Can you burn discs on a mac

After you have finished entering the new name, press Enter to rename the CD. Open the CD by double-clicking on it, and drag files and folders to the open disc window and arrange the files exactly as you want them.

Select the burn speed and click Burn. To create a new burn folder which will have the. The burn folder will look different from a regular folder. Double-click the folder to open it in a Finder window, drag and drop the files you want to include on the CD, then click Burn to begin creating a burned disc.

Insert a blank or rewriteable disc into your computer and follow the onscreen instructions. Note: If you eject the disc without burning it, a burn folder with the items you copied to the disc is created and placed on your desktop. To complete the burn process, click the Burn icon next to the folder in the Finder sidebar , or press and hold the Control key as you click any disc, then choose Burn Disc from the shortcut menu.

To burn a disc image. Tip: To erase the contents of a rewritable disc, Control-click the optical drive in the Finder sidebar, then choose Erase Rewriteable Disc from the shortcut menu. Insert a blank disc into your optical drive. Next, click on the little plus icon at the bottom left to add video to your project.

Note that if you video is not in the correct format, you will get a message saying it is incompatible and asking if you would like to convert it to the proper format. You need to have videos in MPG format in order to use this program. Click the Convert button and the file will be converted for you automatically. Once you have added all your files, go ahead and click the Burn button to start the burn process. If you are interested in creating custom themes for your DVD, customizing text and buttons, etc.

Roxio has been around for ages and their software is excellent. Both programs are also priced fairly considering they are pretty feature-rich. A quick frustration I wanted to mention was if you run into problems when burning a disc on your Mac. The only solution according to folks in the Apple forums is to buy an external DVD writer and use that instead. Hopefully, this article will help you burn what you need on OS X.

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