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OS X DVD burning question
Daniel Berman, Student/Intern, Photographer
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Seattle | WA | US | Posted: 7:51 PM on 07.14.09 |
->> This may sound confusing so bear with me:
I would like to burn my archived photos across multiple DVD's automatically.
It is pretty time-consuming to select what I guess is close to 4.7 gb worth of photos, and then burn them to a DVD, and repeat.
Is there a software program out there that will look at the amount of data I have to burn, fill the DVD's to capacity, and then prompt me to burn additional DVD's as necessary?
Thanks!
Daniel |
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Robert Hanashiro, Photographer
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Los Angeles | CA | | Posted: 8:14 PM on 07.14.09 |
| ->> Toast. |
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Dennis Wierzbicki, Photographer
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Plainfield | IL | USA | Posted: 8:20 PM on 07.14.09 |
| ->> While OS X can do a decent job of burning DVD's, I'm with Bert - Toast does it MUCH better and is well worth the $$$. If I'm not mistaken, it can be downloaded, and immediately put to use. |
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Robert Seale, Photographer
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Houston | TX | USA | Posted: 8:24 PM on 07.14.09 |
| ->> Last time I checked - Toast spans the last file over two DVD's....it does not split the info at the end of the nearest file. I would recommend looking for a burning utility that does not span information, as you will always need toast to put humpty dumpty together again. |
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Derek Montgomery, Photographer
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Duluth | MN | USA | Posted: 8:27 PM on 07.14.09 |
| ->> I say use Toast. With Toast, you can drop files into the burn window and it will tell you how much space they take up. I do that after shooting weddings and need to make backup discs of each DVD burned. So you burn one disc and as long as you don't change the location of the files, you can just plop in another disc, click burn and it's off again. |
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Greg Ferguson, Photographer
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Scottsdale | Az | USA | Posted: 9:26 PM on 07.14.09 |
->> Robert brings up a good point.
You're burning to a media that can be read on all platforms but you're tying yourself to an app that might not be available at the time, place, or on the system when you need to read the files.
You could probably use tar (the Unix app) to accomplish the same thing as Toast, only it won't hold your hand like Toast. It's advantage is it's a lot more universal. |
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Jim Metzendorf, Photographer, Assistant
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Columbus | OH | United States | Posted: 10:00 PM on 07.14.09 |
->> Hi Daniel,
Toast is a worthwhile investment for many reasons, but there is a $20 shareware app for Mac OS X you might want to check out called DMG Master:
http://www.pomola.com/products_dmgmaster/dmgmaster.html
This app will essentially let you continuously fill up "containers" of data equivalent to the amount that can be stored on a single DVD, then create a disc using the built-in burning capability of OS X. This would help take the guess work out of selecting the right number of images, and create discs that are not tied to a particular archive extraction system.
I know it's not precisely what you asked for, but you can download for free and see if it will help meet your needs.
Regards,
-Jim |
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Mike O'Bryon, Photographer
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Ft. Lauderdale | FL | USA | Posted: 10:17 PM on 07.14.09 |
->> I believe PhotoMechanic does this... and doesn't have a proprietary format
-- Mike |
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Dave Doonan, Photographer
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Kingston | TN | USA | Posted: 10:26 PM on 07.14.09 |
| ->> I've used Toast to back up. never had a problem accessing DVDs not using Toasrt. |
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Andrew Knapik, Photographer, Assistant
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Lincoln Park | MI | USA | Posted: 11:26 PM on 07.14.09 |
| ->> I use Photo Mechanic. Just highlight all of the photos you want to burn, and press the little yellow circle n the corner. PM automatically fills each DVD to capacity, and will even name the DVD's in sequence for you. |
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Randy Fisher, Photographer
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Amherst | NE | United States | Posted: 6:02 PM on 07.15.09 |
| ->> I use PhotoMechanic for this all the time. It tells you how many DVDs are needed to burn the files. |
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Chris Parent, Student/Intern, Photographer
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Harahan | LA | United States | Posted: 6:07 PM on 07.15.09 |
| ->> You can tell Toast to make sure that the last file ont he first DVD doesn't splt to the second. That way you don't lose a file. |
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Daniel Berman, Student/Intern, Photographer
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Seattle | WA | US | Posted: 10:28 PM on 07.15.09 |
->> Terrific!
Thanks for all the great advice everyone -- I am going to try PhotoMechanic right now.
Daniel |
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Dave Doonan, Photographer
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Kingston | TN | USA | Posted: 12:09 AM on 07.16.09 |
->> in Photomechanic, can you burn images intospecific files?
my filing system is that I keep each assignment in a separate folder. and I back up each month. |
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Fj Hughes, Photographer, Assistant
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Baltimore | MD | USA | Posted: 8:16 AM on 07.16.09 |
| ->> You may also consider purchasing a Blu-ray burner. At 25GB, Blu-ray discs hold considerably more information and the prices are really starting to come down on both the burners and discs. |
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John Cheng, Photographer
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New Milford | CT | USA | Posted: 9:17 AM on 07.16.09 |
->> Re Toast spanning multiple DVDs... You don't need Toast to retrieve a file that spans more than one disc. Each Toasted disc contains a utility that allows you to search and retrieve files, all the magic happens underneath.
-John |
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