Burn a DVD

How To Burn a DVD on your computer

If you work on a computer you will at some time need to burn a DVD. The process works basically the same whether you need to burn a DVD or burn a CD. DVD's are best for movie or media files. CD's are great for photo's and music. I love burning DVD's on my Mac, because Apple has made it so easy. Anytime I feel like I need a backup of a file, with just a few clicks, I can burn my backup DVD and move on with whatever I'm doing.

You don't need to buy DVD burning software if you own a Mac. It's a function already pre-installed and comes on all, new Macs. Apple gives you both CD & DVD built-in software.

I'm going to teach you how to burn a DVD on a Mac. You will be surprised at it's simplicity.

I'm using an Apple MacBookPro with a 17" screen. Oh yea, its an awesome machine. My Mac is running the Leopard Operating System.

First thing to do is open up the "finder" on your Mac. Find or create the file folder to burn your DVD.

Now, locate the file you want to burn. Click the file just to highlight it. If you want multiple files, hold down your shift key while clicking multiple files. Once highlighted, up in the top left hand of your computer screen, click "file".

Scroll down and you will see "Burn (name of folder) to disk.

Click it. A new pop up window will appear asking you to insert a blank disc. Insert either a blank DVD or CD.

A new window will pop up asking you to give the disc a name. Name the disc and click start.

Depending on the size of your files, and the speed of your computer is how long it will take to burn a DVD.

Once you have dragged all the files you want, it's time to burn a DVD. You can figure on at least 5 to 10 minutes if you have a decent sized file to burn.

I don't really like to waste space on my discs because they are expensive. I usually create a "burn DVD" folder and then drag a lot of files to it so I can fill up my DVD or CD.

A single layer DVD will hold 4.7 gigs. You really don't want to put any more than about 4.25 gigs on a disc. If you right click the folder and click "info", it will tell you how large the folder is in gigabytes. You can add or remove files as needed.

Next step, click the burn DVD button.

Once again a small progress window will appear indicating that your MacBook is burning the DVD. It will normally state a percentage of completion. Depending upon the speed of the burn you selected, is how long the process takes.

It's a good idea to back up your files that do not have to be sitting on your hard drive taking up space. The easiest and cheapest way to free up some hard drive space is to just burn a DVD of your extra files and store them until you need them.

This is how to burn a DVD on a Mac.

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