Specifications

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Recording Information on a CD

Your drive can record your favorite music, programs, and ﬁles on CD-R and CD-RW discs.

You can create your own music CDs and play them on any standard audio player. You can

also record computer ﬁles, such as applications, documents, or other digital ﬁles, on a

recordable CD.

With a CD-R disc (CD-Recordable), you can record information on the disc once. Although

you can’t change the recorded information, you may be able to add more information until

the disc is full, depending on the application you use. See the documentation that came

with your application for speciﬁc information about recording on your CD-R disc. It is best

to use CD-R discs for recording audio CDs, because most audio CD players cannot read

CD-RW discs.

With a CD-RW disc (CD-Rewritable), you can save and change information on your CD

multiple times. However, some software for recording media ﬁles on CDs, such as the iTunes

Disc Burner feature, can record data on the disc only once.

You can record music on CD-R or CD-RW discs right from your iTunes library.

1 Open iTunes, located in the Dock in Mac OS X.

2 Select the music you want to record.

3 Insert a blank CD-R or CD-RW disc.

4 Click Burn CD from the top of the iTunes window.

You can also record data on CD-R and CD-RW discs with Disc Burner.

1 Insert a blank disc in the CD drive.

2 In the dialog box that appears, enter a name for the disc and select the format you want to

create. An icon for the CD appears on the desktop.

3 Drag ﬁles and folders to the icon.

4 Select the disc and drag the CD icon to the Burn CD icon in the Dock in Mac OS X.

For information about how to use iTunes to record music ﬁles on a CD, see the online help

for iTunes in the Help Center.