DVD for backup

Have a 20" aluminum iMac. Want to backup my iTunes stuff (about 100 gigs) to DVD. Says the drive will support dual layer discs. If the capacity is around 9 gigs per disc, then I'll use about 12? Also, any advantages/disadvantages to using RW media? My old G4 iMac was only capable of using dvd-r or dvd-rw, seems to have been very particular as to what brand was chosen. Please advise or recommend, dvd-r, dvd-rw, dvd+r, or dvd+rw (dual layer, of course).
Thanks in advance
Paul

Also, any advantages/disadvantages to using RW media?
DVD-RW and DVD+RW disks can be erased and reused if a mistake is made when adding the original content, but may not be readable in older devices.
Please advise or recommend, dvd-r, dvd-rw, dvd+r, or dvd+rw (dual layer, of course).
You should use DVD+R or DVD+RW dual layer disks; unless you have an external DVD burner, dual layer DVD-R or DVD-RW media isn't compatible with your configuration.
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Hello
To be clear. I am not interested in creating a DL-DVD for playback on a set top DVD player connected to a television.
Rather, I haver a 6+GB .mov file that I would prefer to keep intact and burn to a DL-DVD. I need to do this mainly for backup purposes and would like to try & avoid manually cutting up the file into multiple smaller .mov files in FCS. The file has already been compressed using the H.264 codec and I would like to avoid any further compression.
So, my question is, can I burn this file to a data DL-DVD without having to worry about the "break point" on the DL-DVD corrupting my QT .mov file?
Any help would be appreciated.
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Tim

Unless I'm missing something Video Monkey is an encoder. I've already encoded the video so that is not an issue.
I'm trying to find out whether or not I can burn my 6+gig .mov file to a data DL-DVD without the "break point" corrupting the file for the purpose of backing it up should the copy on my HDD get corrupted.
Thanks for the reply though.
Tim

Burn Iphoto to dvd for backup

I what to backup my iphoto. On the top left it says Library. Under this it says Events, Photos then I have albums under this. So if I what to backup my entire Library, I would click on the Photos tab (under Events). This highlights the photo tab and shows all my photos. Then click Share.
Do I send it to IDVD or to Burn.
Will this only save my photos in random or will this save the photos and my albums. Or do I have to burn each album separately.
Will this also save my original.
I am scanning all our Family photos. I am scanning and sorting each day. If I backup my photos to DVD today. Can I use the same disk tomorrow, will the Mac read what is on the DVD and only add the new files, or will it burn the whole thing over.
When I finish all the Photos I would like to burn copies for the Family . These will be viewed on Windows PC and TVs. This I would do on IDVD? Click on the file / Share / IDVD. Or do I sill need to drag the file onto the desktop and burn from Finder.
Sorry if this is confusing( I know I am)
Thanks for your Help

IF you use the Share -> Burn command then you will get an iPhoto Library on the DVD. When you put this disk into a Mac it will appear in the iPhoto Window and you can copy files from the disk to the Library all in the iPhoto Window. This process gets everything - Originals, albums, keywords etc.
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For Windows: Select the pics in the iPhoto Window and go File -> Export and export the photos to a Folder on the Desktop. Then burn that folder to disk using the Finder. This does not get your Originals. Ut simply gets a folders of files.
To make something that’s viewable on a TV then you’ll need to use the Share -> Send to iDVD option. In iDVD you can make a slideshow of the photos. This is not a back up in any way. It makes a movie from the pics.
Regards
TD

Cannot burn a DVD for backup

I have completed a Erase & Install on the beast here. Now I tried to do a "clean backup" and am unable to burn a DVD. The following is the message:
The operation could not be completed because one or more of the required items cannot be found (Error code -43).
Could not open the data forl of "<unable to get file path>" (-43)
There it is. None of my research has helped. Would appreciate any expertise on the matter. Thanks.

As far as the backup, I was dragging my User folder
to the DVD, then selecting "Burn". It ran with it for
a while, then the error messages as listed before.
That's causing the error. There are files in your user folder (disk burning logs, preferences, caches, mail, et.) that are changing. Dragging files to a burn folder creates aliases to the files. When burning or verifying, if the original file (target of the alias) has moved, changed, or been deleted, you can get the errors you are seeing. Try burning all the folders except "Library" and see if you get the error.

Burning files onto a dvd for backup

I used to be able to backup selected files, libraries, etc. by creating a burn folder, dragging selected items into it (which would create aliases of the selected items in the burn folder), and then burning the folder onto a disc.
This method no longer works. Best I can do now seems to be to insert a disc, and then drag the selected items with the option key down in order to copy them onto the disc icon, and then burn the disc. This takes more time than the old method, because you have to wait for the selected items (some of which are big) to copy onto the icon before the burning process can begin. Am I missing something??
Thanks!

Why do you think it isn't working?
If in a Finder window you select File->New Burn Folder and add things to that folder what happens?
Once I created a burn folder I dragged to to the sidebar to make it easier to access then added flies to it. Alias to the files were created in the burn folder.

HT3209 In other words, I cannot download a movie, then burn it to DVD for play thru a DVD player to my non-Apple TV - correct?

Am I correct to assume that I cannot burn a downloaded movie to DVD? I do not have any Apple products.

You can only copy it to a DVD for backup purposes, it won't play on a DVD player.

Does a DVD SP backup/autosave vault exist?

Does DVD SP create a backup of recent sessions (like FCP autosave vault)and if so, where would I find it? I save early and often. My recent session was lost (corrupted) as I was moving subtitles from one row to another. I had just hit save at the same time as it crashed and I suppose it corrupted the file. Now, when I try to open that file, I get "cannot open file" error. I have saved and saved using the same file name so there is no recent backup that I can find. Anyone know what are my options, if any?

- vault is not incremental. Thus, when you update
the vault (backup) you are effectively creating a
whole new backup to replace the one you had already.
It is incremental. I know, because I have created a vault and it only backs up what has changed, not the whole library. Very quick too. Not sure how you came up with this hypothesis. Have you tried to do this yet ?
Aperature architecture. Ok, so how do I go about
getting my newly imported files 'exported' as RAW
files to my DVD for backup purposes? I don't have
Two options:
1) You can export your newly imported master images to a folder on your hard drive and then use toast or the burn feature to burn a DVD.
2) Copy the images off the CF card, using Finder, to a local directory on your hard disk. Copy this directory off to a DVD for peace of mind. Now tell Aperture to import this directory into your library. After the import is complete, delete this directory.
documentation. Does 'export master' allow doing so
to a DVD and then burning? Somehow I dont think
I haven't been able to do that. So I don't think so.
I don't like the idea of relying on another hard
drive for backup purposes, so DVD's are peace of mind
for me (although I prefer to do both).
I agree with you on that.

Multiple Hard Drives: one for system & applications, one for backup

I am planning the upgrade of my hard drive setup. Presently, I have only the original 74.53 GB internal drive that came with my June 2004 G5 1.8 dual CPU. I have two goals for the upgrade. First, more hard drive space. Second, a drive for automatic backup. Since I am running OS 10.4.11 and not intending to upgrade to 10.5 at this time for application reasons, I will be using something like Carbon Copy Clone for the backup software (not Time Machine, which requires OS 10.5). My thinking, so far, is to install a 1 TB internal drive for system and another internal or external 1 TB drive for the backup. In perusing the discussions here, it looks like an external drive is always used for the backup. Is this true or would an internal drive work just as well for backup? I want the backup to be as free as possible from any corruption or problems that might arise on the system drive or other computer parts. Does the Firewire or USB connection of an external drive offer a greater amount of freedom from potential corruption as opposed to the direct SATA connection of an internal drive?
I realize that burnt DVD’s offer the greatest amount of freedom from corruption but one doesn’t burn a DVD hourly, daily, weekly or so on. Hopefully, if a problem arises my work underway is residing on the backup drive unaffected. I’m not sure how close in time this can be. I imagine this probably depends on the backup software used and how often the backup is run. I’m not yet fully aware of the options.
For the internal system drive is there any good reason to partition it? I f so, why, and in what way? Do the OS and applications need to reside on the same partition? If not (or better that they don’t), how should a 1 TB drive be partitioned?
Thanks in advance for any suggestions on the best configuration of my hard drive upgrade.

1) The backup drive is best to be external (security from computer failure).
Yes. I am not sure about the "in some ways" my esteemed colleague qualifies.
2) The external backup drive should be connected by Firewire (ability to be bootable & greater speed).
Yes. Just beware that some of the Western Digital models have presented problems. Not the drives themselves but the enclosures. [List of Western Digital bootable and non bootable models|http://discussions.apple.com/message.jspa?messageID=9022456#9022456]
Is a Firewire connected drive any less vulnerable to damage by computer hardware failure than an internal drive?
Yes & no. The yes: I don't know about G5s (they use a different connector from the G4s and earlier with which I am familiar) but in some computers the drives will share the same controller. If the controller goes then all connected drives can be corrupted. The no: Then too, I have had two Firewire drives be corrupted. One was by trying it with a PCI card (not what you're using) that was incompatible with my model computer. The other was when the power source in the enclosure went bad.
This is almost leading me to think that 3 drives would be the best! One internal for OS system & applications (1 TB), one continually connected for auto backup (my original 74 GB), and one (a bootable clone) attached only during occasional backups (2 TB).
The more the better. I usually buy drives in size increments that make sense for my configuration. I have two 120GB internal drives so I bought a 250GB external drive for backup and partitioned it into two so I could just back up one internal to one partition and the second to the other.
I'm perplexed with both your feelings about burnt media. I was not aware of this and fortunately have not experienced problems. However, it is only recently that I gravitated from 700MB CD's to 4.7 GB DVD-RW's for backups. I've been using Maxell
There's backup and there's archiving. Backup is for having a copy of what you're actively using. Archiving is storing stuff that is unlikely to change. Optical media is lousy for backup because files are constantly changing. Backing up a 120 GB onto 4GB media either requires a super organized person or you're spending a day sticking DVDs into your computer.
Optical media is less lousy for archiving, but still not great. Where's the floppy drive on your computer? Where will the DVD drive be in 15 years? It's also a lot faster archiving onto hard drives, and the cost of drives has come down to where the per GB cost is about equivalent of less than high-quality, archival-grade DVDs. Yes, drives change too, but it is also easy to copy from drive to drive. I have items archived on drives that are over 10 years old and as long as I make sure I keep on top of being able to connect those drives to a computer they are usable.
BTW: I tried to quote your messages for this reply, went to "Help" to learn how that is done and found this: "If you want to quote specific text from the original message, click Quote Original to add all the text from the original message to the Message box." I could see no such button "Quote Original". Can anyone please tell me where it is?
There's a '"' icon in the compose window when you type a reply. If I'm doing a lot of quotes (as I did here) I use that, then edit out the bits I don't want. Otherwise I copy and paste the text and add a > before the line to get it to appear in the special format.

Is de install dvd for 10.6.3 in compatible to upgrade a 2.2ghz intel core duo macbook?

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Burning a data DVD for iTunes?!

When i try to burn a data DVD of all of my songs from iTunes it goes through all of the steps but then when it gets to the the burn stage I get an error message that says "the attempt to burn a disk failed. The device failed to calibrate the laser power level for this media". I have gotten the message the vast majority of the the time but it has managed to burn 3 DVDs in a row the weird thing is that i didn't change any of the settings or anything and now it won't burn it anymore and i just keep getting this message. Does anyone know what this means or what I need to do? Please Help!!!

Are you trying to backup your library? If so a much much easier way to do it is to buy or put together an external hard drive, preferably one that can hook up via Firewire and preferably larger than your internal. Then use a program like Carbon Copy Cloner or SuperDuper and make a full clone of your internal drive to the external, which would include your iTunes, and if you use a Firewire able drive, you can even boot from this clone in a pinch.
Sorry I don't have an answer to your specific question since I backup on an external hard drive and don't mess with DVDs for this sort of thing. $112 can put you into a 300GB external drive, so they are not expensive.
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Exporting for Backup

I am attempting to export images from an album ( which is within a project) to a desktop folder, for burning to a DVD/CD for backup.
My sequence within Aperture is...
File > Export > Version > Export Screen ( make selections, e.g. jpeg-Original Size).
When exporting is complete ( prior to burning), and I open an exported image from the desktop folder in Preview, it opens with the appearance of a " double exposure" with an image from a totally unrelated project superimposed.
Each of the exported images from the album has the same offending underlying image, as if it is embedded into the export process.
I have tried exporting different images from different albums with the same result.
I have also deleted the offending image from my computer, then going through the exporting process again, but the errant image still returns.
This is a big puzzle for me, as I have used this method successfully many times in the past for backup.
Any advice or assistance would be much appreciated.

Go to Aperture->Presets->image export-> and uncheck the add watermark box...
It worked for me <smile>.

What to use for backup?

To back up my mac computer, do I need to purchase a product such as time capsule, or do i just use a blank CD, or what? I would like to back up my mac, but i don't know what to use.
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Basic Backup
Get an external Firewire drive at least equal in size to the internal hard drive and make (and maintain) a bootable clone/backup. You can make a bootable clone using the Restore option of Disk Utility. You can also make and maintain clones with good backup software. My personal recommendations are (order is not significant):
1. Retrospect Desktop (Commercial - not yet universal binary)
2. Synchronize! Pro X (Commercial)
3. Synk (Backup, Standard, or Pro)
4. Deja Vu (Shareware)
5. PsynchX 2.1.1 and RsyncX 2.1 (Freeware)
6. Carbon Copy Cloner (Freeware - 3.0 is a Universal Binary)
7. SuperDuper! (Commercial)
8. Intego Personal Backup (Commercial)
9. Data Backup (Commercial)
The following utilities can also be used for backup, but cannot create bootable clones:
1. Backup (requires a .Mac account with Apple both to get the software and to use it.)
2. Toast
3. Impression
4. arRSync
Apple's Backup is a full backup tool capable of also backing up across multiple media such as CD/DVD. However, it cannot create bootable backups. It is primarily an "archiving" utility as are the other two.
Impression and Toast are disk image based backups, only. Particularly useful if you need to backup to CD/DVD across multiple media.
Visit The XLab FAQs and read the FAQs on maintenance, optimization, virus protection, and backup and restore. Also read How to Back Up and Restore Your Files.
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Enclosures for FireWire and USB are readily available. You can find only FireWire enclosures, only USB enclosures, and enclosures that feature multiple ports. I would stress getting enclosures that use the Oxford chipsets (911, 921, 922, for example.) You can find enclosures at places such as;
Cool Drives
OWC
WiebeTech
Firewire Direct
California Drives
NewEgg
All you need do is remove a case cover, mount the hard drive in the enclosure and connect the cables, then re-attach the case cover. Usually the only tool required is a small or medium Phillips screwdriver.

DVD for Movie and location for picture files

In iDVD can I play a movie of some pictures and also use the dvd for a location of the pictures used soe a person can watch the movie or go to a folder from the menu and see the pictures or drag the pictures to their computer?

Are you referring to the Dvd-Rom section of the dvd? Yes you can add any file you wish to this section but it wont be playable by most set top dvd players. But you can use a computer to drag and drop the data to a different mac or pc.
Adding files to the DVD-ROM portion of a disc
You can let viewers copy files directly from your DVD by adding the files to the DVD-ROM portion of the disc. These files are burned onto the DVD and are accessible when the disc is viewed on either a Windows PC or a Macintosh computer, but not a DVD player.
You can add any kind of file to the disc. For example, if your disc contains a slideshow, you can add the image files to the DVD-ROM portion of the disc so viewers can download them to their own computers and print them. You can also add a file containing your movie production notes and other “extras.”
To manually add files to the DVD-ROM part of your disc:
Choose Advanced > Edit DVD-ROM Contents.
The DVD-ROM Contents window opens.
Click Add Files, or click New Folder first if you want to create a folder to put the files in.
Browse to select your files or folders, then click Open to add them to the disc.
You can also drag files directly to the DVD-ROM Contents window. When you are done, just close the window.
When you add a file to the DVD-ROM portion of your disc, before you burn the disc the project contains just a reference to the location of the file on your hard disk, not the actual file. So if you delete a file from your computer or move it from its location after adding it to the DVD-ROM contents, you get a “File not found” message when you try to burn your disc. You can either remove these missing files from the DVD-ROM contents or find them on your computer and put them back in the original location so iDVD can access them.
As you add files to the DVD-ROM contents, be sure to check the DVD Capacity meter in the Project Info window to find out how many gigabytes of disc space are being used. The Capacity meter shows the disc space taken up by the video portion of the disc as well as the DVD-ROM portion.
NOTE: It is not recommended that you use this feature as a way to create regular system backups on DVD. If you want to create DVD backups of files on your computer’s hard disk, use the Burn Disc feature in the Finder.
When you add RAW images to a slideshow from iPhoto or from elsewhere on your computer, the files appear as JPEG images in your slideshow. If, in iDVD preferences, you choose to add photos from the slideshow to the DVD-ROM portion of the disc (so that viewers can download them to their computers), the RAW files are added, not JPEGs.
Hope this helps but if not just come on back.
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Satellite A300 Vista doesn't starts - no cd/dvd with backup

Hi Everybody
I have a big problem with Toshiba a300. Windows Vista doesnt's starts.
Shows only menu with 2 options: first "fix the system" - when I choose this option 10 s later I see messeage: click OK to turn off the computer;
when I choose second option my laptop restart everytime.
I have tried after turn on computer to press f8, but all option from this menu do NOT fix the problem.
I have no CV/DVD for my computer.
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I really don't now how I can install system with recovery patriction. What softwere I need and how I must do it?
Thanks for help

Hi
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In order to start the HDD recovery procedure you will have to press F8. Then choose the first option called Repair my Computer. Then new window will appear and there you have to choose Toshiba HDD recovery. Thats all.
But if this procedure wouldnt work (no matter why) then you will have to use the Toshiba Recovery disk. If you didnt create a recovery disk firstly and the notebook will not boot up then you will need to buy a Recovery disk from this page:
https://backupmedia.toshiba.eu/landing.aspx
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I bought a new external hard drive for backups, but time machine won't do a full back up. I think it is remembering backing up onto previous external hard drives, which I don't own anymore. How do I do a new full backup?

I bought a new external hard drive for backups, but time machine won't do a full back up.
I think it is remembering backing up onto previous external hard drives, which I don't own anymore. How do I do a new full backup?
When I bought the new (used) iMac, I also bought an external hard drive for backups. It worked fine, but my husband stole it.
Then I bought a new external hard drive (Seagate) and it worked fine for three weeks, then died.
So I just got a new external hard drive, which was put together from an internal hard drive and a hard drive enclosure.
Time machine did the first backup today, and it should have taken 9 hours like it did on the previous first time full back up. Instead, it took 30 minutes. That can't be right. I want to start over and do a full backup to make sure everything gets onto my new external hard drive, but I can't figure out how to do that. Please help.

Triple-click anywhere in the line below to select it:
tmutil compare -E
Copy the selected text to the Clipboard (command-C).
Launch the Terminal application in any of the following ways:
☞ Enter the first few letters of its name into a Spotlight search. Select it in the results (it should be at the top.)
☞ In the Finder, select Go ▹ Utilities from the menu bar, or press the key combination shift-command-U. The application is in the folder that opens.
☞ Open LaunchPad. Click Utilities, then Terminal in the icon grid.
Paste into the Terminal window (command-V).
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Each line that begins with a plus sign (“+”) represents a file that has been added to the source volume since the last snapshot was taken. These files have not been backed up yet.
Each line that begins with an exclamation point (“!”) represents a file that has changed on the source volume. These files have been backed up, but not in their present state.
Each line that begins with a minus sign (“-“) represents a file that has been removed from the source volume.
At the end of the output, you’ll get some lines like the following:
Added:
Removed:
Changed:
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