Hi Louie and Hank, I always found that iTunes burned CDs and DVDs faster than the OS and burn folders -- maybe by as much as a factor of two on my PPC laptop (G4 Powerbook). Set the burning preferences to mp3 CD on the burning tab of the Advanced Preference menu under iTunes preferences (Command+comma to get the preferences menus then Command+6 to get the Advanced preferences. Use item chooser to select the burning tab).
I also found that I could play data disc burns on my mp3 CD player, but your mileage may vary on this Basically, as long as all the items you are burning are mp3 files, the data CD or DVD will just be a collection of mp3 files with a final XML file that contains the contents of your iTunes data base. This is useful (for me) because the XML file contains additional metadata that you've added that doesn't fall into the regular mp3 tag information, such as Comments. If you import the data disc into another iTunes (even cross platform between Mac and Windows), the data disc will have everything that the mp3 CD has and more. The only problem occurs if you have non-mp3 format files mixed into the middle of your data disc. If my mp3 CD player hits one of those, it can't play or read beyond it. Hope this helps. You might want to do your own experiments on what burns faster. Maybe the difference between burning in iTunes and burning under a general burn file under OS X isn't so extreme on the Intel Macs. Cheers, Esther On Mon, Jan 07, 2008, at 11:55AM, louie wrote: >If you want to burn a mp3 CD the OS is all you need. Check out burn >folders under help. > >On Jan 7, 2008, at 1:47 PM, hank smith wrote: > >> hello can I get a list of cd burning applications for the osx >> platform? >> macupdates >> isn't turning up anything >> Hank >> >> > > > >
