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Sharing discs

If your Mac doesn't have a built-in optical drive and you need to use a CD or DVD, you can connect an external drive like the Apple USB SuperDrive. You can also share discs from the optical drive of another Mac, or from a Windows computer that has DVD or CD Sharing Setup installed. DVD or CD sharing allows you to access documents stored on these discs, and allows you to install some software.

1. Virtual CloneDrive works and behaves just like a physical CD, DVD, or Blu-ray drive, although it only exists virtually. Image files can be 'inserted' into the virtual drive from your harddisk or from a network drive by just a double-click, and thus be used like a normal CD, DVD, or Blu-ray.
2. Virtual CD-ROM for the Windows platform offers a control panel that allows you to gain access to the contents of the disc images without having to burn them. It is available for all the current versions, and an update for Windows 10 is available. DAEMON Tools for Mac 4.

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DVD or CD sharing isn't designed for some kinds of optical media. Connect a compatible optical drive directly to your Mac if you need to use one of these discs:

• Audio CDs
• Blu-ray or DVD movies
• Copy protected discs (such as some game discs)
• Recordable CDs or DVDs that you want to burn or erase
• Microsoft Windows installation discs

If you have a Microsoft Windows install disc that you want to use with Boot Camp, you can create a disc image of this disc and copy it to a USB flash drive for installation instead.

Setting up a Mac to share discs

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To share discs from a Mac that has a built-in or external optical drive, use these steps:

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1. On the Mac that has an optical drive, choose System Preferences from the Apple menu.
2. Click the Sharing icon in the System Preferences window.
3. Make sure you've entered a name that you can easily recognize in the Computer Name field.
4. Enable the checkbox for DVD or CD Sharing.
5. You can also restrict who has access to your optical drive by selecting 'Ask me before allowing others to use my DVD drive.'

Setting up a Windows PC to share discs

To share discs from a Windows PC that has a built-in or external optical drive, use these steps:

1. Download and install DVD or CD Sharing Update 1.0 for Windows.
2. From Control Panel, open 'Hardware and Sound'
3. Click 'DVD or CD Sharing Options.'
4. Select the checkbox for DVD or CD Sharing.
5. You can also restrict who has access to your optical drive by selecting 'Ask me before allowing others to use my DVD drive.'

If you're sharing discs from a Windows computer and your PC has firewall software enabled, be sure to allow access to the following programs from your firewall:

• ODSAgent
• RemoteInstallMacOSX

Use a shared DVD or CD

After you've enabled DVD or CD Sharing, you can use that computer's optical drive at any time. Insert a disc in the optical drive of the computer that's being shared. The disc should then be available on any Mac that's connected to the same network.

1. On the Mac that doesn't have an optical drive, open a Finder window.
2. Select Remote Disc in the Devices section of the sidebar. You should see the computer that has DVD or CD Sharing enabled.
3. Double-click the computer's icon, then click Connect to see the contents of the CD or DVD available from that computer.

If you can't use a shared disc

If your Mac already has a built-in optical drive, or an external optical drive connected, you won't see the Remote Disc feature appear in the Finder or other apps.

If you're using a compatible disc and you don't see it from Remote Disc, make sure the sharing computer is turned on, is connected to the same network as your Mac, and has a compatible CD or DVD in its optical drive. If you've enabled the option to ask for permission before using the drive, click Accept on the computer that is sharing its optical drive.

I've seen apps, usually for Windows, but all the one's I've tried still don't fully emulate a CD/DVD so won't pass copy protection or whatever.

..So, is there any cheap..way in mac os to do this?..

Sure. Burn it to disk. A blank CD or DVD is going to be cheaper than any paid app. So unless you can find a free one, burning to disk will be the cheapest. (This even assumes you can find some app that fully emulates a drive, which I haven't found yet, at least for Mac.) With enough money, you could even pay someone to make a custom app just for you..but you want cheap. 😉

..Having listening to a helicopter-like noise of spinning disc for couple of hours makes me wan't to kill someone with a blunt instrument..

If this is to install, then it would only be a one time thing, so I'd argue that the noise is an acceptable cost. But I assume this is like a game where they use the physical media as a form of identification/authentication or whatever. So I suggest you get an external drive, then with a long enough USB or Firewire cable, you can move the drive away from you, put it on a shelf. Even put a cardboard box over it. Some drives are quieter than others. Often faster drives are noiser, so get a 'slow' drive.

In the past with old impact dot matrix printers, you could get foam lined housings that greatly reduced the noise. I have two sitting in my office and with the covers closed, I have to force myself to remember to check for paper jams, they're that quiet. 🙂 So for something like a CD drive, a foam lined enclosure would almost certainly block any noise. (And it's something you can make yourself so cost is minimal. Less than $10 if you can't find any scrap material.)

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