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Burning a CD (DVD) with a custom icon instead of default one: how?
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Apr 16, 2005, 06:36 AM
 
I searched this forum, I searched Toast Help, I searched Mac OS X Help, but couldn't find an answer.
I would like to burn a CD or DVD and give it a custom icon, like you can do easily with files and folders, and f.i. like the MacWorld CD that comes with the magazine has as well. So it must be doable, and I think it's easy but I don't know how. Anyone?
Thanks.

Edit: hm, seems MacWorld isn't doing this, but MacFan (Netherlands) is doing this.
(Last edited by Appleman; Apr 16, 2005 at 06:44 AM. )
     
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Apr 16, 2005, 08:06 AM
 
I found some ways to do it, but by far the following is the most cheap way and works:

Adding a custom icon to a disk image

You can add a custom icon to a Mac OS X disk image by following these steps:
Create a new disk image with Disk Copy - Use Command-N and name the file Test.dmg, name the Volume "Test", select the size you want from the menu.
Mount the disk image by clicking on the Test.dmg file in the Finder
On the disk that appears on your desktop, click on the icon and do Get Info (Command-I)
Paste a custom icon onto the disk icon (you can copy the disk icon from a file created by IconBuilder Pro.)
Eject the disk with Command-E
With Disk Copy, burn the disk image (Command-B) -- select the Test.dmg file.
When the burn is complete, you should see the custom icon appear when you load the CD into a drive.
     
   
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