Your drive can record your favorite music, programs, and files on CD-R and CD-RW discs. You can create your own music CDs and play them on any standard audio player. You can also record computer files, such as applications, documents, or other digital files, on a recordable CD.
With a CD-R disc (CD-Recordable), you can record information on the disc once. Although you can't change the recorded information, you may be able to add more information until the disc is full, depending on the application you use. See the documentation that came with your application for specific information about recording on your CD-R disc. It is best to use CD-R discs for recording audio CDs, because most audio CD players cannot read CD-RW discs.
With a CD-RW disc (CD-Rewritable), you can save and change information on your CD multiple times. However, some software for recording media files on CDs, such as the iTunes Disc Burner feature, can record data on the disc only once. You can record music on CD-R or CD-RW discs right from your iTunes library.
For steps to burn a disc and information about choosing a disc format see technical document 58804 "
Macintosh: How to Burn a CD and Choose a Format." For third-party CD-R burning utilities search the
Macintosh Product Guide.