Have you ever felt that although Mac OS X's built-in disc authoring is nice, it is at times rather limiting?

Have you ever wondered what to do when a client requested a custom hybrid CD that required all the Mac-specific files to be hidden on the disc when viewed on a Windows PC?

Enter shadowBurn, the painless CD/DVD authoring solution that is as straightforward as anything on Mac OS X.

The power of shadowBurn lies in its simplicity and straightforwardness. Easily accessible when placed in the Dock, shadowBurn allows you to drag and drop items you want to burn onto its icon or the project window once shadowBurn is open.

You can even optionally install the shadowBurn Finder plug-in which allows you to add items to your burn project from the Finder's contextual menu, this way you don't even have to keep shadowBurn in the Dock.

shadowBurn can be really useful when your Dock is already overcrowded with applications in the first place or your screen is too small and you would like to keep your Dock nice and clean.

Here are some key features of "shadowBurn":

· author Mac only, PC, ISO9660, UDF, MP3 and Mac & PC Hybrid discs
· author CD-R/CD-RW discs
· author DVD+/-R discs
· author DVD+/-RW discs
· author DVD DL discs
· customize hybrid disc content
· drag and drop burn from the Finder
· overburn discs.

Requirements:

· PPC or Intel based Mac
· CD and/or DVD burner
· Any G3 processor or better

Limitations:

· You will only be able to use shadowBurn for two weeks until you register.

What's New in This Release: [ read full changelog ]

· Mac only, PC, ISO9660, UDF, MP3 and Mac & PC Hybrid disc support
· CD-R/CD-RW, DVD+/-R, DVD+/-RW and DVD DL support
· Finder plug-in
· Drag and Drop support
· disc overburning
· PPC/Intel compatibility.