Steps
- Enter a blank CD into the CD device.
- The Operating System will prompt you for which application is to be run, enter your desired label for the CD (eg: "Graduation Pictures 2005) and select the Finder application and hit Ok.
- The blank CD will be mounted next to your hard drive, drag and drop which folders and files you would like to add to the CD.
- Once you have finished, click on the circle icon that has triangles in it that looks similar to a radiation warning symbol. You will be prompted to set what speed the CD is to be burned at.
- Click Ok and the CD burning process will be started.
Warnings
- The formats of a computer CD and of an audio CD are totally different. The format of computer sound files, such as MP3 files, and that of audio CD sound files are totally different. This process will create a CD that can be used in a computer. (Depending on the file type, it may be usable in Windows computers as well.) It will not create a CD that can be played in an audio CD player. If you try to play a computer CD in an audio CD player, you will hear random noise.
Things You'll Need
- Macintosh Computer with OS X
- Functional Super Drive or DVD-R drive
- Blank CD
- Data to be burned
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