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Getting Started with Toast
Choosing Which Type Of Disc To Make
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Choosing Which Type Of Disc To Make
Toast can create a wide variety of CD, DVD, and Blu-ray formats – more
than the Mac OS burning software.
Here are some of the most common disc formats.
I want to... Use this disc format
Back up general data files and
folders, such as documents, photos
and spreadsheets, to use at a later
time only on a Mac.
Data > Mac Only. See Making a
Mac Only Disc on page 43.
Back up general data files and
folders to use at a later time on a
Mac or a PC.
Data > Mac & PC. See Making a
Mac & PC Disc on page 49.
Archive and share photos from my
iPhoto library (or any other
pictures) with friends and family.
Data > Photo Disc. See Making a
Photo Disc on page 65.
Listen to music from my iTunes
library in my home or car stereo
CD player.
Audio > Audio CD. See Making an
Audio CD on page 72.
Listen to music from my iTunes
library in my DVD player.
Audio > Music DVD. See Making a
Music DVD on page 76.
Watch slideshows and video on my
TV (my Mac has a CD burner
only).
Video > Video CD. See Making a
Video CD on page 89.
Watch slideshows and video on my
TV (my Mac has a DVD burner).
Video > DVD-Video. See Making a
DVD-Video on page 93.
Make a DVD from an existing
VIDEO_TS folder and compress it
to fit on the disc.
Video > DVD from VIDEO_TS.
See Making a DVD From a
VIDEO_TS Folder on page 109
Make a DVD from a DivX file. Video > DVD-Video. See Making a
DVD-Video on page 93.
Copy a CD, DVD, or Blu-ray disc
to another disc.
Copy > CD/DVD Copy. See
Copying a Disc on page 121.