On 12/26/13, 4:56 PM, Mr. Luddite wrote:
On 12/26/2013 4:22 PM, F.O.A.D. wrote:
On 12/26/13, 4:06 PM, Califbill wrote:
"F.O.A.D." wrote:


But you still have to plug int he time machine disk and the CD.

Which part of 'and' is incomprehensible?


I leave my iMac "plugged in," since I have no reason not to do so. I do
have a cable coming out of my router with an Apple cable on it to plug
into my Macbook Air, which I back up on a sporadic schedule to my server
via SuperDuper! and to a folder on my server via Time Machine.

Interestingly, at least to me, is that I've yet to come up with an
occasion where I needed to use a CD/DVD drive with the Macbook Air. I
keep a bunch of movies on it for travel via a little plug in solid state
drive, and I have a backup/OS installer on a USB drive. I suppose if I
needed to install something via a CD/DVD drive, I could share one of the
ones I have on the iMac. I just don't see a lot of use anymore for these
CD/DVD drives, but I am sure some people still do.



I just purchased two different audio to USB adaptors both of which had
their drivers, manual and operating software on a CD. I needed to borrow
my wife's Apple Smartdrive to install them. I could have downloaded the
drivers from the device manufacturer's website but not the operating
software.



As previously noted, I don't think it was a great idea for apple to stop
putting a CD/DVD burner/player in its desktop systems. But external
drives better (faster) and less expensive than the Smartdrive are
readily available. As far as I can tell, the decision was made strictly
on the basis of ergonomics.

I can "share" the internal CD/DVD drive on my iMac on my Macbook Air. I
don't know, however, if that is possible with an external CD/DVD drive.

I think my external CD/DVD drive is a Samsung or some other similar
brand. Cost me about $40 years ago. Connects via USB.



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