I've never used FInder to burn disks, I find Toast does the job admirably well. It has a 'Mac & PC' option for burning data that has never failed me. You can pick up a version of it from ebay for around a tenner.
This doesn't really answer your question. Sorry 'bout that. Darren On Mon, Oct 20, 2008 at 11:33 PM, <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > Hi people, > > I'm trying to burn a number of files and folders to a CD for use in > either a Macintosh or Windows computer - according to the Help in the > Finder: > > "The Finder can burn files to a CD or DVD. You can then use that disc > as a backup, send it to friends, or copy those files to another > computer. Mac OS X burns discs that can also be used on Windows > computers and other types of computers. The disc uses an HFS Plus/ISO > 9660 hybrid format with these file systems: HFS+, ISO-9660 with Rock > Ridge, and Joliet with Rock Ridge. > > After you drag items to the disc, the Finder places aliases to them in > the disc's window. When you burn the disc, the original files that the > aliases point to are burned to the disc. In addition, if any folder in > the burn folder contains aliases, the original files for those aliases > are burned to the disc as well." > > > > Well, I've tried it several times now and though I can read them fine > on my Mac, putting the CD in my mate's PC yields no files in Explorer. > Everybody I've given one of these CDs to has said the same. > > So, can anyone tell me what do I need to do to burn a CD that can be > read on either: > > > > a) Mac and Windows? > > b) Windows only? > > > > I'm using OS X 10.5.5 > > Intel Core Duo iMac 20" > > > > Thanks in advance for any help. > > > > Regards, > > > > Stephen > > > > > > "Nobody made a greater mistake than he who did nothing because he > could do so little" - Edmund Burke (Philosopher). > > > > > > -- Darren Morgan [EMAIL PROTECTED] --~--~---------~--~----~------------~-------~--~----~ You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "Sussex Mac User Group" group. To post to this group, send email to [email protected] To unsubscribe from this group, send email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/smug?hl=en-GB -~----------~----~----~----~------~----~------~--~---
