Now, correct me if I'm wrong, but can you not simply download the iso, pop in your blank CDR, drag the iso image to the CDR icon, and click 'burn'?ĭon't get me wrong here, I'm not trying to mock the 'switchers' out there who assume it's more complicated than that because the OS they're used to (Windows) makes it more complicated. The olde-type mac convention is the good ol' 'click-and-drag'. The 'right click' convention is very new to olde-tyme mac users (and I would wager, Mac developers as well).

Remember, until the Mighty Mouse, standard Mac mice only had one button.

But be warned, you can hose a lot with the dd command. If you need to burn a bootable disk (or one with hidden sectors like say a Windows install disk), replace the command: Create the ISO file with the dd utility:ĥ. Umount the disk with the following command:Ĥ. You are looking for the following - Name: /dev/disk1ģ. From the terminal you need to discover the location of your CD-ROM:

It is really useful for creating iso files in 10.4 - especially stubborn ones that won't build through disk util:Ģ. That's it! Sure, it may seem simple enough, but when you've been using Linux and Windows utilities for years, these steps can be a little perplexing and hard to remember.

Click the Burn button and follow the instructions.

In the list of volumes, you will now see an item representing the ISO file.

From the File menu, choose Open Disk Image and select the ISO to be burned.

So, to burn an ISO image to disc, here's what to do: Instead of telling the program you want to burn an image, then choosing the file, you're supposed to do the reverse: You choose the file, then tell the program you want to burn it.

The problem here is that most Mac disc utilities, including the built-in Disk Utility, take a different approach when it comes to image burning. I'm used to disc burning utilities that have an obvious, explicit command like 'Burn ISO Image to CD.' To make life even more confusing, OS X's Disk Utility does have a Burn command, but it becomes disabled when you click on the blank disc you'd like to use for the burn. If you want to try out a new Linux distribution, for example, chances are you'll need to download a disc image in ISO format and burn it to a blank CD-ROM or DVD.īut ever since I began using Mac OS X, I've been perpetually confused about how to burn ISO images. Disc images are a fairly common packaging standard for large software programs.

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