finderimacremote-disc
I've an iMac 10.10.3. When I open Finder and go to iMac under Devices I see my HDD, NAS, etc. But I also see "Remote Disc". I can't eject it (right click->Eject doesn't do anything) or trash it (The item "Remote Disc" can't be moved to the Trash because it can't be deleted).
I have absolutely no use for Remote Disc. So how can I remove it from Finder?
Note: Please note I'm not talking about removing it from the Sidebar. I've already done that.
Regards,
Remote Disc is a way for Macs without optical drives (Air, mini) to access another computers optical drive over a network. So you can put a disc in another Mac or Windows PC and read it on your mini.
Full details and instructions are reported here.
On the computer with the CD/DVD drive:
Go to the Preference panel, and click on "Sharing."
In Sharing, enable the "CD and DVD Sharing" service.
When a CD/DVD is inserted in the computer used to share the CD/DVD, its content will be show under "Remote Disc" on the Mac Mini.
On Lion, items that cannot be removed from the sidebar are usually listed under "Devices" or "Shared" (there are Snow Leopard counterparts to these as well). If you'd rather not see these items in the sidebar, you can remove them by following these steps.
With Finder focused, visit Finder->Preferences or ⌘, and select the Sidebar tab.
Uncheck items that you don't want shown in the sidebar
Best Answer
To remove:
Enter the following string:
Enter the following string:
The icon should now be gone from both Finder and your sidebar. To reverse and make the icon show again, repeat the steps but run this command in step 2:
The icon is present on Macs which do not have optical drives but may still need access to the physical media from another computer.
Source: Apple Support Forums