Purchased a Bluray burner ... now how to burn blurays?

I purchased a Buffalo BR3D-12U3 MediaStation bluray burner last week to use as a backup system (burn files to bluray). After reading the Amazon.com description where it states "Simply plug it in to your PC or Mac® and save or back up..." in several locations, I didn't even think there would be an issue using it with my iMac. That is until I got it (delivered) and read on the box that it's compatible with Windows and not Mac. What? Although this isn't my question, I must say that this is misleading advertising. Either it works on PC and Mac or it doesn't. Anyway. Now I need a solution...
I don't intend on creating actual bluray movies with this burner. All I need it for is to burn backups of files onto the bluray disks with the potential (of course) of retrieving those files in the future if needed. In other words, I'm using the bluray disks as an alternative secondary backup system in case my external drive fails. Q: Can someone recommend software that will allow me to use this burner for this purpose on my iMac?

Keith Doherty3 wrote:
Toast
http://www.roxio.com/enu/products/toast/titanium/overview.html
Thanks. That did it! Successfully burned a bluray data disk despite even the manufacturer claiming that the burner is no Mac compatible!.

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