Keywords:
disk copy
burn image
OS X
Essential
Apple's financial well being
Micro$oft schemes
To burn a disk image, open disk copy, make a disk image of the CD, and select "burn image" under the Image menu. When making the disk image, choose a read/write enabled image so you can modify it if you want. This should make a bootable CD if the original was bootable. Note: Disk copy in OS X is so cool! I love how you can burn a disk image from within disk copy. It's little details like these that make the Mac OS so superior to anything else. Sure maybe windows could do this, but only after you jumped through a few hoops guarded by numerous "wizards" that try to second guess what you want to do and do it all for you. OS X simply empowers the user to do what they want, like a good tool.
I tried modifying the OS X update disc, but I haven't tested it yet. Since I already purchased and installed OS X, v10.0.x, it was merely for the sake of curiosity that I meddled with the 10.1 update disk. I removed the file from an essential package that confirms OS X is on the HD before installing the update. I have no idea what the results of this modification are, but if I ever need to wipe X off its partition and reinstall I guess I'll find out!
Please remember that Apple needs all the support for OS X they can get. Every sale of OS X is lifeblood for Apple, and using their software without paying for it is only biting the hand that feeds you. I want Apple to stick around and do well financially so that they continue to provide an superior alternative to Microsoft. If we want an alternative to MS and their verification schemes to XP, then we need to show Apple that they don't need to resort to such draconian copy protection measures.
