HT204150 using iMac dvd drive to install software in macbook air

How do I do it?
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iCloud doesn't come into it. You can share the DVD drive on one Mac with another Mac which doesn't have one, for certain types of optical disks (for example you can't do this with movie DVDs or install disks for an operating system). You can probably do this with the PE installed, though I've never tried this.
Please see this page:
http://support.apple.com/kb/HT5287

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