[X4U] Tiger Burn Folders

John Baltutis baltwo at san.rr.com
Wed May 11 12:43:37 PDT 2005


On 05/11/05, Kirk McVey <mail at kirkmcvey.com> wrote:
>
> I have several of questions I haven't been able to get answered from
> Apple Discussions about Burn folders. There is hardly any
> documentation and what's there only brushes the surface as to how
> these work. So, my questions are:
>
> -When you create a burn folder, do you keep the folder after burning
> or is it just another place to hold files?
>
> -Which makes me wonder, why use a burn folder instead of just
> dragging selected files to a blank cd?
>
> -Why do all files placed in the burn folder say 0 kb?
>
> -Which to use then, finder, burn folder, or Toast?
>
> -Is the burn folder feature an attempt to replace some of the
> functionality of Toast?
>
> Surely I'm missing something and I don't know why I can't grasp the
> whole idea. If I Apple would give an example of typical usage, it
> would make a whole lot more sense.

<http://docs.info.apple.com/article.html?path=Mac/10.4/en/wn11.html>,
<http://docs.info.apple.com/article.html?path=Mac/10.4/en/mh2154.html>, and
<http://docs.info.apple.com/article.html?path=Mac/10.4/en/mh1679.html>
should do it for you.


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