Thanks Chris. It's doing it as we speak. Really helpful. Does it matter whether you choose compressed or cd/dvd master? I've just gone with compressed because I"m assuming it will uncompress it when I re-burn the image onto another CD. Cheers Lisette
On 17/03/2013, at 2:24 PM, "Chris Gilland" <clgillan...@gmail.com> wrote: > so, what you wanna then do is interact with the table that shows the list of > discs and volumes in your disk utility. Then highlight the disc with the > pictures. Once done, go up to the top and interact with your toolbar, and go > over to new image. It'll then ask where you want to save the dmg just like a > standard save dialog. > > Then, to reburn the disc, put your blank disc in the drive, go to disc > utility, then in your toolbar, go to burn. Then browse to the dmg you made, > and there you go. > > ----- Original Message ----- From: "Lisette Wesseling" > <lisettewessel...@gmail.com> > To: <macvisionaries@googlegroups.com> > Sent: Saturday, March 16, 2013 8:59 PM > Subject: Re: copying a disk > > > It's pictures. > How do you make a dmg image of a disk? > Thanks. > I saw the copy disk option in disk utility but not the create a dmg. > Thanks for your help > > Lisette > > On 17/03/2013, at 1:33 PM, "Chris Gilland" <clgillan...@gmail.com> wrote: > >> Well, there're several ways you can do this. >> >> When you say it has to be exact, is this an OS installation or some bootable >> disc? If so, you're best bet would be to make a dmg image of the disc. >> Otherwise, your best bet probably is gonna be to copy the content of the >> disc in your finder to your macintosh HD in a folder of its own, then when >> you need to burn it again, just put in your blank disc, navigate to the >> files/folders on your hard drive, copy them, then go over to the blank disc >> in your finder, paste them in, then burn. >> >> If you can be slightly more specific what you're copying it'll make it a bit >> easier to tell you what to do. We don't need the specifics of what the disc >> contains, as I totally understand that might be private, but at least tell >> us is it just some word documents, pictures, html files, software >> installations, an OS CD, or what. >> >> ----- Original Message ----- From: "Lisette Wesseling" >> <lisettewessel...@gmail.com> >> To: <macvisionaries@googlegroups.com> >> Sent: Saturday, March 16, 2013 8:16 PM >> Subject: copying a disk >> >> >>> Hi folks, >>> What's the best way to duplicate a cd (not audio) and place it on the hard >>> drive? >>> I want to be able to burn it to another CD in future, so it has to remain >>> exactly as is. It's not audio so I'm not asking about converting to mp3. >>> Thanks. >>> >>> Lisette >>> >>> -- >>> You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups >>> "MacVisionaries" group. >>> To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an >>> email to macvisionaries+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. >>> To post to this group, send email to macvisionaries@googlegroups.com. >>> Visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/macvisionaries?hl=en. >>> For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/groups/opt_out. >>> >> >> -- >> You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups >> "MacVisionaries" group. >> To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an >> email to macvisionaries+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. >> To post to this group, send email to macvisionaries@googlegroups.com. >> Visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/macvisionaries?hl=en. >> For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/groups/opt_out. >> >> > > -- > You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups > "MacVisionaries" group. > To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an > email to macvisionaries+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. > To post to this group, send email to macvisionaries@googlegroups.com. > Visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/macvisionaries?hl=en. > For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/groups/opt_out. > > > -- > You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups > "MacVisionaries" group. > To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an > email to macvisionaries+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. > To post to this group, send email to macvisionaries@googlegroups.com. > Visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/macvisionaries?hl=en. > For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/groups/opt_out. > > -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "MacVisionaries" group. To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email to macvisionaries+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. To post to this group, send email to macvisionaries@googlegroups.com. Visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/macvisionaries?hl=en. For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/groups/opt_out.
