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Terminal Tip: Burning a disc

by Cory Bohon (RSS feed) on Aug 12th, 2008

Are you a Terminal geek (or wannabe, but not the pop star type)? If so, did you know that you can burn discs right from the Terminal window with a simple command and a drag/drop? Just enter the following command followed by the path to a folder or disk image:

drutil burn filehere

Don't type the "filehere" -- that's where you put the path to the file/folder that you wish to burn. You can either type the location manually or drag and drop the file onto the Terminal window. But that's not all you can do with drutil; you can also eject media from the optical drive by typing "drutil eject." To see all of the available drutil options, just type in drutil for a quick list or man drutil for a full description.

Tags: burn, disc, drutil, eject, info, Terminal

Filed under: Humor, iPod Family, Odds and ends

iPod goes boom

by Erica Sadun (RSS feed) on Mar 30th, 2007

Can you think of a better way to start the weekend than with a nice set of photos of a burnt and melted iPod? Nope, we couldn't either. This set of destroyed iPod images is brought to you courtesy of Digg, where the submitter writes that the iPod exploded while charging "in a shower of sparks and smoke". Journalists say "if it bleeds, it leads". TUAW says if it goes boom, there's room. Or something like that. Enjoy the photos.

Tags: Boom!, Burn, Fire, iPod, Melty

Filed under: Analysis / Opinion, Software, Video

This just in: Roxio charging $99 for free software

by David Chartier (RSS feed) on Jan 8th, 2007

Michael posted that Roxio has released a new version of Toast, complete with a highly-anticipated bundled version of TiVoToGo for Mac OS X. While this is certainly a joyous day for those anxiously awaiting the ability to Macify their TiVo content, I can't help but have a severely bitter taste in my mouth from the fact that TiVo and Roxio are essentially charging $100 for what Windows users get to do for free.

Sure, it was probably a painstaking and grueling process to build a Mac OS X client, and it's even likely that many Bothans died to bring us this software. But *bundling* it with a $100 disc burning app and no alternative for a stand-alone purchase? Even accepting the fact that they (for some odd reason) *have* to charge for a Mac client, I call foul - and so do plenty of our readers. I'm sure many of Toast's users will welcome the new 'feature' in this version upgrade, but Roxio and TiVo really need to offer a separate purchase (or free!) option for those who, like me, would rather use burning software that won't break the bank.

With complaints in hand, I'll be sure to bug Roxio about this during our Macworld 07 coverage this week.

Tags: burn, roxio, tivo, tivo to go, TivoToGo, tv

Filed under: Software, Productivity

Disco public beta and today-only macZOT price

by David Chartier (RSS feed) on Oct 30th, 2006

Disco, the new burning app with so much buzz, has transitioned from a private beta to a public one. We've covered our fair share of Disco already, but to summarize: it has burning features that place it somewhere in between the Finder and Roxio's $99 Toast 7. One feature I didn't know about before though is Discography, a built-in search engine that lets you search through all the files you've previously burned. Users can search when the file was burned, when it was last edited, and to what disc it was burned - now that's innovation, boys and girls.

However, today is the last day Disco can be had for the introductory price of $14.95. While you can purchase at this price straight from Disco's site, macZOT is running one of their zany deals where three lucky buyers will win a Lacie DL DVD Burner with LightScribe, and some sort of a bonus is included with every purchase. You'd better hurry though: as of this writing you have just under 14 hours to hop on the Disco + macZOT bandwagon, and after today, Disco's price rises to $24.95.

Tags: beta, burn, burning, disco, discography, maczot, sessions, software, utility

Filed under: Software

Disco beta is out

by David Chartier (RSS feed) on Oct 23rd, 2006

Disco, the new burning software that's been blazing a name for itself, has entered a more or less public beta. Those who pre-ordered through a MacZOT that was featured not long ago should be receiving ticket numbers with which they can redeem a beta download, otherwise you can email beta [at] discoapp.com to see if Jasper Hauser and crew will randomly select you for a lucky download of your own.

If you're interested in seeing more of this $14.95 piece of burning shareware check out the Disco blog for more screenshots and explanations on what the developers are shooting for. It's a pretty impressive app, both from feature and UI standpoints, and definitely worth a look if the Finder's burning abilities leave you wanting, while Toast's ridiculous 'discounted' price of $80 leaves you with a bad taste in your mouth.

Thanks Nik

Tags: app, beta, burn, burning, disco, shareware, software

Filed under: Audio, Software, Video

Burn - an OSS alternative to Toast

by David Chartier (RSS feed) on Sep 22nd, 2006

Toast is great, and Mac OS X can handle burning a few types of CDs and disk images natively, but what if you need something in between Toast's $80 price tag and Mac OS X's basic burning abilities? Burn might just be the answer you need. This open source app can handle CDs, DVDs, VCDs, various data disk types, disk images and more. The source is readily available in case it's missing something, and both Mac OS X 10.3.9 and QuickTime 7 are required, though many features seem to be 10.4-only. Enjoy.

Tags: audio, burn, burning, cd, dvd, software, vcd, video

Filed under: iPod Family, Odds and ends

Today's lesson: don't mow the lawn while listening to your iPod during a lightning storm

by David Chartier (RSS feed) on Jul 7th, 2006

The Denver Post is reporting that Bunch, a 17-year-old teenager in Castle Rock, CO, was struck by lightning while mowing the lawn and listening to his iPod. While scientists aren't laying any money down on how likely it is that lightning sought out the teenager's iPod, the boy and his mother suspect Apple's little white player acted as a sort of lightning rod in this most unfortunate of accidents. The strike traveled all the way down his earbuds, burning his ears and the side of his face, causing Bunch to lose some of his hearing.

All things considered, Bunch and his mother are just happy that he is alive.

[via iLoun ge]

Thanks Gidge.

Tags: boy, burn, castle rock, CastleRock, denver, earbud, ipod, lightning, strike, teenager

Filed under: Hardware, iMac, PowerBook, Mac mini

SuperDrive Firmware Update v2.0 for some PowerPC-based Macs

by David Chartier (RSS feed) on Jun 1st, 2006

Apple has released a firmware update for SuperDrives in a variety of PowerPC-based Macs, including:

PowerBook G4 (12 -inch 1.5GHz)
PowerBook G4 (15-inch 1.33GHz, 1.5GHz, or 1.67GHz)
PowerBook G4 (17-inch 1.67GHz)
iMac G5 (17-inch 1.6GHz or 1.8GHz)
iMac G5 (20-inch 1.8GHz)
Mac mini G4

The update "fixes burning speeds when writing to certain recordable DVD media". Check out Apple's support document and download page for details and instructions on installing the update.

Tags: burn, burning, drive, dvd, firmware, hardware, imac, mac mini, MacMini, media, powerbook, speed, superdrive, update

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