Isn't it crazy that Mac OS Tahoe 26.4 has a Burn button to customize the Finder's toolbar? Is there anyone who still burn CDs out there?
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Isn't it crazy?
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maflynn
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I can't believe this could be real.
What would someone record on a CD that wouldn't be possible to send trough some digital file transfer? Even for a DVD, it's so fast to send it anywhere....
I remember using CDs to send brochures for printing services. That time You would need to send the whole package containing the file, images, fonts, vector based illustrations and what else. But now you have PDF that is so easy to share. I really can't believe someone is still burning CDs or DVDs. 🤣
And can't believe some one at apple thought it would be useful to have a dedicated button in such modern OS. lol
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Slix
macrumors 68000
I used an old Mac to do this, but I literally burned a couple DVDs earlier this year. I import CDs all the time using my older Macs with disc drives too.
DVDs and CDs are still a great option when it's something you want to have tangibly and immediately - for example a movie in a player or a CD in a car.
I bet that option is still in Tahoe simply because it's always been there - why get rid of it if the OS still supports it?
DVDs and CDs are still a great option when it's something you want to have tangibly and immediately - for example a movie in a player or a CD in a car.
I bet that option is still in Tahoe simply because it's always been there - why get rid of it if the OS still supports it?
!!!
macrumors 65816
When they release a new OS, they do not sift through every feature and button and only take what they still think is "useful". Removing something like this would take deliberate effort and has definite downsides, all for little to no gain.
Plenty of people burn CDs so they can play music in their car.
There are more use cases than yours, mister laughing emoji man.
Starfia
macrumors 65816
Presumably! The DVD Player app is still on Tahoe too, along with an updated icon.
Apple's one of the keener companies to abandon traditional technologies; I think it's fantastic they still support this stuff for people who do use it.
avkills
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Starfia
macrumors 65816
DVD Player (along with other lesser-used utilities) have been stored by the system at "'/System/Library/CoreServices/Applications/" for the last while. (I don't know whether that would be true for your Mac, but it's one reason it doesn't always just show up.)
avkills
macrumors 65816
Well now, that is interesting. Ha.
Just for fun I just ran the expansion slot utility on my laptop...lol.
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That is true, but most times more can still use an external CD/DVD player connected to the head unit (or receiver) via the USB port. I have a large stack original music CD's that I keep unused, and have made duplicate CD's to play at home, or when out in remote locations. Most older cars and trucks have CD players, too.
Fuchal
macrumors 68030
It maybe fast for you but not to all/some of your recipients who may not have a gigabit connection, plus in the audiophile world they still prefer CD over ANY streaming. In the home theater arena, the perfectionists look for UHD blueray for best video/audio.
chrono1081
macrumors G3
nebojsak
macrumors 6502
There is open source and free Burn app, does the job just fine, as I remember.
Toast is an outstanding software (just read what it can do at the website), but I believe that it doesn't work with Sequoia and Tahoe. If it would I would certainly buy it.
See...not all the people in the world only downstream music and videos and never listen to music from CDs or watch videos or movies in DVD form. Even right here in the US a great portion of people still watch movies and play music that has been recorded in CD's and DVD's, MP3 players, and so on. So why should I assume that all the people around me, or in the US, or in the world for that matter, don't have any use for apps such as the one mentioned by the OP of this thread?
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Life is such a funny thing....
I could'nt spot those use scenerios in 202*, but reading the answers here I can see why people are burning CDs and DVDs. Thank you all for your insights.
Bazza1
macrumors 65816
Better to have an app and think you'll never use it, than to lose it only to discover you found a need for it.
That said, there's a number of legacy apps (and far too many new ones) I would happily delete - especially if I knew I could re-install them from the Store later, if absolutely needed.
That said, there's a number of legacy apps (and far too many new ones) I would happily delete - especially if I knew I could re-install them from the Store later, if absolutely needed.
MacCheetah3
macrumors 68030
The previous version:
How to Use & Access DVD Player in MacOS Mojave
If regularly use a Mac with an Apple SuperDrive or other DVD player, you may be wondering where the DVD Player app went in macOS Mojave, and perhaps you have arrived at the conclusion that it’…
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By the way, you can find/open DVD player via the apps launcher in macOS Tahoe.
Basic75
macrumors 68030
Bazza1
macrumors 65816
Gosh. BluRay. Right up there with 3D TVs. 😏
Its funny when a technology nobody actually asked for fails to catch on.