How to Use the Apple Service Diagnostic Disk (3 Steps)

Shut down your Mac.
Restart your computer with the Apple Service Diagnostic disc: shut down your computer, insert the disc into your computer's drive, then restart your computer and hold the 'Option' key as it boots up.
Wait for your screen to display the Apple Diagnostic Screen, then select the type of diagnostic test you would like to run. Press 'Enter' and your computer will reboot and run the test. This usually takes a few minutes.
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How to Insert a CD Into an iMac

Locate the disc drive on the right side of the iMac, above the SD card slot.
Position the CD so the label of the disc is facing toward you.
Push the CD into the drive slot until your fingers touch the edge of the iMac. The iMac will catch the disc and pull it the rest of the way in.
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How to Create Mac Backup Disks

Determine whether your computer burns DVDs or CDs. Select 'About This Mac' from the Apple icon in the upper left corner of the screen. From this screen, click on 'More Info' and then choose 'Disc Burning' from the 'Hardware' menu of the System Profiler to see what kinds of media your computer is capable of writing.
Purchase a few CDs or DVDs. If you need to back up more than 800 megabytes of data at once, DVDs are the better option if your computer can make them.
Insert the blank disk into your computer and notice that its icon appears on the desktop. Drag the files and folders that you want to back up onto the CD/DVD icon. The computer will need to copy the files onto the disk before you can burn it.
Click on the disk icon once so that it is highlighted. Select the 'File' menu and scroll down to 'Burn Disc.' Check to be sure that you've copied all of your files to the backup disk before you burn it.
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How to Burn DVDs on a Macbook

Load a blank DVD-R into your MacBook's SuperDrive. If an onscreen prompt appears, set the 'Action' to 'Open Finder.' Click 'OK.'
Double-click on the disc icon on your desktop. A window for the DVD will open.
Drag the files and folders you want to burn to the DVD into the window. The files will appear as aliases, and the original files will not be altered.
Rename and organize the files as you would like them to appear on the DVD.
Go to the 'File' menu and select 'Burn Disc.' Confirm the action in the onscreen prompt. Burning will commence and an onscreen prompt will notify you when the DVD is ready.
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How to Burn a DVD With a Mac (7 Steps)

To burn data: Insert a blank disc. A dialog box will come up asking to name your disc and select the proper format for your disc such as picture, audio or data. The name of the disc will appear as an icon on the sidebar of your Finder window. Drag files to the disc's name in Finder, followed by clicking on the icon when you are done adding files.
Click File at the top of the screen, followed by 'Burn Disc' from the drop-down menu.
To burn video or audio: Insert a blank disc into your DVD drive. A DVD-R is recommended for DVDs you plan to use in personal DVD players, as not all DVD players are compatible with DVD-RWs.
Start the iDVD program. Single click the 'Go' button at the top of your screen and click on the Applications bar from the drop menu. Double click on the 'iDVD' button in the Applications folder.
Select 'Create New Project' or 'Open Existing Project.' Select 'Open Existing Project' if you already have a video file on your computer that requires burning. Locate the folder the video file is in and double click the file to open it.
Add a theme to your DVD. A theme is a style that appears on the menu screen of your DVD before the video plays. Apple provides a variety of themes, or you can customize your own. To add a theme, click 'Themes' at the bottom of the iDVD menu, followed by scrolling through the different themes. When you have found the preferred theme, click OK.
Check your project for errors. Click the 'Map' button and look for any exclamation points. These exclamation points represent errors that should be fixed before burning. Once you have corrected the errors, save your project and click the Burn button located at the bottom of the iDVD program.
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How to Boot a GParted CD on a Mac

Insert the GParted Live CD into the disc drive.
Restart the computer.
Press and hold the 'C' key until the Mac boots from the disc.
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How to Burn Movies on a MacBook (6 Steps)

Click on the 'Finder' icon in the Mac OS X screen. Begin typing in the name of the movie or movie file you want to burn.
Right-click on the file and select 'Burn to disc.' Insert a blank DVD-R in the DVD drive when prompted.
Click 'OK' to proceed. If prompted, select the burn speeds, which by default are set to the fastest settings. Click on 'Burn' and wait for the progress bar to disappear before ejecting the DVD.
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How to Save DVD to Hard Drive on OS Mac Snow Leopard

Insert the DVD into the disc drive of the Mac running Snow Leopard.
Open the Disk Utility program, located under the 'Utilities' folder.
Click the volume name of the DVD in the left column of the window. This is the first entry located under the DVD SuperDrive, which is indented slightly.
Click the 'New Image' icon at the top of the window.
Enter a name for the disc image, and then choose a save location on the hard drive.
Click the 'Save' button to finish saving the DVD to the hard drive.
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How to Stream UDP on VLC (6 Steps)

Open VLC and select 'Media' and then 'Streaming' from the menu.
Find your media file by using the 'File,' 'Disc' or 'Network' tabs, depending on the location of the file. Click on the 'Stream' button after the file has been chosen. Select 'Next' after confirming that the correct source has been chosen.
Choose 'UDP (legacy)' from the drop-down menu and click 'Add.'
Type the IP address of the computer that will receive the network stream and click 'Stream.'
Open VLC on the computer that will receive the UDP stream and click 'Media' and 'Open Network Stream' on the menu.
Type 'udp://@' in the box and click 'Play.'
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How to Reinstall OS X on a New Internal Hard Drive on a MacBook

Place the Mac OS X Install DVD into the computer’s disc drive and restart. The computer will launch into the Mac OS X Installer from the DVD.
Select “Continue” at the main screen. Select your language and the license agreement.
Select your computer’s new hard drive as the destination for the installation.
Select “Install.” Follow any on-screen prompts.
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