Install upgrades with remote disc

I have a G4 with office 2004 and photoshop CS installed. Bought Mac Air and upgrades for both programs. Can I install the upgrades on the Mac Air using the G4 as remote disc so the upgrades can find the original install software?

I got the answer myself:
I created a dmg outof the CD contents on my Mac Mini. Then I moved the dmg to my MBA and it worked:
See: http://kb.wisc.edu/page.php?id=7058

Similar Messages

  • MacBook Air problem with Remote Disc

    I am trying to upload a disc to my MBA from a shared MBPro.  Remote Disc recognizes the shared MBP and the CD but cannot access the data.  Any suggestions?

    Actually the restriction DOES apply to an audio CD.
    From this document:http://support.apple.com/kb/TS2057
    "MacBook Air and Mac mini do not support playing DVD movies or audio CD media with Remote Disc. In addition, some discs, such as game discs, may be copy-protected and are therefore unusable. To play DVD movies, audio CD media, or copy-protected discs on the MacBook Air or Mac mini, use the MacBook Air SuperDrive."

  • Why SCCM 20012 Install fails with remote 64 bit SQL Server but proceeds for remote 32 bit SQL Server

    I have the following setup:
    AD User accounts
    - SQLAdmin (used to run SQL Services i.e. Database Engine)
    - SCCMADmin (used to install SCCM 2012)
    SPN registered for user account SQLAdmin
    setspn -S MSSQLSvc/SQL.Domain_Name:1432 Domain_Naem\SQLAdmin
    setspn -S MSSQLSvc/SQL:1432 Domain_Name\SQLAdmin
    setspn -S MSSQLSvc/SQL.Domain_Name:1433 Domain_Naem\SQLAdmin
    setspn -S MSSQLSvc/SQL:1433 Domain_Name\SQLAdmin
    and checked with setspn -L TESTING\SQLAdmin
    1 SERVER called SQL
    32bit Server with SQL Server 2008 + SP3 + Cumulative Update 6
    2 SQL instances - Default (MSSQLSERVER) and
    SCCM2012
    MSSQLSERVER instance uses TCP port 1433
    SCCM2012 Instance users TCP port 1432 (no dynamic ports)
    User accounts that have been given public and sysadmin SQL server roles
    on both instances are: SQLAdmin, SCCMAdmin, Domain Administrator, Local Administrator and computer account SCCM
    Client Protocols TCP enabled (and Named Pipes) (checked via SQL Server Configuration Manager)
    Local Administrators Group on this server has members - SQLAdmin, SCCMAdmin, Domain Administrator, Local Administrator and computer account SCCM
    Firewall turned on with access allowed on Ports 1432, 1433, 4022,445, and WMI - WMI-in, DCOM-in and ASync-iN builtin rules allowed\enabled.
    1 SERVER called SQL3
    64bit Server with SQL Server 2008 + SP3 + Cumulative Update 6
    2 SQL instances - Default (MSSQLSERVER) and
    SCCM2012
    MSSQLSERVER instance uses TCP port 1433
    SCCM2012 Instance users TCP port 1432 (no dymanic ports)
    User accounts that have been given public and sysafmin SQL server roles on both instances are:
    SQLAdmin, SCCMAdmin, Domain Administrator, Local Administrator and computer account SCCM
    Client Protocols TCP enabled (and Named Pipes) (checked via SQL Server Configuration Manager)
    Local Administrators Group on this server has members - SQLAdmin, SCCMAdmin, Domain Administrator, Local Administrator and computer account SCCM
    Firewall turned off
    1 SERVER called SCCM
    64bit Server that is to be the Primary Site Server\MP for SCCM 2012
    ODBC link to SQL\SCCM2012,1432
    ODBC link to SQL3\SCCM2012,1432
    ODBC uses SQL Native Client 10.0 (64 bit)
    Both ODBC connections when TESTed pass and suggest connectivity to SQL Servers
    Install process doe SCCM2012
    Tried to install SCCM 2012 RC2 when logged in to SCCM Server as AD user account
    SCCMAdmin,  and when utilising the SCCM2012 SQL instance on
    32 bit server of SQL install proceeds barring warning about 8GB rec, for SQL Server. Then fails on PKI certificate issue. Installation (chose HTTP for MP). I beleive the PKI failure as install starts is
    due to the fact that SCCM 2012 needs its database server to b 64 bit ?
    Thus i then tried to install SCCM 2012 RC2 when logged in to SCCM Server as AD user account SCCMAdmin,  and
    when using the SCCM2012 SQL instance on
    64 bit server of SQL install proceeds but fails at checking stage and says:
    SQL Server sysadmin rights FAILED SQL3.Domain_Name
    Either the user account running Configuration Manager Setup does not have sysadmin SQL Server role permissions on the SQL Server instance selected for site database installation, or the SQL Server instance could not be contacted to verify permissions. Setup
    cannot continue.
    and
    Site System to SQL Server communication  WARNING SCCM.Domain_Name
    A communication error has been detected between the specified site system and the site database computer. This error can occur when the site database server is offline or if a valid SPN has not been registered in Active Directory Domain Services for the SQL
    Server instance hosting the site database. Setup cannot continue.
    Why does the install of SCCM 2012 with 32 bit SQL proceed further than the install with 64 bit SQL, with the latter process failing as above error meesages show and yet both servers are set identically (apart from temporary turning off Firewall on the 64 
    bit server) and during the install the Databse Server specified is accepted ?

    Thanks for the reply.
    I can connect via ODBC to the the 32 bit SQL Server and the 64 bit SQL Server from the SCCM Server
    The SQL Server Unit called SQL3 unit is a 64 bit SQL.
    The SQL Server Unit called SQL is only 32 bit, but at least gets past the final checking stage and the error messages about sysadmin rights and Site System to SQL Server communication problem, and then fails with PKI certificate error message. 
    When trying to install SCCM specifying the 64 bit SQL Server as the Database Server it gives the 2 error messages at the final checking stage of the installation as listed.
    So as I said what is confusing is the fact that if the SCCM install uses the remote 32 bit SQL Server it passes the final checking (although fails with PKI certificate message) but the 64 bit SQL Server set up exactly the same apart from the Firewall being
    left off for the time being, fails at the final check stage with the 2 listed errors.
    If I use a local 64 bit SQL Server the installation is fine.
    Still would like to find out what cause the 2 issues for the remote 64 bit SQL Server, when ODBC seems fine, sysadmin rights have been given for the installer account and the SCCM computer account and SPNs have been set for the user account running the SQL
    Services.

  • RE-Install Tiger with no disc drive.

    Here's my problem:
    Old MacBook 1.83 GHz with a disc drive that seems dysfunctional. It actually did not read any CDs or DVDs, and was recently replaced by a third party warranty company. When I received the computer after the warranty work, it read CDs again and allowed me to boot from the MacBook restore disc. I erased my hard drive in anticipation of reinstalling Tiger. During the verification of the install disc, it spit an error message at me saying the disc was dirty or smudged, suggested that I remove it and clean it, and then try again. I did this, and received the same message. The disc looks sparkly clean with no scratches or fingerprints. I then chose to ignore the warning and install anyway. Install eventually failed and asked that I restart the process.
    The warranty repair noted that there was a mounting bracket that was broken and it was not covered. THe note explained that the tech was going to try and complete a makeshift repair that allowed the drive to work. I suspect that there is something wrong SOMEWHERE (who knows where) related to the optical drive that is preventing me from successfully reading the disc and installing the software. On another note, the drive will NOT start up from a retail Tiger DVD either. (For reference, I was initially using the 2 discs that shipped with the MacBook for the reinstall.) I called a friend, who is quite knowledgeable on this and recommended I turn the Macbook into a firewire drive (T key at startup) and use a different Mac to read the disc and install the software directly to the now empty MacBook. That did not work either. Once I got to the install screen and allowed to select a volume to install Tiger to, it would not allow me to use the MacBook saying it could not install because it was unable to startup using Mac OS X.
    So I'm stuck with a white MacBook brick, unless I can find a way to read the disc properly, or install from some external source. Are there any ways anyone knows I could get OS X onto the MacBook?? Thanks.
    I'm usually really good with this kind of stuff, but I'm stumped and excruciatingly frustrated.

    I have a very similar problem: white 2006 MacBook with a bad optical drive, had to replace internal hard drive, cannot figure out how to use machine-specific system restore discs to install the OS on the internal. I've been puzzling over this, and here's what I think I've discovered:
    Problems being:
    * Can't use retail Tiger disc, because it will not install on an Intel MacBook. (From what I've read, there are no standalone retail Tiger discs for Intel machines.)
    * Installing via FireWire target mode from on other machines wouldn't work, because other models won't boot from these machine-specific Software Restore discs.
    * Can't put disk images of the install discs on an external drive and install from there (at least I don't think that will work).
    Potential solutions left, as far as I can tell:
    * Create bootable partition on external hard drive. Using Disk Utility on another machine, "Restore" the installation disks to this external HD partition. Boot MacBook from this ext. HD partition, and then install from those images onto internal HD.
    * Buy Leopard retail disc, boot other machine with it, and using FW target mode, install on the MacBook internal HD.
    * Get an external optical drive or replacement internal drive.
    In my situation, all three remaining solutions involve a purchase, which I'd like to avoid (good money after bad). But if any of them work for you, good luck!

  • Re-installing software with startup discs

    We have a  MacBook 13in machine. During software update the machine shut down, and now it starts and gives only the apple icon and a spinning time wheel. Noting else.  We are going re-install software starting with the original startup discs but the machine doesn't do anything with the disc.  Please advise.

    Sometimes a really messed up or dying Hard Drive will prevent booting up.
    Does it boot into any of these modes?
    Holding Option/alt key at bootup.
    Holding SHIFT key at bootup.
    Target mode...
    http://support.apple.com/kb/HT1661
    Does it boot to Single User Mode, CMD+s keys at bootup, if so try...
    /sbin/fsck -fy
    Repeat until it shows no errors fixed.
    (Space between fsck AND -fy important).
    Resolve startup issues and perform disk maintenance with Disk Utility and fsck...
    http://docs.info.apple.com/article.html?artnum=106214
    We might get clues with verbose mode...
    http://support.apple.com/kb/HT1492

  • Import CDs with remote disc drive

    My laptop has security installed that prevents exporting to remote devices-eg hard drives. The CD player is a plug-in to a UBS port. Whenever I try to play a CD I-Tunes will not play it and I get a message saying that burning to the CD is not permissable!
    But how can that be as I have only asked I-Tunes to play the cd--I have issued no command to export data unless there is something in I-Tunes that automatically requests that? Any ideas on settings in I-Tunes or my PC that can help (assume that I do not have administrator access to the PC to change security settings--I don't!)

    Welcome to the Apple Support Communities
    Note that Remote Disc can't be used to burn CDs or DVDs. See > http://support.apple.com/kb/HT5287

  • Re-installing system with no discs

    I need to re-initialize and re-install the system in a Mac Pro I just inherited at work. It didn't travel too well from the office it came from to where I am. I want to install OSX 10.8 but since that's a download only, how can I do that? The orignal system discs didn't come with the tower. Do I have to get a set of OSX discs and then upgrade to 10.8 afterwards?
    thanks for any help.
    NEZ

    NEZizza wrote:
    ... Do I have to get a set of OSX discs and then upgrade to 10.8 afterwards?
    It is best to obtain the original DVDs that shipped with the Mac Pro. You may be able to obtain them from Apple for a nominal fee. A corporation may have purchased an institutional deployment license; in that case there may not have been any DVDs included with their Macs.
    If you elect to purchase OS X "Snow Leopard" you can buy it from Apple:
    Online (US): http://store.apple.com/us/product/MC573/mac-os-x-106-snow-leopard
    Online (UK): http://store.apple.com/uk/product/MC573/mac-os-x-106-snow-leopard
    Elsewhere: call the phone number in the Apple Online Store
    After installing Snow Leopard you can upgrade to Mountain Lion, by purchasing it in the App Store.

  • Problems installing CS6 with software disc

    I just purchased the student/teacher version of CS6 extended and when I insert the disc to install the software, nothing happens. I disabled my firewall and even tried to install it manually by going to setup, but no setup.exe file exists on the disc. I use windows. Please help!

    attach a screenshot showing the main contents of your disc including file extensions.

  • Can Remote Disc install Microsoft Office onto the MacBook Air?

    I'd like to purchase a Macbook Air but will need to install MS Office 2011. Can Office be installed with remote disc? I've read abut some copy protection limitations with remote disc so I want to be sure it will work before buying.
    Thanks.

    Yes, it certainly can. I loaded it without any problems.

  • Macbook late 2007 can't use remote disc

    Snow Leopard retail disc won't load so I'm trying to do remote install.  I can see remote disc under devices but when I Boot with option key pressed there is no option for the remote disc to boot to.  I'm connected via ethernet to a windows 7 computer with the remote disc app installed and running.  Please help.

    Hello MacDoode,
    It sounds like you are trying to boot to a Mac OS X install disc in a Windows computer with Remote Disc set up. According to the following article this is not a supported function of the feature:
    DVD or CD sharing: Using Remote Disc
    http://support.apple.com/kb/HT5287?viewlocale=en_US
    Note: These types of discs or activities are not supported by DVD or CD sharing:
    Install discs for an operating system such as Microsoft Windows (for use with Boot Camp), or Mac OS X.
    Thank you for using Apple Support Communities.
    Regards,
    Sterling

  • Another MBA and remote disc problem... HELP ME!!!

    This is a last ditch attempt before backing over my mba with my car...
    I'm trying to do an erase and install using the remote disc... it starts out great, i put the disc in my other computer, a pc, (which has worked just fine before as a remote disc). I follow the directions, select the disc i want to use, tell the pc to use airpart, restart the mac holding the options key, connect the mac to the network, click the arrow under the startup disc on the mba then WHAM! end of communication... the mba freezes for a few moments before rebooting like normal, while the status screen on the pc still says it is waiting for the mba to connect, i've tried over and over and over and the same thing happens each and every time, i don't know what's going wrong... please someone help me out here.

    Plug both computers, your MBA and the one sharing the install disk into an Ethernet network. Wireless is a nice idea, but terribly unstable for any significant reinstall or restore. Of course, you will need the USB/Ethernet dongle for you MBA. if you have a time capsule, restores work wonderfully this way if you plug both computers into it. dont even try to use a USB hub...wont work

  • I have LR4 already installed and a new disc with LR5 on it (never activated - have serial number).  I do not have a drive on my computer to install from the disc.  How do I go about upgrading to LR5?

    I have LR4 already installed and a new disc with LR5 on it (never activated - have serial number).  I do not have a drive on my computer to install from the disc.  How do I go about upgrading to LR5?

    Download the installation file(s) and use the serial number you have to activate it. 
    Lightroom - all versions
    Windows
    http://www.adobe.com/support/downloads/product.jsp?product=113&platform=Windows
    Mac
    http://www.adobe.com/support/downloads/product.jsp?product=113&platform=Macintosh

  • Can i install windows 7 via bootcamp (MB Air) while using remote disc? I put the windows 7 disk in my macbook pro drive, and connect to my brand new macbook air. In bootcamp i allocate the partition then i click install and bootcamp will not see the disk.

    Can i install windows 7 via bootcamp (on my MB Air) while using remote disc? I put the windows 7 disk in my macbook pro drive, and connect to my brand new macbook air via remote disk. In bootcamp (on my air) i allocate the partition, then i click install, and bootcamp will not see the disk from my macbook pro's drive. How do i get the bootcamp assistant running on my MB air to automatically find the disk in my macbook pro with the ISO image of windows 7? The remote disk on my air can find the cd but bootcamp will not begin installing it. Anyway to do this without buying the damned usb drive?

    I don't know first hand if you can use the Remote Disk option with Windows but as of 10.7.2 you can now use BCAssistant to make a bootable USB (thumb drive or external disk) W7 installer with the Boot Camp drivers installed also. Have you tried that yet?

  • How do i re-install my CS4, with no discs?

    How do i re-install my CS4, with no discs?
    I have InDesign CS from 2003.  At some point I upgraded to Adobe CS4, but I did that online, and never had a disc.
    I had to clear my Mac, and reinstall my Mac when it crashed.  I uninstalled my Adobe CS4, and I am now realizing I don't have a way to reinstall.
    1.  My Mac won't support the install system on my old InDesign CS disc.
    2.  I don't have discs for the CS4.
    How do I get my CS4 back?
    Joe

    Hi josephcarlsonjc
    Download CS4 Trial from below link : http://prodesigntools.com/download-adobe-cs4-and-cs3-free-trials-here.html
    Follow the instructions carefully to initiate your download...

  • Remote Disc not able to Install Aperture 2

    How can I install Aperture 2 on my MacBook Air? I receive an error message saying that installation can not occur over a network connection. I understood that using Remote Disc with the MacBook Air (without a DVD/CD drive) would take care of this.
    Message was edited by: JeffKurtzman

    I installed Aperture 2 on my MacBook Air a few days ago (boxed UK educational package). I had no problem using Remote Disc. Making a disc image from the DVD and installing from the image also works.

Maybe you are looking for