burn folders

Mac OS X allows you to make a burn folder for the purpose of authoring a CD or DVD with files from your computer. You can do this with the finder, or from the terminal. If you use the terminal, all you have to do is give a folder an extension like this:

mkdir myburnfolder.fpbf

or if you already had a folder that you want to use as a burn folder...

mv oldfolder oldfolder.fpbf

As you drag files or folders into a burn folder, the OS creates aliases to those items instead of moving or copying them. For this reason, burn folders can take up virtually no space.