the Server service running on the host machine I'd planned to connect-to in case that was a factor, but it hasn't resolved the problem.
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If you changed nothing other than to update your client Mac to Yosemite, what you describe strongly resembles an earlier bug making an encore appearance.
What follows is what I had to say about it roughly a year ago, updated for today. Some of it will be obvious to experienced Mac users so overlook that.
This can be a challenging problem to diagnose. It appears that Mavericks Yosemite has changed something about BTMM resulting in it being less reliable than it was with Mountain Lion Mavericks. It works, but not always, and I have yet to correlate its cause to anything specific.
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Make sure you are using a compatible router. BTMM requires a router that supports NAT Port Mapping Protocol (NAT-PMP) or Universal Plug and Play (UPnP). Most routers will work without any trouble at all, but an Apple AirPort will eliminate any uncertainty.
Review all the steps in OS X: Using and troubleshooting Back to My Mac with your iCloud account
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Toggle Back To My Mac off and back on by deselecting and then reselecting Back To My Mac in iCloud System Preferences.
Sometimes that's all it takes.
You can also try some simple steps with Terminal to verify that your BTMM settings are correct:
dns-sd -B _rfb | grep icloud
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dns-sd -B _afpovertcp will show Macs advertising file sharing services.
To ping your Mac use:
ping6 <macname>.<nnnnnnn>.members.btmm.icloud.com
where <macname> is the name of your Mac and <nnnnnnn> is your Back to My Mac account number. See below. You should get a response from ping6; if there is none then screen or file sharing will not work. If the response times are excessively long then the connection may time out and fail.
The name of your Mac is in System Preferences > Sharing > Computer Name:
Your Back to My Mac account number can be determined with the following
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It will respond with something like this
Timestamp    Recommended Registration domain
0:43:20.322 Added    (More)              local
0:43:20.322 Added    (More)              icloud.com
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                                            - - > members
                                            - - - > 0123123
0:43:20.322 Added                          icloud.com
                                            - > btmm
                                            - - > members
                                            - - - > 987654321
The numbers at the end (0123123 etc) are your BTMM account numbers. Most users will have only one.
^C to terminate each of the above.
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An example of the above is as follows. Assuming your iCloud ID is 123456 and the Mac you're trying to connect to is named MyMac the above ping6 command is
ping6 MyMac.123456.members.btmm.icloud.com
You should get a response.
You can also try to login to the remote Mac using ssh. Assuming your login name is telstar that would be
ssh -l telstar MyMac.123456.members.btmm.icloud.com
Both should work regardless of your location, whether both Macs are on the same LAN or separated by thousands of miles makes no difference because they are using iCloud services and not local Bonjour to access the remote machine.
Given that your Mac is not appearing in a Finder Sidebar under "shared" I doubt either of the above will work for you.
Report it to Apple. The problem may be related to the particular model Mac you are using, or not.
That's all I have to offer.

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In this case I'll simple export library and import it on my secondary computer. I own my iMac, and I'll own my Macbook Pro. At the same moment my wife own them as well. I'm not sure about your situation, but it might work for you. The questions is, is it really legal?

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I have my photo stream checked
I have shared photo stream checked.
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Hello desert_dweller5,
It sounds like you art trying to access a Shared Photo Stream, but you do not have one of the devices to enable your Apple ID as an iCloud account. The following article provides information on how Shared Photo Streams work:
iCloud: Photo Stream FAQ
http://support.apple.com/kb/HT4486
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Can I share with people who don't have an iCloud account?
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http://support.apple.com/kb/HT4436
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http://support.apple.com/kb/HT1202
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Refer to this article:
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http://support.apple.com/kb/TS1474

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