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[holysmoker7]

Well I tried to burn my first audio cd in a long time yesterday. AIF files from my main audio recorder program which has worked for the past 7 years flawlessly. Toast 10.0.5 says the files are in a format it does not recognize. Huh? I ignored the message, filled in the track titles and cd name, and it seemed to have burned the master disk ok. Anybody else have this kind of problem?

Hey Roxio - there are people out here that use your product for professional purposes and in making a living. I think you need to do a better job with these updates and stop breaking things that used to work After almost 9 years of using Toast, I am sadly now looking for alternatives.

[bohalloran]

Well I tried to burn my first audio cd in a long time yesterday. AIF files from my main audio recorder program which has worked for the past 7 years flawlessly. Toast 10.0.5 says the files are in a format it does not recognize. Huh? I ignored the message, filled in the track titles and cd name, and it seemed to have burned the master disk ok. Anybody else have this kind of problem?

Hey Roxio - there are people out here that use your product for professional purposes and in making a living. I think you need to do a better job with these updates and stop breaking things that used to work After almost 9 years of using Toast, I am sadly now looking for alternatives.

Just out of curiosity, what type mac are you using and what version os?

With all the issues being raised about various versions of toast, and I have seen others with the same issue as you, I'm seeing that many (not all) come from folks who are using a PM G4/5 with os 10.5.x while intel macs do better with toast.

So I'm thinking that while the current version of toast may be supported on a PM G4/5 (properly configured), there appear to be glitches that are not evident until many people start using it to do various things.

Minimum System Requirements

    * Macintosh® computer with a PowerPC™ G4, PowerPC G5 or Intel® Processor
    * 1 GB RAM
    * CD, DVD or Blu-ray recordable drive
    * Mac OS X v10.5.x (If you’re using Mac OS X v10.4, click here for more information about Toast 9 Titanium)
    * QuickTime® v7.x
    * Up to 1 GB free disk space to install all components
    * Up to 15 GB of temporary free disk space during usage
    * Internet connection required for some functionality

Recommended System Requirements

    * PowerPC G5 or Intel processor required for encoding and viewing high definition content
    * 2 GB RAM
    * Core Image-capable video card

I have a PM G4 and G5 that exceeds all the above and have issues with toast that I do not have with my MBP.  Yes, I have done all the trash plist files, etc and done complete uninstall/reinstall per Roxio instructions with no success.

[tsantee]

My advice is nobody with a G5 Mac should update beyond Toast 10.0.2. I'd like to see Roxio put the 10.0.2 version back on the downloads page and advise users without Intel Macs not to update beyond that version. They have had great difficulty with solving problems resulting from OS 10.6 and that can only be installed on Intel Macs. So most that has changed in Toast since 10.0.2 is Intel and Snow Leopard related.

[holysmoker7]

Intel Mac Pro dual core 2 x 2.66 Ghz, 10 gig ram, OS 10.6.2, four 1.5 TB Seagate drives, HD free space is about 1.2 TB, four burners capable of burning cd's, all the latest ie. Has been working since day one. No problems until this latest Toast update 10.0.5. The computer is on a 1250VA APC UPS. Displays, external LaCie Porche cd burners USB and firewire (Lite-On mechanism) and other stuff on separate UPS. Like I said, I never had a problem until this latest version of Toast. No PPC hardware.

It did burn ok, just that weird message about not recognizing the format when the format was aif!

Edited by holysmoker7, 10 January 2010 - 06:13 AM.

[tsantee]

Intel Mac Pro dual core 2 x 2.66 Ghz, 10 gig ram, OS 10.6.2, four 1.5 TB Seagate drives, HD free space is about 1.2 TB, four burners capable of burning cd's, all the latest ie. Has been working since day one. No problems until this latest Toast update 10.0.5. The computer is on a 1250VA APC UPS. Displays, external LaCie Porche cd burners USB and firewire (Lite-On mechanism) and other stuff on separate UPS. Like I said, I never had a problem until this latest version of Toast. No PPC hardware.

It did burn ok, just that weird message about not recognizing the format when the format was aif!

Be sure to pass this info along to Roxio via the Feedback link in Toast Help.