Roxio Toast Titanium 8 for Mac

Manufacturer: Sonic Solutions Part number: 231000

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Bottom Line:: Roxio continues to improve a strong suite and keep Toast current with the release of version 8. If the Mac OS and Apple's bundled apps don't meet your disc-creation needs, pick up Toast at once.

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Roxio Toast Titanium 8 for Mac

price range: $69.99 - $99.95

Reviewed by: Troy Dreier
Edited by: Jasmine France
Reviewed on: 02/20/2007
Released on: 01/08/2007

The good: Roxio Toast Titanium 8 stays current with support for TiVoToGo, Blu-ray discs, and LightScribe drives, while delivering much-appreciated new features such as the ability to recover bad CDs or DVDs, and the ability to catalog the contents of burned discs. Audio-mixing features formerly found in Roxio Jam have now been folded in.

The bad: The revised interface in Roxio Toast Titanium 8 feels sterile, and it can be hard to find help information since support documents are spread between the printed manual, the support site, and the various applications' electronic files. The audio-mixing tools could be more robust and offer easier previews.

The bottom line: Roxio continues to improve a strong suite and keep Toast current with the release of version 8. If the Mac OS and Apple's bundled apps don't meet your disc-creation needs, pick up Toast at once.

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Roxio Toast is in an odd position--and has been for years: This giant of Mac disc-creation tools has no competition on the shelves. That is, there's no product around that provides anywhere close to the features it offers--but that's because the audio, video, image, and disc-creation abilities that ship with Macs satisfy the majority of users. But for those who need more, Roxio Toast is clearly the best option.

Considering that the product has no marketplace competition, Toast's developers do a great job of keeping it cutting-edge. This latest version, Toast 8 Titanium (you've just gotta love that silly name) delivers functionality that will surpass the hardware capabilities to which most Mac owners have become accustomed. For example, Toast lets you convert and save TiVoToGo files and burn Blu-ray or LightScribe discs. It also lets users save large files or folders over several discs for either Macs or Windows PCs; create audio discs with crossfades, effects, and transitions; and even recover damaged files. And all this for a reasonable $79.99.

Toast 8's interface is simplified but sterile.

Toast's friendly interface has been modified in this release to make it easier to access the various options, and while it's mostly successful, it also makes the product feel sterile. We'd like to see the interface warmed up a bit, so it feels more like the trusted program we've been using for years.

Toast 8 Titanium's Media Browser is now a detached, floating window.

Gone are the tabs along the top of the screen that let you select which type of disc you'd like to create. Those options have been moved to the left column, where you now first click a disc type, then choose the exact project you'd like to work on. In turn, the left column's previous resident, the Media Browser, has been moved to its own free-floating window, so that you can see disc options at the same time you browse your media. That's a poor change. Having the Media Browser in the left column already made it easy to access, and the new free-floating window always has to be on top, which means you can't click the main window to bring it forward.

If the improvements to version 7 felt a little light to some, version 8 impresses with significant additions. Toast now lets you burn TiVoToGo recordings to a DVD or convert them for use on a PSP or an iPod with video. It also lets you create Blu-ray discs if you have a Blu-ray burner attached, or LightScribe discs if you have a LightScribe drive. Unfortunately, our test system wasn't equipped to handle these abilities.

Toast 8 also has plenty of additions that work with standard drives and discs. Its data-spanning feature, which lets you save large files or folders across several CDs or DVDs, now produces discs that work with both Windows and Macintosh computers. The gauge in the program's lower-right corner makes it easy to see how much data you've loaded into the center window. And if you archive a lot of info on discs, you'll love the cataloging feature. Using a new helper app called DiscCatalogMaker RE--which you access from the Extras pulldown menu--you can catalog the contents of any disc so that you can look up where files are stored even when the disc isn't in your system. Discs created with Toast are automatically cataloged.

DJs will like Toast 8's new audio-mixing tools.

Toast now includes audio tools previously found in the separate app Jam, and DJs will like the improved functionality, including the ability to create audio discs with custom crossfades and transitions. Adding effects can be a pain, though, since you can't add an effect to all of your tracks in one step, and there's no way to preview effects from the Sound Effects window. You're also limited to three effects per track. But we like the assistant interface that's been added to the CD Spin Doctor application, which makes it easier to convert LPs and tapes to digital.

Toast 8 now offers custom crossfade options for audio CDs.

If you've ever suffered a damaged disc, the new disc-recovery tool might be worth the price all by itself. Toast can now search a damaged disc and recover all undamaged sectors, helping you copy as much information off a scratched CD or DVD as possible. Choose the Disc Copy selection and check the option to use disc recovery.

A new data-recovery option lets you save as much as possible from damaged discs.

Toast's help and support options are decent, but could use some work. Finding help on specific topics can be tricky. For example, the printed manual doesn't include LightScribe information, and the online resources and Toast's electronic help barely mentions it. You'll find full details by opening Disc Cover RE's help file, but not everyone will realize where to look. The support site offers online documents and forums, as well as a link to contact the support staff (registration required).

Considering its fair price and varied functionality, Toast's flaws are minor and it's still an excellent suite. Version 8 keeps the product up to date and delivers important new tools to the advanced Mac user.

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Does not work well

by neto555 on October 23, 2007

Pros: it does write sometimes correctly

Cons: Changes its setting randomly

Summary: This software is unusable. It is constantly changing its settings forcing me to burn things manually one Item at a time. I can't believe there is no other burning ...

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Summary: This software is unusable. It is constantly changing its settings forcing me to burn things manually one Item at a time. I can't believe there is no other burning software for the mac. This is another reason I am thinking of switching back to xp. By the way, Toast 7 worked good but it slowed everything down because it has to run in Rosetta.

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Roxio DOES NOT Stand Behind Their Products!!!

by PCCRomeo on May 28, 2007

Pros: Allows you to copy CDs without copying the content to your computer

Cons: ROXIO WILL NOT STAND BEHIND THEIR REBATE OR THEIR RETURN POLICY, A WHOLE NOT OF NOTHING FOR THE PRICE

Summary: I bought Toast 8 and it was HORRIBLE! A whole lot of hype over NOTHING, especially not worth $100. It takes over two hours to burn a DVD, not what ...

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Summary: I bought Toast 8 and it was HORRIBLE! A whole lot of hype over NOTHING, especially not worth $100. It takes over two hours to burn a DVD, not what I'd expect for the price. Even more, I was not given the rebate promised by Roxio and did not get a refund after contacting Roxio within 30 days. IF YOU THINK MICROSOFT IS BAD, ROXIO AND THEIR PARENT SONIC SOLUTIONS ARE EVEN WORSE! I would rather take $100 outside and pee on it before spending it on another Roxio product!

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2 stars

Audio/Video Sync Problem

by handj on April 8, 2008

Pros: It would be great if Tivo Transfer functionality worked as advertised.

Cons: Tivo Transfers have audio that is out-of-sync. Roxio tech support did not help.

Summary: My experience with this product has been terrible.

Summary: My experience with this product has been terrible.

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Manufacturer: Sonic Solutions
Part number: 231000
Description: Roxio Toast 8 sets the standard for burning CDs, DVDs, and now Blu-ray discs on the Mac. Create superior sounding audio CDs with crossfades. Enjoy your TV shows anywhere with exclusive EyeTV burning and TiVoToGo transfers to DVD or iPod. Copy your audio CDs, movies and DVDs. It's your digital life, Toast It!

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Category Utilities
Subcategory Utilities - CD / DVD recording
Version 8
License pricing Standard
Software
License Type Complete package
License Qty 1 user
License Pricing Standard
Platform MacOS
Package Type Retail

System Requirements
Software Requirements QuickTime 7.1 or later
Peripheral / Interface Devices CD-R, DVD-R
System Requirements Details Apple MacOS X 10.4.8 or later - PowerPC G4 - HD 250 MB

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