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Summary: The best
Review: This software is compatible with virtually any kind of burner, including burners meant only for PC's. It replaces Apple's burning extensions with Roxio's superior version, which allows programs like iTunes to burn CD's on burners that it wasn't supposed to support. You can master DVD's, VCD's, Hybrid PC-Mac discs, HFS+ hybrid, audio cd's, MP3 cd's, CD-i, ISO 9660, multi-track CD-ROM XA, device copy, disk images, enhanced music CD, mac os extended, the list goes on. Converts iMovies into VCDs to watch on your DVD player. Allow's the creation of disk images for those with only a burner that wish to duplicate disks. It allows amazing cross-platform compatibilty. Overall the greatest burning software ever made.
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Summary: The best CD/DVD burning software ever!
Review: Toast has long been a staple for Mac users, and this version didn't disappoint. Even though OSX has it's own CD/DVD burning software built in, it doesn't compare in features and usability to Toast. I've burned audio and data CDs and video and data DVDs, all with perfection and simplicity. It just doesn't get any easier than Toast.
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Summary: Feeling Toasty
Review: Toast is a really nice software package, although quirky at times. All the blame can't be placed on Toast. It, like so many other software titles, adds extensions to your Mac which can conflict with so many other extensions. Still, if your Mac is reasonably conflict free, you should be able to burn CDs or DVDs with fervor. The interface is clean, although not intuitive enough. (Click-and-hold a button for options is not an obvious method.) Toast does a very good job of burning Mac data, PC data and hybrid data CDs. Audio burning has also been improved in this version and, Toast can now recognize an audio image file to find track breaks. Previously only Jam was smart enough to recognize individual tracks in an audio image.
Some tips: Increase the memory allocation to the application. Give Toast a large buffer (64K). Try to avoid disk-at-once recording. DAO is good for "live" recordings, where you don't want an audible gap between tracks, but it taxes the system. If you can stand to have gaps between the tracks, track-at-once is more reliable. Use test mode to determine if your system is able to transfer data quickly enough for the speed you've requested for a burn. DAO and high-speed burning require data to be transferred at very high data rates. You may find you need to burn at a slower speed to achieve reliable burns. The "Toast CD Reader" extension is only needed if you intend to use your CD burner to read existing data or audio CDs. If you only want to burn CDs with your burner, you can safely run without the extension.
Background burning is a nice feature, but, if you are using the system for other tasks while burning, you are at risk for data underruns. Also, if your source is MP3 files, remember, MP3s must be converted before actually being written to your new CD. This too can add to the delays in data transfer. If you have the disk space, convert MP3 files to AIFF files before burning and use the AIFF files with Toast for more reliable results.
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Summary: No hype - This product rocks!
Review: Toast is amazing! Its does everything that Apple's "free" software can't do. It can automatically turn photos or iMovies into Video CDs that are playable on DVD players. It can make data CDs that are readable on PCs or UNIX systems. It can convert LPs or cassette tapes into CDs and clean up all the noise hiss clicks and pops. It is AWESOME! The previous user who complained installed iTunes after Toast and iTunes messed everything up. If he would have installed Toast after iTunes, both products would work perfectly. Toast actually makes iTunes burn CDs faster!
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Summary: Awesome label maker
Review: Toast is great... it does everything I want to do with my recorder and it does contain an awesome label maker.
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Summary: the best there is
Review: Toast just keeps getting better and better with each version that's released.You really don't have to read any instructions... just dragging and dropping files, disk images or mounted disk drives/partitions onto the Toast interface makes everything intuitive. Burning a CD couldn't really be much easier with the level of control (naming your CD, changing how it will appear when opened, etc.) you get in this application. Creating a CD image on your desktop goes by FAST so if you're on a slow network, you can make an image on your desktop, then burn from that without worrying about user loads on your network. Naturally, this software will also burn/copy PC-only and PC/Mac hybrid discs in addition to Mac-only CDs. This is a professional industry-grade package. For CD burning software, you can't get much better than this product.
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Summary: You won't get burnt with Toast
Review: Toast was one of the first programs I bought for my OS X iMac, and I've certainly not regretted handing over the money in the slightest. It works perfectly with an Iomega external USB drive on my iBook and G3 iMac, and also with the Superdrive on my G4 flat-screen iMac. Why get Toast when OS X will already burn CDs and DVDs? I wanted it mostly for its VideoCD features - before I was lucky enough to have an iMac had a Superdrive, I wanted to make discs that could be played in home DVD players. Thanks to iMovie and Toast, that's exactly what I did: made lots of home movies in VideoCD format. Toast even provides a plug-in for iMovie and QuickTime to make the entire process remarkably painless. OK, so the quality of VideoCD wasn't a match for DVD, but it's pretty close to VHS quality and darn good fun. After that, well, almost every time I burn a CD I reach for Toast. It's just so easy to use, and flexible - I can be sure that a CD I burn will work on my PC system as well as on my Mac for example. Recent updates to Toast add new features: be sure to download any patches! The version with Jam is aimed more at professional musicians who want to create audio CDs that can act as masters for duplication - certainly not a feature I need (you don't want to hear me sing). If you want a reliable, flexible, easy to use way of writing CDs and DVDs on your Mac, this is the solution. It even comes with other utilities that simplify converting old LP albums to CD audio. Good value for money.
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Summary: Awesome label maker
Review: Too bad Apple refuses to add real burner support to their bloatware operating system. Your only alternative is this package. If you're into burning audio mix CDs Toast with Jam might be better for you. Has limited support for VCD. No support for SVCD, or VCD/SVCD menu authoring. No support for real DVD authoring. Bootable CD feature never works. No provision to print CD labels. The latest revision supports CDtext. With CDtext you'll finally be able to utilize a feature of many Sony players that most never knew existed. Latest revision supports a bit to bit copy mode. Without competition this software will never be cutting edge. Nero (MS only) is a much better choice.
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Summary: Acceptable because there is no alternative
Review: Too bad Apple refuses to add real burner support to their bloatware operating system. Your only alternative is this package. If you're into burning audio mix CDs Toast with Jam might be better for you. Has limited support for VCD. No support for SVCD, or VCD/SVCD menu authoring. No support for real DVD authoring. Bootable CD feature never works. No provision to print CD labels. The latest revision supports CDtext. With CDtext you'll finally be able to utilize a feature of many Sony players that most never knew existed. Latest revision supports a bit to bit copy mode. Without competition this software will never be cutting edge. Nero (MS only) is a much better choice.
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Summary: You need this one if you're serious about burning CDs.
Review: Two words: Bootable CD. You cannot burn a startup CD with Apple's Disc Burner. What else do I need to add?
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