How to Burn a CD on a MacBook

Step-by-Step Guide

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   Step 1: Obtain blank CDs.

   Now, professionally burned CDs (such as audio CDs) cannot be written over due to their special methods of being burned.
   
   CD burning is usually done with a CD-R (recordable) disc, but if your drive supports it, you can use CD-RWs (rewritable CDs) instead.
   
   To check whether or not your drive can support CD-RWs (or even CD-Rs, for that matter), click the Apple logo in the top-left corner of the screen and select "About this Mac" from the menu.
   
   In the popup that occurs, select the "Storage" tab, and all of the CD/DVD formats your Mac's optical drive can burn appear at the bottom of the window.
   
   If it says "CD-R" and/or "CD-RW" (and it most likely will, depending on your Mac's age), you're set. , If you are burning an audio CD, open iTunes or whichever music playing software you use. ,
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   Step 2: Prepare the files you are about to burn.

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   Step 3: If you are burning a data or picture CD

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   Step 4: open the location of the files you want to burn in Finder.

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