I-Mac and burning CDs help please

[titiany]

Sorry - I'm completely un-techie and need simple help.

I recently sold my mac to a friend.

She's trying to burn new music she bought from itunes onto CD, but for some reason it's not working properly.

When I had it, I never had a problem.

As I recall burning a playlist to a CD took several minutes, but my friend is saying the whole process takes under a minute. It seems to register the songs on the mac, but if she pops the cd in her stereo there's nothing on it.

She's using the same CDs I did all along.

What is she doing wrong? :rolleyes:

[bga]

I'm not on my mac now - so this is of limited use, but it sounds like they may just be copying over the MP3's/M4A files rather than the ones needed by the CD player (sorry about lack of techie terms). In the preferences you can specify the default burning option & your mate should make sure that it is the correct format for "normal" CD players.

Hope that helps!

[titiany]

hmm - possibly. I shall see tonight when I speak to her.

[mcflurry]

...or the mac thinks they are copyrighted if in itunes and will not allow them to be copied?

[titiany]

bga - you are a star, thank you.

You were right - the preferences were set to data cd rather than audio. I guess it must have defaulted or something.

You have saved a lady in distress and saved my sanity too. (she called me 3 times today at the most awkward moments!)

Thanks

[bga]

titiany said:

bga - you are a star, thank you. You were right - the preferences were set to data cd rather than audio. I guess it must have defaulted or something. You have saved a lady in distress and saved my sanity too. (she called me 3 times today at the most awkward moments!) Thanks

Glad to help