If your Mac already has a built-in optical drive, or an external optical drive connected, you won't see the Remote Disc feature appear in the Finder or other apps. If you're using a compatible disc and you don't see it from Remote Disc, make sure the sharing computer is turned on, is connected to the same network as your Mac, and has a compatible CD or DVD in its optical drive.

When you buy a program for your computer at a retail store, usually installing it is a simple matter of popping in the CD and following the prompts. Downloading a program from a site like Tucows, however, can sometimes be a little less straightforward. Here's your step-by-step guide to installing software you've downloaded from the web. About file names The first step in installing a program is figuring out what kind of file you've downloaded, and the fastest way to do that is to look at its extension. Most file names have two parts: The name and the extension. The extension is the part after the period, or dot, so if you had a Microsoft Word document called Resume.doc, 'doc' is the extension. In this case, 'doc' tells us that it's a document file, and the extension tells Windows to handle it by opening it in Word.

Here's the tricky part, though: By default, Windows is configured to hide file extensions from you. I don't know, but I find it really inconvenient. There are two ways you can deal with this: Either you can change that Windows setting, or you can pay close attention to the file name when you download the file.

If you elect to do the former, here's how: Navigate to a folder in Windows. It doesn't matter which one--My Computer or My Documents (Computer or Documents in Windows Vista) will do.

If you have Windows XP, go to the Tools menu select Folder Options. If you use Windows Vista, click on Organize and then Folder and Search Options. Now click on the View tab, scroll down to 'Hide extensions for known file types,' and make sure it's not checked. Now click on OK and you should see that many files now have extensions at the ends of their names. Mac for beginners book. If you don't want to change your Windows settings as above, then just look at the download dialog in your web browser when you download a program--it should display the full file name including the extension, even though it's hidden once the file is done downloading. Setup.exe and friends: The installer The most common type of software download is the setup file or installer.

How to activate office 2016 mac with a Product Key I've got a copy of office 2016 mac from my MSDN Subscription, once i've downloaded the iso, i can get a product key as well. How do i use this product key to activate office 2016. Hi Ishie, The details on how to activate using the Product Key are given on the MSDN portal, you can expand the details section under 'Office Home and Business 2016 for Mac' for the instructions. Thanks, Sowmya MSDN Subscriptions Feedback. How to put in product key for microsoft office 2016 mac.