How to Create an MP3 Disc on an iMac
Creating MP3 CDs differs from creating audio CDs in that the files burned to an MP3 CD are much smaller. This allows up to 150 songs, or more than 12 hours of music, to be stored on a regular 650 MB CD-ROM disc. The downside of MP3 CDs is that they can only be played in a computer CD drive or a CD player made for playing MP3 discs. Users of Apple's iMac computer can burn MP3 discs using iTunes software that is preinstalled on all Macintosh computers.
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Instructions
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Click on the "iTunes" icon in the Dock or on the desktop to launch the application.
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Create a playlist with the songs you want to burn to the MP3 CD. To create a new playlist, click "File" in the iTunes menu bar and select "New Playlist." Add songs to the playlist by dragging them to the playlist in the left column from the main iTunes window. You can also add songs to playlists by right clicking on the song title and selecting "Add to Playlist."
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Select the playlist by clicking on its name in the left column and make sure the check boxes for all the songs are checked. Right-click on the playlist name and select "Burn Playlist to Disc." Click the radio button next to "MP3 CD" in the dialog box that opens and click "Burn."
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Insert a blank CD-ROM disc into the iMac's CD drive when prompted by iTunes.
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Wait for the disc to finish burning and test the MP3 disc by playing the songs on your iMac or on a CD player capable of playing MP3 discs.
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Tips & Warnings
If the songs on the playlist will not fit on a single disc, iTunes will prompt you to enter additional discs to finishing burning all the MP3 files to disc.
Only MP3 files can be burned to an MP3 disc. Songs purchased on iTunes are in AAC (Advanced Audio Coding) format and cannot be burned to an MP3 disc. Other audio file types, such as Windows Media Audio files, also cannot be burned to an MP3 disc.
