Importing form a shared CD drive no longer works???

I use a Mac mini for my music library in the living room. Since it has no CD drive built in I use a MBP with a CD drive to import from. It no longer works since the latest updates.
Any ideas wy?

Check the paper documentation that came with your iMac. There should be a doc titled "AppleCare Service and Support Contact Information" that lists support phone numbers for about 30 countries. On mine, the last country in the list is the UK. The phone number is (44) 0870 876 0753 & the website is http://www.apple.com/uk/support/
At the bottom of my contact info doc, it says to find the most current phone contact info, see www.apple.com/contact/phone_contacts.html. I just checked & it has the same info as above.
Poking around a bit on the UK page, I found this Contacting Apple page with still more UK-specific info & links.
It doesn't look like Apple is trying to hide anything to me. Rather, it is just such an enormous web site that you may need to refer to the materials included with your Mac to find the right place to look.
Or, as we yanks sometimes say, "When all else fails, read the manual."

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