Oh, thanks. Is it enough to check that the file size of the burned cd matches that of the entire burn folder or do you have to check each file? negatives and slides were easier. When you use an external drive, do you need something like iView to keep track of those files?
Randy On Jan 9, 2006, at 10:39 AM, Jerry Freeman wrote: On Jan 9, 2006, at 7:11 AM, Bill Micou wrote: > did Randy even get an answer concerning using Toast vs. burn folders? > > On Jan 7, 2006, at 2:54 PM, rangrsz263 at mac.com wrote: > >> I have just read that people use Roxio Toast to burn cd's not only >> because it is more versatile but because it is more reliable than >> burn folders. Is that true? Although I always check the cds (our >> digital photos) to be sure everything is there, I have no idea if >> the quality of the cd is what it should be since I am just looking >> at the little thumbnails. I would hate to find out that all the >> archived photos are only an approximation of the original files. >> Thanks for any advice. Randy I have never had a problem with disk burned from OS X Finder or Burn Folder. I used to archive on CD and never had a problem using a retrieved image. (Now I archive on an external HD as I was getting buried with CD's and the time necessary for filing them in a manner I could find something?reminded me of negatives :) The Finder thumbnail is just that, doing a Get Info on the thumbnail will assure you the file size is the same as when you saved the file. Where Toast shines is the options available for DVD and the ability to create hybrid Mac/PC disk. Where I doing DVD I would definitely get Toast as iDVD is not intuitive to me...jf | The next meeting of the Louisville Computer Society will | be January 24 at Pitt Academy, 6010 Preston Highway. | The LCS Web page is <http://www.kymac.org>. | List posting address: <mailto:macgroup at erdos.math.louisville.edu> | List Web page: <http://erdos.math.louisville.edu/macgroup>
