May 10, '04 11:07:00AM • Contributed by: Slipstream
The easiest way in which you tell iTunes to copy your music and you just insert one CD at a time. This is perfectly fine, however it's not the most organized way that I like. The slower way, but much more organized, is to create playlists and burn those to MP3/Data CDs.
Herein lies the warning. If you haven't bought any music from the iTunes music store, you can use the MP3 option for burning. However, if you have bought music from the store, you will want to use the Data option. I nearly found out the hard way if I hadn't had my original backups from when I first burnt them to a CD via the Finder.
The reason why I'm mentioning it is that iTunes doesn't give you a warning or any indication that it didn't burn those bought tracks. The only way to know is to view the CD and compare it with your playlist and notice that there is a size difference. I was on my 41st CD before I noticed. Luckily I hadn't gotten all the way into my bought music collection, and only had to redo 10 albums. Just a heads up for those that may not have known this.
