Burning Multiple Times to the Same CD
G
enerally, when you burn files to a
CD once, you’re done — you can’t burn to that CD
again. Unless you use this little trick: First create
a new folder and give it a descriptive name
(something like “burn baby burn!” Kidding). Now put
the files you want to burn into that folder, then go
to the Applications folder and open the Utilities
folder. Double-click on Disk Utility. When it comes
up, go under the File menu, under New, and choose
Disk Image from Folder, and then when the Open dialog
appears, find that folder with the stuff you want to
burn and click the image button. A Save dialog
appears in which you can leave the name as is or
choose a new name (leave the other controls alone),
and then click Save. In a few moments, a disk image
of your folder’s contents will appear in the list on
the left side of the Disk Utility dialog. Click on
that icon, and then click the burn button at the top
left of the Disk Utility dialog.
When you click the Burn button, a dialog will appear
asking to insert a disc. Do so, and then click once
the blue downward-facing triangle on the right side
of this dialog to show more options. Click on the
checkbox for Leave disc appendable, then click the
Burn button. Your data will now be written to that
CD. To add more files later, just insert that same CD
and then you’ll use this same process all over again,
but when you get to that final burn dialog, the
button won’t say “Burn” this time, instead it will
say “Append” because you’re adding these files to the
same disc. By the way, don’t forget to remove the
files you already burned to this disc from your “burn
baby burn!” folder (and the DMG file it creates)
before you make your next disc image.