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Aug 14, 2013 6:48 AM in response to jhcliffby MartinR,Well, not quite mindlessly ....
A bit easier process would be to use Disk Utility to create a DVD/CD Master image of the folder you want to burn to CD. Then use Disk Utility to repeatedly burn the CDs. But you will still have to initiate each burn; there's no batch function and of course you have to manually feed the blank CDs into your iMac.
In Disk Utility, do File > New > Disk Image from Folder. Select the folder you want to image, then select Image Format = DVD/CD Master. This will give you a .cdr file. Then, still in Disk Utility,, select the .cdr file from the list of disks and click the Burn button.
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Aug 14, 2013 7:41 AM in response to jhcliffby Klaus1,Good advice from MartinR to which I would just add that you should alow your superdrive to rest after every, say, 5 burns, to prevent over-heating.
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Aug 14, 2013 7:49 AM in response to jhcliffby Frank Caggiano,Another option is to create a Automator workflow.
In the Utilities section of the actions is Burn a Disk which takes the files and/or folders passed in and burns them to disk and ejects the disk after it is done. So you could set up a loop to burn the required number of disks. Of course you still need to remove the old disk and insert the new one so it's difficult to say if this is any better then the solution given by MartinR.
Matter of preference I suppose.
regards
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Aug 14, 2013 10:23 AM in response to MartinRby jhcliff,Yes, I used this method last time, but it was still a tedious process. I am using an external drive, in order to save my superdrive, and for some reason disk utility reverts to the default after every burn, so I have to reselect it every time, in addition to initiating every burn... does anyone know if any of the third party CD burning software available will automate the process any more than this?
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Aug 14, 2013 2:24 PM in response to Frank Caggianoby jhcliff,I've never used Automator, I'll give it a try-thanks.
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Aug 14, 2013 3:00 PM in response to jhcliffby Klaus1,does anyone know if any of the third party CD burning software available will automate the process any more than this?
Struggling to see how Automator or AppleScript enters the equation. I always use Roxio Toast to burn DVDs, whether single copies or multiple burns:
http://www.roxio.com/eng/products/toast/titanium/overview.html
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Aug 14, 2013 3:31 PM in response to Klaus1by Frank Caggiano,Struggling to see how Automator or AppleScript enters the equation
A script would automate the process.
Start script, prompt for DVD, burn DVD, eject DVD, prompt for DVD, burn DVD, eject DVD, etc.
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Aug 14, 2013 3:36 PM in response to Klaus1by Frank Caggiano,Right but the Automator script is free.
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Jul 3, 2016 4:26 PM in response to MartinRby dcinpa,Martin,
Thanks for this technique. It worked great for me.
Since I'm new to the Mac, I was curious why Apple can't use ISO like the rest of the world! :-)
Thanks again,
Doug