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Apple reportedly prepping iTunes 1.1

updated 08:00 am EST, Fri February 16, 2001


Apple is reportedly working with Toast creator roxio to add support for other CD-RW drives to iTunes, according to Macworld UK. The development comes as a surprise given Apple's purchase of Radialogic's CD Master late last year, which already supports numerous third party drives. iTunes 1.1, as it is being billed, is expected to be released within two months, as per Apple CEO Steve Jobs' promise that third-party CD-RW support would arrive within 90 days of Macworld Expo.


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    How 'bout an Equalizer

    I can't use a player without one. I sure would love to burn CD's without Toast tho.

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    Steve's "Don't Applaud

    It can be interpreted that Steve Job's comment: "You shouldn't applaud, this is the way it should normally work" (or other words to that effect) is a way of expressing that Toast's "burn" functionality ought to be at the Finder level (as demoed), in the same way Disk Copy 6 can mount a r/w disk image on your desktop. The current Toast extension which lets the user use a writer as a reader effectively only gives you "half a slice" of Toast. SJ is looking for the whole slice for the "whole widget."

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    Slice of Heaven

    Let me just say that I've got a new G4 with the built-in CD-R drive and Apple did a bang-up job with it. I've been ripping CDs left and right in iTunes, even in the background while I'm surfing and doing other things. No errors yet, and I've ripped about 50-60 CDs so far. The Disc Burner utility is flawless too. Drag and drop files, burn and eject. Apple hit a home run with this. Just wait until it works with third party burners...

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    Waiting patiently

    I have a Yamaha drive that isn't supported by Toast 3.5.7. I've been told I have to buy Toast 4.1 or wait till Toast Titanium comes out this summer.

    This is good news.

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    Buy Toast 4.1 now.

    If you buy Toast 4.1 now, you will get Toast 5 for free. That's just what I've been told.

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    Hope iTunes 1.1 is better

    I sure Apple and UMAX visit each other and find out why the UMAX scanners ruined my iTunes experience. ITs been back to SoundApp for me...

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    umax scanners are slow

    get an epson or a microtek. I think that toast is more of a really freakin awesome utility, rather than just an burner app. and I prefer to write with toast since it converts mp3's on the fly to aiff audio cd's.

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    iTunes with 3rd party


    Reader's Guide and CDRW Compat. Listing for Disk Burn:
    Last Updated: 1/10/2001, 7:48:12 PM
    Eugene Kim wrote with a step by step guide to getting Disk Burn to work with 3rd party drives. (Includes a long list of compatible CDRW drives.)

    " This is how to obtain the cd burn capability of the new Power Mac G4 that Apple has announced yesterday. If you have any of the following 3rd Party drive this should work. This should work not only with internal drives but external as well from what i have read on the web.

    * Mitsumi CR-4804TE
    * Plextor CD-R PX-W1210A
    * Plextor CD-R PX-W124TS
    * Plextor CD-R PX-W8220T
    * Plextor CD-R PX-W8432T
    * Sony CD-RW CRX140S
    * Sony CD-RW CRX145E
    * Sony CD-RW CRX160E
    * TEAC 4x4x32
    * Yamaha CRW4416S
    * Yamaha CRW6416S
    * Yamaha CRW8424S
    * Yamaha CRW8824E

    Necessary Files
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    * Disc Burn
    - asu.info.apple.com/swupdates.nsf/artnum/n11901

    * Radiologic CD Master Preview
    - www.radialogic.com/products/cdmasterpreview.html

    Necessary Apps
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    * A file/creator changer application
    * Tome Viewer

    INSTRUCTIONS -- PLEASE READ NOTES AT BOTTOM
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    1) Mount the "Disc Burn" on your desktop and proceed to extract the files onto your harddrive

    2) Extract the following files from the tome located at and place as noted:

    - Disc Burner-Installer Files-Disc Burner-Installation Files

    HD-System:
    * Finder

    HD-Applications (Mac OS 9)-Utiliies;
    * Disc Burner

    HD-System Folder-Extensions:
    * Apple CD/DVD Driver
    * ATA
    * Authoring Support
    * CarbonLib
    * Disc Burner Extension

    HD-System Folder- Extensions-Authoring Support Files:
    * CD
    * CD-R
    * CDB
    * MatshitaCDR
    * SonyCDR

    3) Using "CD Master Installer" install only the "CD Master Application" from the custom install menu

    4) Remove the "PlextorCDR" from the plugins folder in the "CD Master Folder" that was installed in the ROOT directory of your hard drive

    5) Take the "PlextorCDR" and change creatory/type strings with your favorite application for this to:

    Creator: burn
    Type: plug

    6) Now place your newly recognized "PlextorCDR" into the "Authoring Support Files" folder

    7) Restart and eveything should work as demonstrated by Jobs himself.

    NOTES
    ------------------------
    * remember to back up the Finder in case the new Finder doesn't work or your machine won't boot

    * the heirarchy that is noted in the instructions is necessary... 9.1 restructured the way applications folder is named and the utilities folder is nested within this... iTunes will not be able to burn CD's because it won't be able to find the "Disc

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