Remote disc icon?

Hi,

Just got one of the new Mac minis and it's a cracking wee machine. One small question, however. I re-installed OS X and under devices as well as under Computer I have a cd icon saying 'Remote Disc'. I understand that this is for installing OS X across a network or sharing a disc but why is the icon there? Shouldn't it be there only if I have cd or dvd sharing on?

This is on a clean install (10.5.6) nothing changed, wireless connection. I've got a unibody Macbook and a Power Mac all running Leopard and none of them seem to show the icon.

Apologies for the really dumb questions but gets me wondering why it's there by default.

Cheers guys!

Message was edited by: dunes

Mac Pro, MacBook Pro, Mac OS X (10.5.6)

Posted on May 10, 2009 9:37 AM

35 replies

susanmcm

Level 2

198 points

Jan 4, 2016 10:25 AM in response to colli

This worked for me but it took a couple of tries. I dragged it below the window and it bounced back. I dragged it above the window and it went "poof." (Probably had more to do with the way I dragged it rather than whether I dragged above or below.)

pjomaha

Level 1

8 points

Aug 11, 2016 2:59 PM in response to susanmcm

Not until I saw this post could I delete the remote disc. Thanks! And no idea why pulling it above the window worked when pulling it off in other directions didn't.

susanmcm

Level 2

198 points

Aug 12, 2016 9:22 AM in response to pjomaha

So glad it worked for you.

BDAqua

Level 10

250,253 points

Jan 26, 2017 6:03 PM in response to Cat-lady

Try dragging it off the sidebar to the left.

Sep 27, 2017 9:09 AM in response to dunes

I noticed it after I renamed the Macintosh HD to Macintosh SSD. It was probably already there when I renamed the disc.

Macbook Air (13-inch, 2017)

Mac OS X High Sierra 10.13

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Remote disc icon?