After starting Burn.app You will need to open at least one CD compilation window to do some serious work. To do so, simply select 'CD compilation'->'New' from the main menu or the key combination 'Command'-'n'. You will get the following window:

The volume identifier (title) of the CD. Each new compilation is assigned a unique ID by the program. You can change this by editing this field directly in the outline.

The outline displaying the files and audio CD tracks to be burned separated into data and audio material. A CD can contain both.

This bar shows the current size of the resulting image. The coloured marks give a hint about how much data fits on standard CD-R's (74, 80, 90, 100 min).

You must decide whether you want to change the burn parameters before the burning starts.

Start the burning process.

If you want Burn.app to automatically open a new CD compilation window on start-up, open the preferences panel, and on the 'General' page check the option 'Open new compilation on startup'.

To successfully burn your CD you must eventually select the appropriate tools, i.e. the backend software and the burner to use. The menu offers the command 'Tools'->'Burn Tools' by which you can open the panel shown below assisting you in this task.

Select the software backends for the different tasks.

Select the burning device.

After clicking the 'Burn' button in the compilation window burning begins. If you chose to edit the burning parameters the 'Parameters' panel will pop up giving you the possibility to customize the process. The figure shows the 'General' settings, which might be the most important ones.

Some burning related settings.

Select whether intermediate files should be kept for later reuse or not.

Select the place in the file system, where those intermediate files will be created.

Do not start burning, but go back to the compilation window.

Save the settings and start burning.

If you use the same burn parameters all the time, you need customize them only once. They will be saved and thus can be reused later. Simply uncheck the option 'Open parameter settings...' in the compilation window. Burning will then start immediately without further interaction.

During the burning process the following panel will appear, giving detailed progress information about the different stages of the process.

Progress information about the current track and the complete process.

Close the panel. This button is not enabled during activity.

Abort the whole process.