Most modern laptops lack an optical drive, yet CDs and DVDs are still used in many households, whether for playing old movies ...

Help, I'm stumped! I just bought a new CD and the disc is labeled "Enhanced CD". When I insert it into my computer's CD drive, it opens up the music video of the feature song on the CD but none of ...

AppleInsider explains how to remotely access the CD or DVD drive of another Mac or Windows PC from a Mac without the drive, across a network.

Got too many CDs about the place? Create a music server filled with their contents and listen to them anywhere.

Optical drives let your computer read and interact with discs like CDs, DVDs, and Blu-rays. However, they're quickly becoming outdated.

He believes the continual software and hardware upgrades issued by the makers of computer CD drives and audio CD players render copy protection systems pointless in the long run.

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