On 12/26/13, 7:41 PM, F.O.A.D. wrote:
On 12/26/13, 6:49 PM, F.O.A.D. wrote:
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.




Update: Just popped a CD into my non-iMac external drive that is
connected to the iMac via USB and I was able to read it on my Macbook
Air, which is using WiFi to connect to the LAN.

Therefore you would be able to access CDs in the device attached to your
wife's machine without moving the CD drive. I can also, of course,
access my server via WiFi, and just for the hell of it, I will try
backing up the Macbook Air via WiFi using SuperDuper! I haven't done
this previously via WiFi.


Hmm. The WiFi backup worked.


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