"Remote Disc" icon on MBP ??

hi,
in this thread _http://discussions.apple.com/thread.jspa?threadID=2002127&tstart=0_ they discuss the (unique ?) feature that comes with the MBA and Mini.
is it possible to have the "remote disc" icon in the finder sidebar on my MBP ?
best regards
ЯML

this may provide clues http://discussions.apple.com/thread.jspa?messageID=11193408&#11193408.

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Remote disc icon?

Hi,
Just got one of the new Mac minis and it's a cracking wee machine. One small question, however. I re-installed OS X and under devices as well as under Computer I have a cd icon saying 'Remote Disc'. I understand that this is for installing OS X across a network or sharing a disc but why is the icon there? Shouldn't it be there only if I have cd or dvd sharing on?
This is on a clean install (10.5.6) nothing changed, wireless connection. I've got a unibody Macbook and a Power Mac all running Leopard and none of them seem to show the icon.
Apologies for the really dumb questions but gets me wondering why it's there by default.
Cheers guys!
Message was edited by: dunes

dunes,
I have the same experience with my new Mac Mini.
None of my computers have DVD/CD sharing turned on.
Even if I turn on DVD/CD sharing on any my computers, none of the other computers show a Remote Disc in the sidebar.
This Remote Disc has never showed up on any of my computers until I got this new Mini.
There doesn't seem to be much info on DVD/CD sharing that I can find. It doesn't appear that anyone is using this feature except for owners of the MacBook Air.
At this point, I would just like to get rid of this Remote Disc icon and get back to normal.
I have found 3rd party documents on how to turn this feature on for non MacBook Air users, but nothing to turn it off.

Bring back the "Remote disc" icon

not knowing exactly what it was supposed to be for, i "poof'd" the icon by dragging it from the side bar.
having read some more about the function, i wish i hadn't !
any way (that does NOT involve reinstalling Mac OS X) of getting it back into its rightful place ?
best regards
ЯML

found it (finder preferences)

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Actually the restriction DOES apply to an audio CD.
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"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."

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I tried to turn on the remote disc feature on my MBP ( > System Preferences > Sharing) so I could install Office 2011 on my MBA.
It turns out that the remote disc cannot be turned on because of the firewall.
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I appreciate everyone's input, believe me. I discovered, as others apparently have, that if I turn off the firewall on the 'host' machine, then remote disc sharing will work. *This is not acceptable.* I'd no more turn off the firewalls on all the machines on my home network than I'd go to work without pants on. Apple simply must fix this. Parenthetically I note, if someone knows which firewall ports need to be unblocked I'd take a stab at doing that manually.
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I just bought the new version of Macbook Air. At the store they said that transferring programs such as Office for Mac was as easy as just opening the sharing folderin preferences on my Imac and new Air and it would be a breeze. Do I have to install anything from the DVD that came with the Macbook Air to enable anything, or will I just, by wifi, start the two machines communicating?
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First, the instruction book that comes with your MBA will walk you step by step through how to use remote disc. Its not just an open and play thing -- you do have to futz with your other machine, copy over security codes to allow communication, etc -- but it will walk you right through it, so the manual is the place to start.
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One thing you should be aware -- you don't really have too many options for the migration -- it will copy over everything from your TIme machine so you better have enough room on your MBA to do that. You can select if you don't want files copied (i.e. music) but that is about it. I did just that wiht my MBP backup on TIme machine -- it was about 100 GB and my new MBA is 120 GB. No problems there, worked perfectly.
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No.
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"Remote Disc" icon on MBP ??

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