Back-up on CD/DVD

Hi everybody,
I am wondering if I can back up my files with Time Machine on a CD or DVD instead of an external harddrive. If so, how do I do it?
Thank you.

TM doesn't do it. Retrospect does. Its ability to make incremental multisession backups to optical discs is quite cool.
But Retrospect costs $99. External hard drives can now be found for that price, which work with Time Machine and offer much more convenience than CDs or DVDs. The falling prices of hard drives are quickly making DVDs and CDs obsolete for system backups.

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