Copying a dvd to macbook air

Is there an easy way to copy a DVD to my macbook air without buying the external DVD player? Will the Apple Support at the store copy one for me?

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Probably they won't do it for you. If you have another Mac or PC, you can use Remote Disc to access to that DVD on the MacBook Air > http://support.apple.com/kb/HT5287?viewlocale=en_US
If you haven't got another PC or Mac, you have to buy an external optical drive to copy the DVD to the MacBook

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First, share your MB pro DVD drive on the network in System Preferences > Sharing.
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Then go to your MBair and click "Remote Disc" in the Finders Sidebar.
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Hi. I am not totally computer illiterate but i really need some help. I have two long videos of a show that Im in in Londons West End. Several of the lads have asked for a copy and I didnt think that would be a problem. Ha!
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https://discussions.apple.com/docs/DOC-3673
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Start up in Safe Mode and test.
If the drive doesn't work under any of the above conditions, and if another drive does work with the same Mac, then the drive has failed. You may be able to salvage the mechanism by removing it from the enclosure and installing it in another one, or in a drive dock.

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