Roxio Toast 19 Pro | CD, DVD & Blu-Ray Burner for Mac | Disc Burning, File Conversion, Multimedia Editing Suite [Mac Disc] [Old Version]

I used Toast from the very beginning (more than 25 years). It was the best Mac software for burning CDs and later DVDs. However, last two versions (18 and19) became unusable: plenty of small annoying bugs plus huge payments for each update. These updates could not be easily installed, instead complicated procedures had to be invoked. Recently I bought new MacBook Air and transferred all software packages w/o any problems - that is with an exception of Toast. Tech support wanted to see remotely contents of my drive... I gave up - Apple software allows for easy data disks creation while nobody copies or creates DVDs anymore. Do not buy unless you want to waste your money and time.

Absolute trash! Not nearly as good as previous Mac versions. Older versions were intuitively obvious and user friendly. This version (and version 20) has glitzy graphics but wont do the things that the older versions did. Help is obscure and NOT helpful. Would return this but its too late. Cant even burn a Mac-only data CD. Not sure what the tekkies were thinking. I began programming in machine language in 1959 and have modeled nuclear systems and business systems but find this impenetrable. Its important to make software user friendly. We certainly have enough processing power and storage to make it easy. The Toast programmers need to take a couple of marketing and customer psychology courses and then try again. Or, hire the old programmers who developed the original versions.

Generating lots of errors on Big Sur so difficult to burn DVDs. Generating lots of toasted DVDs that are now coasters.

Poor performance, crashes brand new computer, tech services group is horrible.

Toast used to be great until Roxio were bought out by Corel. Ive successfully written a couple DVDs but if your trying to write a Blu-ray™ disc forget it. Ive used Toast for years but when upgrading from version 17 to 19 so I could author Blu-ray™ discs, Ive received nothing but errors. Quite frustrated with the lack of Blu-ray™ authoring software out there for Mac. Ive tried reaching out to customer support but the best they could do is tell me to reinstall the software which didnt solve a thing. Toast used to be my go to but it seems that after being acquired by Corel, this slice of Toast has been burnt.

I have used TOAST for several years. It works to fill my needs. I recommend it to my friends.

Love the product!!!

able to burn Blueray

terrible last - not worth it my mistake I did not return it

Hi all, I purchased Toast 19 pro today with a promotional offer of $69.99. I like to keep the current version around every so often, in case I need, or want to create a video disc. Ive used toast since version 6, and have owned the following versions: 6,8, 11, 17, and now 19. Ive rarely had any issues with the toast app, and I dont use the extras as I prefer pro level apps for converting, or at least more than just the basics. I mainly use toast for burning and authoring discs, and as mentioned do converting, editing in other software. Whenever Ive created a DVD, or Blu-ray in toast, it usually plays fine without issues. The process is fairly straight forward Im sure the conversion time could be increased somewhat when creating the disc, but working with video ALWAYS takes time so I dont expect instant results. I took a star off, mainly because of the extras included. Some of those things Ill never use, and there is no way currently to opt out of installing them. I also look at using toast with professional production experience vs the average consumer, even though I dont currently do any professional projects, I still usually have that mindset when dealing with media. I also have a nice free solution for disc burning called Burn its a nice program, but doesnt support Blu-ray video. I sent an email to their support asking if they could add support, but that was several months ago, and since they never answered I gathered they werent interested. So, that leaves me toast as the best solution. So here are my main suggestions to people: 1. If you want to do quality burns, learn to use a real editor vs whats included, and if you want a good free, or low cost converter learn to use FFMpeg, or a nice GUI front end for it. 2. If youre a professional, or at least have good experience with production: then you already have a workflow and know what software you want and need to use for the best job. 3, Im somewhat tired when writing this review, so I apologize for my thoughts being all over the place. Plus I have a hard time with reviews at times, because sometimes I feel like I need to teach, and instruct people to give them the best source of information, and I never know who Im talking to in a place like this since its such a mix of different people, and experience levels. Anyway, I hope Ive at least given some good info to at least consider here.