What kind of blank discs should I use on my macbook?

cd-r - for burning audio and MP3 cd's for playback on stereos via iTunes and storing under 700MB in files.
dvd-r - for burning data dvd's and movies to 4.5GB
dvd-r ds - dual sided for 9GB
dvd-r dl - for dual layer on one side about 9GB total, good for making copies of OS X install disks
dvd-r dl ds - dual layer double sided for about 18GB total
then there is blueray dvd's but that requires a external burner and special disks for even larger amounts of data.
If you see "+" instead of "-" like cd+r, it's a differnet format on the disk, but most all new modern machines can read/burn either now.
Older machines might only be "-" or "+" with "-" being the most commonly used.

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