I am an improvident fool. i was compiling research on a disc that hadn't been burned. after finishing, i went to burn it and it failed. files disappeared. oh uh! where do they go? they've got to be somewhere, right? please help, or i'm screwed!
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SOS! burning cd problem..files disappeared
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Unless you deleted your files before you burned them to the CD, the originals are right where they were before. I don't know what you did wrong, but I will tell you how to do it correctly with a minimum of fuss.kevinuaa said:
Insert your CD-R/RW in your Mac's optical drive. Its icon should appear on your desktop.
Drag your files to the CD-R/RW's icon.
When you have selected and copied all of the files that you want to burn, rename the CD-R/RW to whatever you want its name to be. (You may also do this before you drag your files to it.
Drag your CD-R/RW's icon to toward the trask. The trashcan icon will change to a burn icon. You may also click the burn icon next to the CD's icon in a Finder window sidebar.
When it finished burning, the CD-R/RW will be a plain CD.
Mac's tend to take a while to burn and verify a CD-R or CD-RW. Don't futz with your optical disk before it finishes burning.