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Loading MS Office Suite on a MacBook With a Broken Optical Drive
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<blockquote data-quote="TexPatriot" data-source="post: 1052046" data-attributes="member: 154935"><p>I've got a MacBook with a broken optical drive. I'd like to load a newer version of MS Office via CD. I've got a friend with a MacBook with a working optical drive.</p><p></p><p>I (somewhat) understand that I can use the working MacBook as a "target," hook up the computers via firewire, and load MS Office on the broken MacBook "through" the optical drive of the working MacBook.</p><p></p><p>My question is, how exactly do I do that? As in, what are the exact steps? I've read that you turn the "target" computer into the target by booting while holding "t"; but do I insert the MS Office CD before booting while holding "t"? Do I need to do anything with the broken MacBook (i.e., reboot it to recognize the target computer as a target)? Anything else?</p><p></p><p>I'm guessing this is a pretty simple 5 or 6 step process and someone's done it before. I just haven't dealt with anything quite like it. Any help would be appreciated.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="TexPatriot, post: 1052046, member: 154935"] I've got a MacBook with a broken optical drive. I'd like to load a newer version of MS Office via CD. I've got a friend with a MacBook with a working optical drive. I (somewhat) understand that I can use the working MacBook as a "target," hook up the computers via firewire, and load MS Office on the broken MacBook "through" the optical drive of the working MacBook. My question is, how exactly do I do that? As in, what are the exact steps? I've read that you turn the "target" computer into the target by booting while holding "t"; but do I insert the MS Office CD before booting while holding "t"? Do I need to do anything with the broken MacBook (i.e., reboot it to recognize the target computer as a target)? Anything else? I'm guessing this is a pretty simple 5 or 6 step process and someone's done it before. I just haven't dealt with anything quite like it. Any help would be appreciated. [/QUOTE]
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