I set my Mac to utilize a DVD drive on another mac on our network. Following Apple's directions at hthttps://support.apple.com/en-us/HT203973.
I can see the remote Mac just fine in the Remote Disc Finder sidebar window. I can see the "Audio CD" but when I double-click it to access it, I get an error message "The operation can't be completed because the original item for the "Audio CD" can't be found. "
What in the heck is going on.
iMac 21.5", 10.13
In Sharing, have you enabled SMB & disabled AFP?
I don't know that is the problem, but apple dropped support for AFP.
In the Sharing Pref Pane>File Sharing> click on the Options button.
Your hyperlink seems to be broken, but here is the relevant part of the article you were referring to:
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
Audio CDs are not supported for CD/DVD Sharing.
Remote Disc was primarily designed for installing software on MacBook Airs that didn't have a CD/DVD drive.
Thanks. Both were already checked. Turning them off and back on again made no difference in the ability to copy the file.
Thanks.
No. I just followed Apple's specific directions as noted in my original post. Nothing in the Sharing preferences mentions SMB or AFP. Very aggravating.
I instead of having this as traditional, simple system-to-system copy as Apple indicated, I have to take the CD's I own and physically possess and copy them to a Time Capsule drive from the 2008 iMac that has a built-in CD/DVD drive, then back to the newer iMac and import them into iTunes.
I couldn't remember if CD/DVD sharing supported Music CDs, so thanks to Barney for the info.
Remote disk doesn't mount.
