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    Whats so good about Toast

    Discussion in 'Apple and Mac OS X' started by TylerS23, May 20, 2007.

  1. TylerS23

    TylerS23 Notebook Consultant

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    I've heard many good things about the Toast burning software, but what's so good about it? Does it burn cd's and such just like Itunes, or is better? What other good burning software is out there and how much does it cost?
     
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  2. Starlight

    Starlight Notebook Evangelist

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    The Finder and the Disk Utility (both built-in utilities) is enough for most data burning. Also, iTunes adds music disc burning, and iMovie+iDVD movie burning (for making your own, that is). So in general, you won't need any extra burning software - but a lot of people seem to like Toast. I've never tried it, but my burning needs are fairly simple and Finder usually takes care of them for me.
     
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  3. TylerS23

    TylerS23 Notebook Consultant

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    Yeah I don't burn like crazy but I was just wondering about this Toast product.
     
    TylerS23, May 20, 2007
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  4. Rodster

    Rodster Merica

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    The only reason IMO to use Toast is for multi-session burning which OSX does not support which has irked me for some time. If you can live without multi-session burning then Toast is pretty much a waste of money if you ask me. ;)
     
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  5. passive101

    passive101 Notebook Deity

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    Does Toast burn .iso's or whatever the mac equilivent is for them?
     
    passive101, May 20, 2007
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    system_159 Notebook Deity

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    Yes, but so does disk utility. That's why most people use toast though, because it has a specific option to burn a .dmg as a bootable disk, whereas with Disk Utility it kinda just does it without telling you, so people don't know it will.
     
    system_159, May 20, 2007
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    I believe it also lets you have more control over burning mp3 cds. With itunes, you have no control over directory structure, with toast, you do.
     
    hollownail, May 20, 2007
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  8. TedJ

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    Toast also handles more audio formats (ogg, flac, etc.) when burning Audio CDs than iTunes. It can shrink DVD9 -> DVD5 on the fly while burning DVDs. And it also transcodes DivX/XviD and H264 to DVD.

    While you can get 90%+ of Toast's functionality with the apps bundled with OS X and/or freely downloadable apps, Toast is a approachable one-stop-shop application.

    Well worth the money, IMHO.
     
    TedJ, May 21, 2007
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    toast=mac nero
     
    easyeye, May 21, 2007
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