How to Burn an MP4 to a DVD on My MacBook Pro

Insert a blank DVD-R into your MacBook Pro's disc drive.
Click the 'Open in Finder' option in the menu that appears once the DVD is read by your drive. The DVD appears as a disc icon on your desktop.
Drag the MP4 file you want to burn onto the disc icon.
Double-click the disc icon. Click the 'File' icon on the menu bar and click the 'Burn Disc' option to burn the MP4 file to the DVD. The disc is ejected when the burn is complete.
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How to Burn a CD on a Macbook (5 Steps)

Open the iTunes music program on your Macbook. If you don't have iTunes installed on your Macbook you can download it for free from Apple's website, apple.com (see Resources).
Insert the blank CD-R and wait until it is recognized in the iTunes library. You will see 'Blank CD' in the left column of the iTunes library.
Make a new playlist by dragging selected songs from the iTunes library into one of the blank folders in the 'Playlists' section in the left column.
Highlight the playlist and drag it to the blank CD icon. Most CD-R's won't hold more than 80 minutes of music, so make sure your playlist doesn't contain too many songs.
Click 'Burn Disc' in the lower right hand corner of the iTunes screen and after a moment you'll have a new burned CD.
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My MacBook Won't Autorun (8 Steps)

Click the Apple icon on the menu bar found at the top of your screen and click 'System Preferences' from the drop-down selection.
Select the 'CDs & DVDs' icon in the Hardware section. Click the drop-down menu next to 'When you insert a blank CD' and select 'Open iTunes,' or click 'Open other application' to select a different application to open when a blank CD is inserted into your MacBook's optical drive.
Click the drop-down menus next to the music CD, picture CD and DVD section of the CDs & DVDs window to specify the application you want to use as the default application.
Click the red button in the upper-left corner of the CDs & DVDs window to save the new configuration settings and return to the previous menu.
Insert a blank CD, DVD or media CD to test the new auto run settings.
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How to Burn a Keynote Presentation onto a DVD

Launch the presentation software you have used for your slide-show or other contents. Load up the keynote presentation you want to place onto a DVD.
Click the 'File' button followed by 'Save as Movie.' This saves your presentation as a movie version of your presentation.
Insert the blank DVD into the DVD burner on your computer. Close out any pop-up windows that appear asking if you want to load a specific software.
Launch the DVD burning software you have installed on your computer. Select to create a 'Video DVD.'
Click-and-drag the video file of your keynote presentation into the main viewing area of the program. Click the 'Burn' button and your keynote presentation is burned onto the DVD.
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How to Add Yourself to Sudoers Files in the Mac OS X on a MacBook

Press 'Command-F' on the keyboard, type 'terminal' in the Search field and click the 'Terminal' appication to open it.
Type 'sudo –s' into the blank command prompt window and hit the 'Return' key. You are prompted to log in with your computer's root password.
Enter the administrator password that you chose when you originally set up your MacBook, then press 'Return' to log in as the root user.
Type 'sudo visudo' in the command prompt window and press 'Return.'
Place your text cursor at the end of the line that contains the text 'root ALL=(ALL) ALL.'
Hit 'Return' to add a new line and then type 'username ALL=(ALL) ALL,' replacing 'username' with the short name of the account you want to add to the sudoers list.
Select 'Save' from the File menu to confirm the changes.
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The MacBook Superdrive Won't Burn

Verify that the CD is a CD_R, DVD-R, or CD-RW disc. This information will be printed on the disc. If iTunes indicates the disc is already written to, try another blank disc.
Check the underside of the disc for dust and dirt.
Gently wipe off the bottom of the disc with a soft cloth and try the disc again. If you notice excessive scratches on the disc, try a new blank disc.
Press the 'Eject' key on the top-right of the keyboard and hold it down to verify a disc is not already in the drive.
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