Macs are great - they're so intuitive! > -----Original Message----- > From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On > Behalf Of Godfrey DiGiorgi > Sent: 16 March 2008 21:18 > To: Pentax-Discuss Mail List > Subject: Re: Mac DVD-burning PITA > > As others have said, Toast is a much easier to use tool for CD/DVD > creation. However, the Finder can do a very competent job of it if > your needs are simple. Here's the right way to do it: > > - In the Finder, select "File->New Burn Folder". It will create a > folder with the yellow/black burn symbol on it named "Burn > Folder.fpbf" on your desktop. > > - Rename the folder to the name you want your DVD to have, eg: > "Photos-20080316.fpbf" > > - Holding the option key down, select "File->Show Inspector". The > Inspector differs from the Info panel in that it is persistent and > dynamic: it shows information about each item dynamically as you > click on them. As you shift-click on items to include onto the DVD,
> it will reflect the total size of the items together. > > - Drag and drop the items onto the burn folder that was > created. They > will be placed on the burn folder as aliases. If you open the folder > and click the Burn button in the upper right, WITHOUT having a blank > DVD-R media installed, it will tell you how large a DVD-R media you > are going to need to write the burn folder. > > - A typical single-layer DVD-R will hold approximately 4.7 Gbytes of > data, but be sure you get the ones that state that capacity on the > packaging. I never buy media from Apple; I get it at Fry's, CostCo, > Best Buy, or whereever. > > - Insert a blank DVD-R media with the appropriate capacity. > Now click > the Burn button on the burn folder and the Finder will burn and > verify the DVD for you, name it appropriately. It creates a > fully Mac > OS X and Windows compliant, single session DVD data volume. > > (If you wish to get fancier, you can use Disk Utility in the / > Applications/Utilities folder to create multi-session DVD-Rs too.) > > But I also advise using Toast. It does an excellent job. > > Godfrey > -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List [email protected] http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link directly above and follow the directions.
