[Cube] OT: How do you burn a CD-R?

[Eagle]

On Sep 28, 2004, at 13:13, George Pepper wrote:
> Stupid question, I know, but I've never done it before.  I can't get 
> the Superdrive to burn anything for some reason.  If I insert a blank 
> disk, the computer asks what I want to launch.  Disk copy, right?  So, 
> I get Disk Copy open and drag the folder I want into it like it tells 
> me to.  After what seems like an inordinate amount of time, it comes 
> back with what I'm guessing is a rendered disk image, and asks what 
> format I want to save it in (It has "Compressed" as the default).  I 
> change the default to "CD/DVD Master" since I don't want any 
> compression, and nothing happens... for-EVER.  Then a warning comes up 
> saying that the disk has no data that can be read.  Why?  It's just a 
> garden variety Fujifilm CD-R.  Why won't it work?  To top it off, 
> there is no .dmg file on the desktop (Which is where I want it).  Did 
> it save the .dmg somewhere else, or did the whole operation just fail? 
>  Frustrating.

Pep,

The answer to "how do you burn?" depends on what you're trying to burn 
and the OS on which you are trying to do it.

For OS X:
- if you're trying to burn a single-session data CD from files on your 
hard drive, use Finder.
- if you're trying to burn a single-session music CD, use iTunes.
- if you're trying to burn a multi-session data CD, use Disk Copy and 
individually burn the data tracks whose images you created.
- if you're trying to burn a mixed-media data/music CD, don't ask me. :)

> While I'm in the mood for a rant, the way this SHOULD work is that a 
> CD icon should appear on the desktop and you drag files into it, JUST 
> LIKE A FLOPPY DRIVE!  Why does this have to have so many steps?  Very 
> un-Apple-like.  Guess I'll go back to the Xserve/LaCie/Toast combo.  
> At least that actually works.

If you use Finder, that's EXACTLY how it works! ;)

I regularly burn data, music, and Video CDs, and the only software I 
use is OS X and MissingMediaBurner.  I don't own or use Toast.

Eagle