Here are some methods to install OS X around a broken optical drive. Topher Kessler MacFixIt Editor Topher, an avid Mac user for the past 15 years, has been a contributing author to MacFixIt since ...

Here’s just a quick tutorial on how to install a second hard drive or solid state drive to your old Macbook Pro by replacing the optical drive with a SSD/HDD in case you need any extra storage ...

How to Install an Optical Drive Bracket Style Thumbscrew Style Installing a 5.25-inch Drive in a Non-Tool-Free Bay Connecting the Cables With streaming services increasingly popular delivery ...

If all goes well, you’ll have a dual-booting installation of Windows 7 on your Mac or MacBook Pro, no optical drive required. There are some snags along the way, and but they’re fortunately ...

A bootable install drive you create from that installer will ... All that said, if you’re absolutely convinced that you need an optical disc, Thomas Brand explains how to create a Mavericks ...

Optical drive noise After installing the Mac OS X 10.5.6 update, some users have found that their optical drives make random loading or ejecting noises, as if the drive is trying to manage some ...

Like Lion (OS X 10.7) before it, Mountain Lion (OS X 10.8) doesn’t ship on a disc—it’s available only as an installer app downloadable from the Mac App Store, and that installer doesn’t ...

Compaq Presario V2000.... This is the only option I have until my replacement optical drive gets here... So my question is how hard is it to set up to install XP over my home network? The notebook ...

Installing OS X has never really been a particularly difficult task, but try doing that on a MacBook Air or a system with a broken optical drive. Not so easy anymore is it? Even downloading the OS ...