Remote Install only uses Bonjour for initial discovery of the installer disc, and appears to rely on Apple's already mature NetBoot technology to do the heavy lifting.

Although Apple does not explicitly state that the "Remote Disc" function included with the MacBook Air can be used to boot the computer from an optical disc, a guided tour posted on the company's ...

Enter Remote Disc, which essentially enables users to "borrow" the optical drive of another machine on the wireless network and pass along the data sans wires. Notably, ...

Apple’s site says that “Remote Disc lets you wirelessly use or ‘borrow’ the optical drive of a Mac or PC in the vicinity.” I assumed this meant over a network but I got hung up on the ...

Latest Remote Disc news, reviews, rumors, specs, and information. Apple News and Rumors since ... Tech enthusiasts like to argue about whether Apple is a really a software company or a hardware ...

Apple has posted a slew of Knowledge Base documents concerning the MacBook Air. A few of the more useful instructions and salient notes: Document #307379 explains how to copy the contents of the ...

As of version 3.8, versions of Apple Remote Desktop installed from a disc will be registered with your Apple ID and will begin pulling down updates from there rather than the Software Update ...

Deep Freeze 2.0 -- a disk protection tool that restores a standard system image when you restart the Mac -- now supports Apple Remote Desktop.