On 07 Aug 2005, at 7:54 PM, Aaron Sherber wrote:
At 03:39 PM 08/07/2005, Darcy James Argue wrote:
>I'm afraid Aaron is incorrect. In OS X, you cannot use CDRW's like
>floppies (at least, not without third-party software).
I'm not a Mac person, but I think I did make the point in one post
that using a CD-RW like a floppy (that is, RWing it) does require
third-party packet writing software.
Aaron,
I don't remember you saying that, but if you did, clearly Dean missed
it. All he heard is "You can use it like a floppy" -- which is
unfortunately very far from the truth in OS X. (Unless you go out
and buy the commercial third-party software that enables this.)
In Windows, you need to format a CD-RW (put a filesystem on it)
before you can put files on it. I think if you try to write to an
unformatted CD-RW, Windows treats it like a CD-R -- that is, it
burns data which is then not deletable.
In OS X, there's no need to manually format the disc when you write
to it for the first time -- the OS handles that for you. You only
need to format the disc if you want to wipe it and start over.
- Darcy
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