Faith Hacker » software http://FaithHacker.com Helping You Spread the Gospel Through Technology Tue, 24 Apr 2012 15:41:46 +0000 en hourly 1 Burn – Free Open Source Mac Disc Duplicator/Burner http://FaithHacker.com/2012/04/24/burn-free-open-source-mac-disc-duplicatorburner/ http://FaithHacker.com/2012/04/24/burn-free-open-source-mac-disc-duplicatorburner/#comments Tue, 24 Apr 2012 15:34:53 +0000 Douglas http://FaithHacker.com/?p=157 I was looking for a simple application to duplicate discs. Our sermons are recorded on CD and SD cards and I wanted a way to quickly copy the disc using a MacBook Pro. Burn is a free, simple application that does just what I was looking for. I can open the app, put in a disc and drag my tracks into Burn. Once it’s copied to the local hard drive in a temporary folder I just eject the master CD and insert a blank disc and click burn.

Disk Utility works for data discs but Apple has blocked the copying of audio cds to protect copyright. Since these discs are our own, copyright is not an issue.

This software does more than just copy discs. You can use for simply dragging files into it and burning to a disc too. Try it out! It’s free!

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You can get 2GB of space free or pay $99 for 50GB or $199 for 100GB. Here are some examples of how we use dropbox:

- Share design files with our church plants.
- Share our lyrics library/database so we don’t have to re-enter lyrics into each computer
- Share pictures and names of all new members so staff can learn names with faces from their cell phone
- Keep a folder of all manuals to tech stuff
- Keep a folder of all ministry logos so they are easily accessible to all

Here’s what dropbox looks like on your computer:

And your iPhone:

And the web:

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