The only free program I can recommend is Burn, which also hasn’t been updated since 2011, but works well enough for most people. There used to be iDVD Author, but that was part of iLife 11, which you can still buy, but it’s old and probably not worth the money.įor Macs, you don’t have a lot of options.

In Windows, you can burn a DVD using Windows DVD Maker or a third-party program if you don’t have Windows 7, but on Mac there is no official software from Apple for burning DVDs. For an audio CD, you can choose how long the gap between songs should be, use Sound Check to make sure the volume is consistent across all songs and include CD text so that the song name, artist, etc. The main section is Disc Format, where you can choose from an Audio CD (72 minutes), an MP3 CD (700 MB) or a Data CD/DVD. The Burn Settings dialog will appear where you can choose how you want to create your audio CD. Now click on File and choose Burn Playlist to Disc. Now you should see your new playlist in the left hand side under Playlists. If you are burning an MP3 CD, you can add up to 700 MB worth of MP3 files. Note that if you are going to burn an audio CD, you can only have up to 72 minutes of audio. Go ahead and select the songs you want on your audio CD, right-click and choose New Playlist from Selection. Once you have added your music, you need to create a playlist. Open iTunes and add all your music to your library. On a Mac, you can burn audio CDs using iTunes. In Windows, you can burn an audio CD using Windows Media Player. Next, you can give your disc a name and choose the burning speed, which should automatically be set to the max speed.Ĭlick Burn and the CD or DVD will begin to be burned. If you don’t already have a disc in the optical drive, you’ll get a message asking you to insert one. Now just right-click on the folder and choose Burn “Folder Name” to Disc. It really doesn’t matter where the folder is located or what name you give the folder it should just all be in one place. The first thing you need to do is copy all the data you want to burn into a folder. For an ISO image, check out my previous post on burning ISO images using OS X. Let’s start with the easy stuff first: burning a simple data disc or an ISO image file. For example, Apple has iMovie for making awesome edited movies, but you can’t use iMovie to burn a DVD! Burn a Data Disc or ISO Image Unfortunately, with Macs, you just have fewer choices. I’ll also mention some alternatives for Mac that you can use to burn CDs and DVDs. In this article, I’ll talk about how you can burn a disc in OS X for multiple purposes.

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