After I'd done this a few times, I'd forgotten how, so this time I decided to make notes. I found that following instructions elsewhere, for example, on the Ubuntu site, didn't quite work for me. This procedure does:
- 0. Download the desired .iso image from Ubuntu's web site.
- 1. Launch Disk Copy (Applications > Utilities > Disk Copy).
- 2. Ignore Disk Copy's pop-up window that invites you to drop an image on it. Instead, from the menu bar, do File > Burn Image and select the your .iso file from within the Finder dialog window.
- 3. When prompted, insert a blank CD. My system opens the CD tray automatically at this point. You'll note a new dialog box with the Burn button diabled.
- 4. After inserting the CD, a few seconds will pass, and then the Burn button becomes active. Click it.
- 5. After burning completes, Disk Copy will perform a verification step, and after that, the disk will be ready. On my system, the CD tray pops open.
You can quit Disk Copy, re-insert the CD, and double-click its icon to verify that it contains a number of files and folders. Also, the disk seems to get automatically named as part of the burning process.
NB: The (recommended) verification step, after burning, runs automatically for me. I don't know if this is the default setting for Disk Copy, or whether I had earlier turned it on by hand. Check Disk Copy > Preferences prior to burning, if you like. Sorry that I don't know enough about Macs to give more details here.
Also, the Ubuntu web site indicates that for later versions of Mac OS X, you should use Disk Utility instead of Disk Copy to burn an ISO image to a CD. I have a Mac running OS X v 10.4 (Tiger), and it presents as though the Ubuntu site's instructions would work in this case. I don't have a burner on the Tiger machine, so I can't say for sure.
