1. How To Install Microsoft Office On Macbook Air Without Cd Drive Windows 7

There are many ways to copy and transfer Microsoft Office to another computer without reinstalling, however on this page, you are going to learn a uniquely easy and fast way to start. Let's read in details about how to transfer Microsoft Office, like Word, Excel, PowerPoint from one desktop/laptop to another with simply a USB flash drive and a Windows easy transfer tool.

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Compared to many How-To articles, this one is pretty simple, but it saved me from buying another USB DVD drive just for one little task.

The problem: I have both Macs and Windows PCs, and needed to install Microsoft Office from DVD media on an ultrabook laptop that had no internal optical drive.

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Step 1: Download BootCamp from the Apple Support Site

The MacBook Air SuperDrive has unique firmware which prevents it from being properly recognized as a plug and play optical USB drive by Windows. Fortunately, Apple provides the drivers for running Windows on a Mac, as part of its BootCamp software.

If you download the latest release of BootCamp from Apple's support site, you will have a zip file wherein the path bootcampdriversApple contains the file 'AppleODDInstaller64.exe'.

Simply execute this file to install the Apple Optical Disk Driver for 64 bit Windows, and presto! You can then use the MacBook Air SuperDrive with your Windows PC.

15 Comments

• Tabasco
  FelloWizard Aug 14, 2015 at 03:03pm

  Finally, something I can use. Thanks this is helpful on many levels.

• Cayenne
  JeremyGove Aug 14, 2015 at 05:50pm

  Long live BootCamp! Great post! Thanks for putting this up.

• Cayenne
  InevitableCheese Aug 14, 2015 at 05:53pm

  Makes you wonder why in the world they wouldn't just make it available.

• Mace
  Curtis3363 Aug 14, 2015 at 06:16pm

  Awesome, I just got this drive for a friend and it won't work on his older Mac, so I'll give him mine and use his.

• Serrano
  NHCSAdmin Aug 14, 2015 at 06:20pm

  Awesome! Been to busy to figure out how to use it on another computer! Thanks for the write up!

• Thai Pepper
  Blair Groves Aug 14, 2015 at 06:23pm

  Thank you for your comments everyone! I'm glad this was helpful to you!

• Chipotle
  ColdDeck Aug 14, 2015 at 08:19pm

  That's a useful bit of info right there. Thanks for posting!

• Datil
  lhatsynot Aug 14, 2015 at 09:10pm

  Very nice and I didn't know it wouldn't work. My wife has a Mac with one of these drives and I have an Ultrabook so this will come in handy.

• Chipotle
  James1765 Aug 14, 2015 at 10:55pm

  I should be shocked that Apple would break a long standing standard like this without any apparent advantage, but this is Apple we're talking about.

• Thai Pepper
  Blair Groves Aug 14, 2015 at 11:23pm

  For every one item that Apple has put up a dead end, they've both innovated and perfected dozens of things that have influences our world in general. They've succeeded in creating a very nice ecosystem for people who are prepared to pay the price of admission, and there is much more to come, as long as Apple remains attentive.

• Cayenne
  Bryan9095 Aug 15, 2015 at 12:05am

  This is a much easier method. Connect the SuperDrive and a USB flash drive to a Mac. Copy the contents of the Office DVD to the flash drive. Then plug the flash drive into the ultrabook. Run the setup. The benefit of this method is not having to do anything special to get the SuperDrive to work with the ultrabook and the installation of Office will be faster.

• Thai Pepper
  Steve_Belmont Aug 15, 2015 at 02:58am

  Good Thinking! great job, and you get to save a few

• Mace
  bbigford Aug 15, 2015 at 04:45am

  Nice write up on repurposing. I'm guessing nobody would actually buy an Apple optical drive for Windows intentionally. At least it isn't a total loss if you're stuck with it and don't want to pay $30 for a new external.

• Datil
  AshleyLewisMS Aug 16, 2015 at 02:30pm

  Thanks for the guide. I gotta say, I've used a generic Samsung external DVD drive on an iMAC before and it works a treat.

• Datil
  Rusty Platter Aug 17, 2015 at 10:19am

  For the reverse situation, I've used a Dell USB DVD drive without issues on a Mac.

I bought a new iMac, however it has no SuperDrive. I was given a gift of Microsoft Office 2011 (3 uses) in disc, but I don't have the money for external drive right now.

How can I install this program on my new computer?

How To Install Microsoft Office On Macbook Air Without Cd Drive Windows 7

2 Answers

If you can put your iMac on the same local network as another Mac with a CD-DVD drive, it should be possible to configure the two of them so that your iMac can share the CD-DVD drive on the other Mac.

Other than that, you would need to purchase or borrow an external USB CD-DVD drive and plug it into your iMac.

Microsoft has a policy of permitting you to download an installer for Office for Mac if you already own the installer DVD. Check out Office for Mac 2011 digital download.:

No DVD drive? Need to reinstall Office for Mac but can’t find your disc? A digital download of Microsoft Office for Mac 2011 is available here.

Supported Suites

• Office for Mac Home & Student

• Office for Mac Home & Business

• Office for Mac Academic

• Office for Mac University

Download Office for Mac 2011

In addition to the download you will need your 25-character product key to complete the install.

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