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Burn for Mac OS X

Burn is proving to be a very useful tool as I prepare my data for the big move. It is a free, open-source disc burning app for OS X that does several different things; for example, apparently it will auto-convert audio and video file formats to those that can be burned to a disc. But what makes it useful for me are just a couple of simple features: 

• It automatically tallies up the size (both individual and total) of the files or folders you’ve added to the queue to be burned to disc, so there is no guesswork as to whether your list of files to burn is too long; and 
• It does it without the “Burn Folder” nonsense that you have to put up with if you burn a disc straight from OS X. 

Also, again, it’s free. Very basic and easy to use. I am burning a LOT of data to disc right now — I have to turn in my beloved Macbook pro in two weeks, and I’m archiving our data on the home machine before we move it — and this is just what I needed.