What is Remote Disc on Mac?

How do I Make Use of the Remote Disc Icon in the Sidebar of ...

Remote Disc is a way for Macs without optical drives Air, mini to access another computers optical drive over a network. So you can put a disc in another Mac or Windows PC and read it on your mini.

Why is there a Remote Disk on my Mac?

The “Remote Disk” option is there to allow the Mac user access to a CD or DVD disc loaded into a separate computer another optical driveequipped Mac, or a similarlyequipped PC running the necessary Windows application on the same network, as though that drive were connected directly to the Mac.

How do you Get Rid of Remote Disc on Mac?

Hold down the eject key. Drag the disc icon to your Mac's trash bin. Right-click on the disc icon and select eject. Press Command > E.

How do I Use Remote Disk on Mac?

On the Mac without the optical drive, open the Finder and click Remote Disc. This will bring up a list of all Mac and PC computers on the network set up to share their optical drives. Click the computer with the drive you want to use, and click Connect or Ask to use to show the drive used on that specific system.

Where is Remote Disk on Mac?

Open a Finder window on the Mac without an optical drive.
Scroll down the sidebar menu and select Remote Disc under Devices.
Doubleclick on the Computer that you want to access the optical drive from.

Is Someone Remotely Accessing my Mac?

You can get there by clicking on the apple icon on the left of the top bar . After you clicked on the Apple icon you will see a dropdown menu where you should click on the System Preferences menu item. Find the Sharing folder and double click. Click on the Remote Login checkbox on the left.

What's a Remote Disk?

A disk drive in another network.

Why do I See Remote Disk on my Mac?

Remote Disc appears if another Mac on your network has an optical disc drive and is advertising disc sharing services : System Preferences ... > Sharing > DVD or CD Sharing > select. The Mac advertising sharing services may or may not be yours.

How do I Install Remote Disc on Mac?

Shut down the virtual machine.
From the Apple menu bar, select Virtual Machine > Settings.
Click Add Device.
Select CD/DVD and click Add.
From the dropdown, choose Choose a disc or disc image.
Select Remote Disc from the Devices list in the sidebar.

What is Remote Disk in High Sierra?

Remote Disk is a virtual device requiring additional software and allows you to connect to a DVD optical drive or connected disk drive. You use it to reinstall macOS if you have no other way on your computer. Hence, it isn't ejectable. Thanks Kappy.