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backing up files from my Mac to dvds

2012-11-28 Thread Cheryl Homiak

It has been quite a while since i did backups to dvd of a lot of my media files 
and also various document files so I have decided to do a complete new set. In 
the past I have kept the text and document files separate from the media files 
and have figured out which files can fit for each dvd and then I have run the 
burn. None of these files are in iTunes. I want to know if there is either a 
way on the Mac or an accessible program I can get to automate this process as 
far as filling up dvds. In other words, I'd like to be able to pick out the 
folders and files I want to burn and then I'd like to be able to start the burn 
and have the first dvd fill up and then be told to insert another dvd to 
continue instead of having to figure out the logistics of each dvd myself. Is 
there a way to do this?

Thanks.

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and the meditation of my heart
be acceptable to You, Lord,
my rock and my Redeemer.
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Re: backing up files from my Mac to dvds

2012-11-28 Thread Chris Blouch

So if you have everything you want to burn in a folder, what happens if
you pick that folder and then choose Burn To Disk from the file menu?
It's been a long time since I used CDs or DVDs for backups but I vaguely
recall that it would spread what you've got over multiple disks. Worth a
shot. At worst you waste one piece of media finding out. If you're
interested there are unixy ways to compress everything into one big file
and then split it into chunks that fit whatever size media you are
using. At some point though your time might be more valuable than the
cost of media and you should just do time machine to some external
storage. I found an external USB 500GB drive here for $50:

http://www.bhphotovideo.com/c/product/836243-REG/Hitachi_0S03452_500GB_Touro_Mobile_USB.html

That starts encroaching on the media cost of a few spindles of DVDs, not
to mention avoiding a lot of hassle.

On 11/28/12 11:19 AM, Cheryl Homiak wrote:
It has been quite a while since i did backups to dvd of a lot of my
media files and also various document files so I have decided to do a
complete new set. In the past I have kept the text and document files
separate from the media files and have figured out which files can fit
for each dvd and then I have run the burn. None of these files are in
iTunes. I want to know if there is either a way on the Mac or an
accessible program I can get to automate this process as far as
filling up dvds. In other words, I'd like to be able to pick out the
folders and files I want to burn and then I'd like to be able to start
the burn and have the first dvd fill up and then be told to insert
another dvd to continue instead of having to figure out the logistics
of each dvd myself. Is there a way to do this?

Thanks.

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and the meditation of my heart
be acceptable to You, Lord,
my rock and my Redeemer.
(Psalm 19:14 HCSB)

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Re: backing up files from my Mac to dvds

2012-11-28 Thread Cheryl Homiak

Thanks much.

Actually I'm doing Time Machine and superduper though I'm a little leery of
Time Machine now because last time i wanted to restore it cranked away for a
few hours and then announced it couldn't restore from that backup. But I'd also
like some backups that are something other than external drives. I know iTunes
will spread a playlist over multiple cds but I'm not so sure about what happens
if you try this from finder. But you are right: I can find out for the price of
one lone dvd.

--
Cheryl

May the words of my mouth
and the meditation of my heart
be acceptable to You, Lord,
my rock and my Redeemer.
(Psalm 19:14 HCSB)

On Nov 28, 2012, at 10:33 PM, Chris Blouch cblo...@aol.com wrote:

So if you have everything you want to burn in a folder, what happens if you
pick that folder and then choose Burn To Disk from the file menu? It's been a
long time since I used CDs or DVDs for backups but I vaguely recall that it
would spread what you've got over multiple disks. Worth a shot. At worst you
waste one piece of media finding out. If you're interested there are unixy
ways to compress everything into one big file and then split it into chunks
that fit whatever size media you are using. At some point though your time
might be more valuable than the cost of media and you should just do time
machine to some external storage. I found an external USB 500GB drive here
for $50:

http://www.bhphotovideo.com/c/product/836243-REG/Hitachi_0S03452_500GB_Touro_Mobile_USB.html

That starts encroaching on the media cost of a few spindles of DVDs, not to
mention avoiding a lot of hassle.

On 11/28/12 11:19 AM, Cheryl Homiak wrote:
It has been quite a while since i did backups to dvd of a lot of my media
files and also various document files so I have decided to do a complete new
set. In the past I have kept the text and document files separate from the
media files and have figured out which files can fit for each dvd and then I
have run the burn. None of these files are in iTunes. I want to know if
there is either a way on the Mac or an accessible program I can get to
automate this process as far as filling up dvds. In other words, I'd like to
be able to pick out the folders and files I want to burn and then I'd like
to be able to start the burn and have the first dvd fill up and then be told
to insert another dvd to continue instead of having to figure out the
logistics of each dvd myself. Is there a way to do this?

Thanks.

--
Cheryl

May the words of my mouth
and the meditation of my heart
be acceptable to You, Lord,
my rock and my Redeemer.
(Psalm 19:14 HCSB)

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