Use OS 9 to (possibly?) burn more data to CD-Rs
Mar 11, '03 09:26:00AM
Contributed by: Anonymous
You can squeeze more files onto a CD-ROM if you burn the CD-ROM using MacOS 9.2.2 than if you use MacOS X 10.2.4. On my G4 Dual, using the burner software that comes with the operating system, these are the numbers for a 650 Mb CDR.
- MacOS 9.2.2: 647.5 Mb
- MacOS X 10.2.4: 601 Mb
Is it worth your time to squeeze another 46 Mb onto a CDR?
You decide...- You need to restart your computer to get to MacOS 9.
- Burn the CD.
- Restart the computer to get back to MacOS X.
One interesting thing is that all of your long file names and folder names do not get lost or corrupted. I expected this to happen and was happy to find that it did not.
[robg adds: I haven't tested this one, but I'd be interested in hearing if others have found the same results...]
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