If you don’t already have a disc in the optical drive, you’ll get a message asking you to insert one. Now just right-click on the folder and choose Burn “Folder Name” to Disc. It really doesn’t matter where the folder is located or what name you give the folder it should just all be in one place. The first thing you need to do is copy all the data you want to burn into a folder. For an ISO image, check out my previous post on burning ISO images using OS X. Let’s start with the easy stuff first: burning a simple data disc or an ISO image file. For example, Apple has iMovie for making awesome edited movies, but you can’t use iMovie to burn a DVD! Burn a Data Disc or ISO Image Unfortunately, with Macs, you just have fewer choices. I’ll also mention some alternatives for Mac that you can use to burn CDs and DVDs. In this article, I’ll talk about how you can burn a disc in OS X for multiple purposes. Depending on what type task you need to complete, you may have to use different software. Now when it comes to burning discs on a Mac, there are usually a couple of scenarios: burn a data disc or ISO image, burn an audio CD or burn a video DVD playable in a DVD player.
