Apple MacBook Air - Manual (Page 19)

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Getting Additional Information onto Your MacBook Air
Your MacBook Air comes with several applications installed, including the iLife ’08 suite.
Many other applications can be downloaded from the Internet. If you want to install
third-party applications from CD or DVD, you can:
 Install applications onto your MacBook Air using the optical disc drive on another
Mac or Windows computer (if DVD or CD Sharing is set up and enabled). Read the
next section for more information.
 Attach the MacBook Air SuperDrive (an external USB optical disc drive available
separately at www.apple.com/store) to the USB port on your MacBook Air, and insert
your installation disc.
Sharing Discs with DVD or CD Sharing
You can enable DVD or CD Sharing on a Mac or Windows computer so that your
MacBook Air can share the discs you insert into the optical disc drive of the other
computer. Some discs, such as DVD movies and game discs, may be copy-protected
and therefore unusable through DVD or CD Sharing.
Make sure you first install the DVD or CD Sharing Setup software on any Mac or
Windows computer you want to partner with. See page 15 for more information.
To enable DVD or CD Sharing, if your other computer is a Mac:
1 Make sure the other Mac and your MacBook Air are on the same wireless network.
Check the AirPort (Z ) status icon in the menu bar to see what network you’re
connected to.