Additional Ideas for Burning CDs and DVDs

Now that you know how to burn files to disc, you can make a CD or DVD of your favorite digital photographs to send to your friends and relatives. Since the Burn Folder holds only links to your actual files, when you click the Burn button, your Macintosh will automatically copy the latest version of your files to the disc.

To practice your CD/DVD burning skills, grab some recordable CDs or DVDs and burn your most important files to them. Now store these discs someplace safe so that if a catastrophe wipes out your computer data, your crucial files will be backed up. To protect your data, you should copy your important files to CDs or DVDs periodically. For more information about backing up your files, see ...

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