Having Problems Copying Files to Burn Disc Folder

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Having Problems Copying Files to Burn Disc Folder

Ok here's the deal. With Tiger I was able to copy files from volume or desktop and paste them in burn disc folder then burn disc from finder. Now whenever I paste them, they paste as alias' (shortcuts) not as the full file. What's going on?

(Keep in mind I do know the dragging creates shortcuts, I'm not dragging I'm copying and pasting, and it always worked great until I upgraded.)

This is extremely annoying. I hate burning through programs and I'd really rather not if someone can explain to me how to fix this problem.

iMac Intel, Mac OS X (10.5.4)

Posted on Nov 30, 2008 7:09 PM

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Ashka

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Nov 30, 2008 10:30 PM in response to jessieb7

From Mac Help:
Creating a burn folder
You can create a burn folder to collect files you want to burn onto a CD or DVD. Burn folders are especially handy for burning several copies of a folder, or for regularly backing up a set of files by burning them to discs.

To create and use a burn folder:

Click the desktop (the background area of your screen) if you want to keep the burn folder on the desktop; otherwise, open the window where you want to keep the burn folder.

Choose File > New Burn Folder, and type a name for the folder.

Drag to the burn folder the items you want to burn to a disc.

The Finder places aliases to the items in the burn folder; the originals are not moved.

When you’re ready to burn the folder’s contents to a disc, double-click the burn folder and click Burn.

Insert a blank disc into your computer’s optical drive, or into an optical drive connected to your computer, and follow the instructions.

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.

If the Finder cannot find the original file for an alias, it asks whether to cancel burning or to continue without that item. If you cancel, the disc remains empty.

If a burn folder is in the sidebar of a Finder window, you can quickly burn its contents to a disc by clicking the burn icon beside it.
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There is a gear on the bottom of the burn folder in Finder, that appears when a blank DVD is loaded, which when clicked will tell you how much room has been used on the disk or the remaining space, can't remember which at this stage.
I burnt 5 DVDs plus CDs via aliases in burn folders to move all my records from my old iBook to my MacBook Pro, both running Leopard. Believe me it does work. ~ not one coaster either.

This is a user to user forum, thanks and a smile go a long way.
By the way Tiger used alias to Burn discs too:
http://support.apple.com/kb/TA23505?viewlocale=en_US

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V.K.

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Nov 30, 2008 7:25 PM in response to jessieb7

as i said what you see is normal. this is the default behavior of the burn folder. what more do you want?
you can not put actual files in burn folders - they don't work that way. only aliases are present but the actual files are burned you you burn the folder.

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V.K.

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Nov 30, 2008 7:17 PM in response to jessieb7

jessieb7 wrote:
Ok here's the deal. With Tiger I was able to copy files from volume or desktop and paste them in burn disc folder then burn disc from finder. Now whenever I paste them, they paste as alias' (shortcuts) not as the full file. What's going on?

That's how it should be. the actual files will be burned when you burn the burn folder. what you are seeing is completely normal.

P.S. it works the same way in Tiger too.

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jessieb7 Author

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Nov 30, 2008 7:21 PM in response to V.K.

When I pasted into a burn disc folder in Tiger it would paste a full file into the folder, that's why it would take longer depending on the sizes of the files, and it would show the actual size in MB or GB of the file I pasted. Here it is only showing 44KB shortcuts, and whenever that happened it Tiger it would only burn shortcuts not the files to my disc. Then if I deleted the file from my computer I lost the file completely, so I don't trust that. I want to know that the whole file is there. That is why I've decided to make a folder with the files first, then put the disk in and hit burn in that folder. I trust that more that my whole file will be there.

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jessieb7 Author

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Nov 30, 2008 7:33 PM in response to V.K.

I'm telling you exactly what happened in Tiger and you are telling me I didn't do it that way? Well how come it never said Alias 44KB next to the file after pasting into a disc folder before? It always told me exactly how much room was taken up on a disc after pasting the files into it. Now it says 228 KB on disk. That's not right. It is burning only shortcuts not the files!

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