Burn from Imac direct to external burner

How can I burn directly from my Imac CD player disc insert to my external CD burner? I can do it on my PC with no problem using Record Now program. Is there a program I can use to accomplish this? Or am I only limited to creating an image in the Imac, then burning to an extenal burner? It takes too long. On my PC I can insert a recorded disc in one slot.....put in a blank CD into the other slot........and burn disc to disc direct. Help!!!

Thanx.........I downloaded Burn, but couldn't figure out how to use it in the burner to external burner application. Plus there was no "help" button or online manual. Maybe I'm wrong, but I can see how to use it AFTER you create an image file. I don't want to have to take all of the time to create a file, then burn from that file. I have a recording studio and sometimes I need to make a quick copy from a disc. On PC you just put in one disc....then one into the burner and the copy disc to disc. I am new to Mac and find it far superior to my PC. I record through Logic Pro 9, Reason and Ableton so I am not a newby. I have a stand alone external burner USB'd to my new 27" quad core Imac. Are there any free programs I can download or is there a setting internally to OS X 10.6.2 that I need to change to get this simple job done?

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I have an iMac G5 (10.4.2), combo drive. I also have a Lacie d2 External 16x Dual-Layer DVD+/-RW Drive with FireWire/USB2.0 (Model 300920) as my external burner.
I've created a 20min. movie in iMovie and imported it into iDVD, and am hoping for some guidance on how to get this puppy burnt onto a playable (read: video) DVD disc.
As I understand it, I have two options:
1.) in iMovie, export the finished movie to QuickTime, and then use the bundled Toast Lite program (which came with the La Cie) to burn to DVD, sans menus. Has anyone tried this, and can verify that this is a workable option?
2.) in iDVD, create a disk image of the project. Here's where I get hazy; La Cie couldn't tell me how to get the disk image onto DVD using its burner; I know that Toast Lite does not support the disk image format; Apple Support refused to consult with me on the issue; Can anyone shed some light as video onto a DVD as video using the La Cie?
One other question: tomorrow I'll be near a Mac with a super drive. If I burned the disk image (or iMovie project) to DVD as data (versus video), and loaded it up on the super-drive equipped mac, would this work? Or would it be looking for local files that weren't there?
Thanks very much, in advance.

I had no luck burning a disk image (.img) file until I converted it to a "dvd master" (.cdr) via Disk Utility. At that point everything worked perfectly. I've also successfully burned from a .dmg file but I went back to .cdr on the supposition that since the .dmg format is described as 'compressed' there would be some loss of quality.
I've tried to find a technical discussion about these three file formats, but so far nothing. i'm surprised that Apple hasn't documented the no-burn .img in the Disk Utility help file.
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Moving a Time Machine backup from a directly connected external disk to that disk on OSX Server

I have an iMac that has been using an external drive for Time Machine (TM) backups since 2013, so there is a lot of history in the backups. I now have a Mac Mini running OS X Server, and would like to transfer the drive to the Mac Mini, but continue to use the drive as the backup disk, that is, doing TM backups via the TM service on the server. However, if I simply stop TM on the iMac, disconnect the drive, connect it to the Mac Mini, tell OS X Server to use the drive as a backup disk, and tell TM on the iMac to use the Server TM service, it seems that a new backup file is started, rather than continuing to use the old one (symptom: when I enter TM on the iMac, I don't see any of the previous incremental backups).
Is there a way to persuade OSX server to continue to use the old backup file, rather than start anew, losing my history?
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thanks

What you are attempting is complex, and I am not certain whether it would be successful. I recommend you buy a new drive and start a new backup today, and set the old drive aside.
I have a somewhat different view of the benefits of what you are calling "History". I think that History just adds complexity to the Backup structure that makes it LESS likely you will be able to do a Restore. And Backups are only as good as their ability to do a proper Restore.
Copies of the currently-present files is all that Time Machine promises to keep -- older files that have been removed from the current source are not necessarily maintained on the Backup. In my opinion, a fresh, clean Backup from today is more likely to be able to Restore the things you need most -- without any error messages.
The most requested Restores are things Users broke or discarded today or yesterday, and those will be readily available tomorrow and going forward. In the event you need some really old copies of something, you can try to get them off the old Backup drive you set aside today.

Convert internal HD from iMac g5 to external HD for Powermac G5?

I have an iMac G5 (PPC) that apparently has a failed motherboard. I don't want to fix it. Instead I want to remove the HD and convert it to an external HD that I can access on a Powermac G5 (PPC) via usb, firewire, or other cable that fits the Powermac. The Western Digital drive says on it: model WD1600JD, WD Caviar SE, Serial ATA Hard Drive. There is a note at the bottom of the label: "Use either SATA Power or Legacy Power connector. Do not use both which may result in damage to the hard drive". Does anyone have actual hands on experience with this so they can tell me exactly what adapter they used? I see various types of adapters online, e.g. caddy, enclosure, cable without enclosure and with various types of connectors. The HD has both circuit board connections made to fit into a slotted jack and pins. I am unsure what I need to use that is safe and will not damage anything. WD does not give specific advice on this. Thanks.

Here's a couple of ways...
http://eshop.macsales.com/item/NewerTech/FWU3ES2HDKU/
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Moving files from iMac to an external drive

I have a 250 gb iMac and a 1 tB external drive (Seagate). My iMac is getting quite full, so I tried moving some files to my external. It told me that I couldn't because these files needed OS X to operate. How can I move files to my external so I can clear up my iMac drive?

Greetings,
Is the drive you are moving files to the drive you use for your Time Machine backup? If so, don't do this. Any files you put on that drive are not backed up by Time Machine (Time Machine cannot backup it's own drive. That would be like performing brain surgery on yourself.) If you are running out of space, get an additional external drive to store them on so that they can still be backed up by Time Machine.
Here are some general ideas on how to free up space: http://docs.info.apple.com/article.html?path=Mac/10.6/en/8358.html
The most common items that people tend to have that use up all their space are iTunes (Music/Movies), iPhoto (Pictures), and iMovie (Movies).
You can move all 3 of these to an external hard drive if you like. Again, do not use your Time Machine backup drive for this purpose. That is for making a backup copy, not for holding the originals.
Once you have another drive you can move the afore mentioned large items if they are indeed taking up a large amount of space.
iTunes: http://support.apple.com/kb/HT1449
iPhoto: http://support.apple.com/kb/HT1229
iMovie: http://docs.info.apple.com/article.html?path=iMovie/8.0/en/19555.html
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DVD burned from a disk image won't work on different computers???

Under the directions for how to burn a DVD from an disk image, the Apple Help document (http://docs.info.apple.com/article.html?artnum=93006) says this:
"Note: When burning a disc from a disk image, the burned disc will have the same format as the disk image. If you need a disc that will work on different computers, burn the disc in the Finder."
Does this mean that the DVDs that I am burning from the disk image won't be able to be played on a PC? a Mac other than mine? Neither? WHAT? I am planning to sell the DVDs of a workshop I present -- to people who may be playing them on PCs. Should I not be using this method (burning from a disk image) to burn my DVDs?
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Under the directions for how to burn a DVD from an
disk image, the Apple Help document
(http://docs.info.apple.com/article.html?artnum=93006)
says this:
"Note: When burning a disc from a disk image, the
burned disc will have the same format as the disk
image. If you need a disc that will work on different
computers, burn the disc in the Finder."
Does this mean that the DVDs that I am burning from
the disk image won't be able to be played on a PC? a
Mac other than mine? Neither? WHAT? I am planning to
sell the DVDs of a workshop I present -- to people
who may be playing them on PCs. Should I not be using
this method (burning from a disk image) to burn my
DVDs?
Video DVDs are in the UDF format. The disk image you created is in the UDF format. When you use Disk Utility to burn the disk image to writable media, the new discs will be in UDF format and all will be well.
You are doing things correctly.
BTW, unless you have an external burner with lots of cooling, if you expect to use the burner in your Mac (which DOESN'T have lots of cooling), it's a good idea to pause between discs to allow the burner to cool down. (BTW, this comment is based on the reported results of several people in the forum. If you don't allow the cool down timer, you will start to create 'bad' discs. Also it is VERY important that you reduce the burn speed in Disk Utility to 4x or lower in order to create discs with maximum compatability with players. (You should see a way to change the speed in Disk Utility afterr you have inserted a disc.)
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DVD burned from a PC mounts as blank CDR

A client of ours has received (on a few occasions) simple photo images burned to a DVD that when they arrive, they mount on the Mac as a blank CDR, asks if you want to "Open it in the Finder" to burn to it, etc... I have allowed the Finder to mount the "blank" media (mounts with the CDR icon), and even tried burning to it to see if it was actually blank, but would get "too much data to burn" errors when trying to burn a 52k Word doc, so it certainly seems as if there is data on them, and you can see the burned area on the DVD itself (about half full).
Since this has happened a few times to them, and it is reproducible on all machines when it does, it seems it has something to do with the way the PC user is burning them or with the media itself (dual layer maybe?), and simply wanted to know if there was anyone here that knows what the problem might be, or at least have a hint. On a Mac, as you are all aware, it's as simply as dragging stuff to the DVD icon and burning... so I'm not sure what issues on a PC could cause this (or what burning program, burn setting, format, etc...). Mounts as a blank CDR, even though there is data on it, and the printing on the media itself states it is a DVD.
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Under the directions for how to burn a DVD from an
disk image, the Apple Help document
(http://docs.info.apple.com/article.html?artnum=93006)
says this:
"Note: When burning a disc from a disk image, the
burned disc will have the same format as the disk
image. If you need a disc that will work on different
computers, burn the disc in the Finder."
Does this mean that the DVDs that I am burning from
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who may be playing them on PCs. Should I not be using
this method (burning from a disk image) to burn my
DVDs?
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You are doing things correctly.
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Using External Burner

I want to burn a DVD from DVDSP 4 to an external burner. I am having trouble w/ my internal burner that I normally use. I have gone through the manual but cannot find how to burn a project to an external burner. Any help would be appreciated.
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Mac G 4 Mac OS X (10.4) FCP Studio Pro

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Burning cd's from iPhoto library on external drive

ok, here is my problem... I've got an old powerbook g3 which I gave my mother for storing and sorting her photos. As the disk space on this powerbook is quite limited I though of buying a firewire card and an external firewire drive and load the whole iPhoto library onto it. My question is; is there some way to burn cd's or DVD's out of iPhoto from this external drive on my powermac G5?

Blanche:
Welcome to the Apple Discussions. You won't be able to burn the disks directly from within iPhoto but if you're just wanting to burn a disk containing image files you can do that.
In iPhoto create an album of those you want to burn. Then select the album and use the Share->Export->File Export menu route to export the full sized files to a folder on the desktop. Name the folder appropriately and insert a blank disk. When the disk mounts on the desktop drag the folder to the disk. Once copied to the disk, make sure the files are full sized (a couple of times I got aliases only so make it a point to double check before burning). Then drag the disk icon to the Trash which will turn into a Burn button.
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Toast will not burn from internal or external burner

I just burned a batch of DVDs yesterday, then today when I started to burn a new project I heard a loud clumping noise. Then I received an sense error and medium write error. I did a little research on that and everything I read suggested a different brand of DVDs. So I tried that. I'm not getting an error anymore but toast is not even recognizing that I put a DVD in, it just keeps asking for a new blank DVD. I thought it was my external burner but it does the same thing when I switch from external burner to internal burner. Any suggestions? I am about to reinstall TOAST.

There is a hardware problem with my LaCie, I sent it in to be fixed. I also had my super drive replaced now I am able to burn fine.

Cannot burn CD-R direct from iPhoto Burn

Hello. I am having a problem with burning a CD-R direct from iPhoto. This is what occurs:
I insert a blank disk into the eMac. I select the album I want to burn in iPhoto. I click on the BURN button, bottom right. An error code comes on screen " You have inserted a disc containing no volumes that Mac OSX can read. To continue with the disk inserted,click ignore". I click on ignore. A message comes on indicating it is 'preparing to burn'. After a short period that message disappears and another message comes on screen saying "Burning to the HL-DT-ST RW/DVD GCC-41208 drive" Below that is the horizontal blue barber pole, which is not spinning and below that is "Preparing data for burning". The spinning beach ball is active also. That is all that happens. I have left it on for 15 or 20 minutes and no change so I eventually just Force Quit iPhoto to end the process. I have tried commercial music CD's in the eMac and they play okay. I have put a blank disk in and dragged a test item into it from the desktop and am able to burn that okay. It just appears the iPhoto burn is messed up somehow. A day or two ago I didnt have any problem burning direct from iPhoto.
The first burning error (shown above) seems to mention 'RW/DVD'but this is a CD-R. Hope someone can give me some info on this. Thanks.
PS: Since posting this on the eMac forum, I have tried trashing thumbnails 32/64/JPG and com.apple.iphoto.plist. I have used Disk Utility to repair permissions. I have removed iPhoto from the Dock and then put it back in. No change in the above situation. Hope someone can shed more light on this problem. Thank you.

Hello and Thanks for input Bev and Brie. Yes I have tried Verbatim CD's and same results as with the Sony's I had previously been using. And Brie, I have trashed com.apple.iPhoto.plist (I mentioned that in the latter part of my original post) but no change. It has me baffled and of course unable to backup Albums direct from iPhoto, even though I can still Export to a Desktop Folder and drag to the CD for a Burn. One small thing that may or may not have a bearing on this, is that when I click the Burn 'eye' in iPhoto, at first there is no indication that anything is happening but eventually it opens and the 'eye'starts rotating. If I recall correctly, as soon as you clicked on the eye, it used to go into action immediately. Cheers and thanks again for your ideas.

External burner on G5 2.1 imac not being recognized as primary cd/dvd drive

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I've had some issues with burning, too. It could be an issue with the brand of disc you are trying to burn. I was trying to burn DVD+R DL discs from Microboards, but they failed every time. Once I tried the TDK brand, it worked just fine. This could be an issue with any disc format, not just DVD+R DL. Most people seem to have the best luck with Verbatim (which is what I usually use).
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Trash your preferences, empty trash and retry (Digital Rebellion's program is very straightforward for this)
Run Disk Utility and retry
Shut Down for 10-15 minutes to allow the internal components to reset themselves, reboot and retry
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Burning from disc image

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