SHANE C SMITH  What the hell happened to this software?! Bugs, crashes, and bloatware. Get rid of the animations and templates please! At least offer the software as an install so you have the option to not install the templates and any other software it comes with. How about make a PPC and separate Intel version?

This is by far the worst version of this software to date.  
(Version 10.0.4)

JAMUS  856.9MB on drive. Holy. Cow.

Those better be some daaaaang good disc templates in there.  
(Version 10.0.4)

MR. APPLEMAN DESIGN ESQ.  Is the update from 1003 to 1004 worth the update...??  
(Version 10.0.4)

SATCOMER  why doesn't roxio own updating mechanism doesn't detect newer versions of Toast? The Toast self updating has NEVER worked! Come on Roxio, what's the problem? Don't you test this Toast self updating routine on a Mac yourselves?  
(Version 10.0.4)

ANOMIA  How Lame...  
(Version 10.0.4)

TOURNESOL  Toast 10.0.2 froze while burning Video_TS folders, but worked great when burning blu-ray.

Toast 10.0.3 now works with Video_TS folders, but crashes when choosing my blu-ray burner.

This is ridiculous Roxio. Please fix!  
(Version 10.0.3)

SPECTRAL7  direct download

http://www.roxio.com/enu/support/toast/software_updatesv10.html  
(Version 10.0.3)

TOZZO  This version does not run on TIGER!!!   
(Version 10.0.3)

BLUESTAR  Don't you just love it when they release a nearly 1 GB update (!) and absolutely no info on what this update does!  
(Version 10.0.3)

BEZBOZNY  I tried to download the update but the link in their site redirects me to their support page. Have they pulled out this update?  
(Version 10.0.3)

JAMUS  I did not have to login to their server to download the update. That is the first time in quite a few updates that they did not require the login. That is one of my big complaints is when companies require a login just to get a bugfix. Thanks Roxio for that at least.  
(Version 10.0.3)

DEFUNCT  Could someone explain to me, if you have downloaded it / use it, why the 10.0.3 update is in excess of 800MB?? I was always used to the fact that Toast was bloatware at a couple of hundred MB, but 819MB is ridiculous!  
(Version 10.0.3)

BAIANAMISTY  Regarding the previous comments, 'updates' are also out of the question. So when you buy their software, be prepared to use it without any support or updates until you want to buy the next version at full price. I hope the justifiably dissatisfied customers' complaints spread enough to hurt these robber-barons in the wallet. Even if they have no sense of business obligation, I hope their sense of business survival might force them to actually start providing the service and support we were led to believe that we would receive. But then again, with the 'I want it all and I want it now' mentality of Wall Street still alive and well, I suspect the management of this company will ignore their customers until the red ink of their balance sheets eventually forces them to look for another scam.  
(Version 10.0.2)

BAIANAMISTY  Toast is fast at copying DVDs and backing up data, but over the years, I have had to pay in full, several times, for the software (thanks to my college's supplies budget). Once this company gets your money, any advertised support or upgrade paths are fictitious. For example, the user 'sign in' button on their website does not link to anything. And all previous mail from the company thanking you for your money, etc. is sent by automated e-mail and therefore will not accept e-mail replies from customers. In other words, once they have your money, you have no e-mail access to their company, representatives, web site ... no nothing. And I'll be damned if I am going to shell out money for a long distance call from Japan.

For all subcategories of this rating scheme, I will have to give it a maximum of 1 star, simply because any feature, ease of use, or stability ... given the number of years and bogus 'upgrades' I have paid for ... are a mute point when you do, eventually, have to upgrade.

All in all, it is a decent bit of software programming that is in the hands of unscrupulous leeches, although the personnel may well be one and the same.  
(Version 10.0.2)

JON555  I went from version 9 to version 10 and have yet to see any real changes except that the dock icon is now blue, which makes me wonder why I spent so damn much money to "upgrade". Honestly, how is this worth a whole version number upgrade? And stop throwing more useless applications in the bundle that people rarely use, just so you can somehow justify charging such a ridiculous price. Toast itself is an awesome application, but the company behind it is not, and the price is just stupid.

This, coupled with terrible customer support, makes me wonder how Roxio stays in business.  
(Version 10.0.2)

ANONYMOUS  In 10% of the cases Toasts refuses to burn VIDEO_TS folders, saying : "The folder cannot be managed".

I surfed the web and found lots of people with the same problem (including those trying to burn iDVD films). This TOAT's message is undocumented and stays very cryptic.

One thing is sure, the VIDEO_TS folders that Toast refuses to burn are perfectly and flawlessly burnt by lots of free softwares (eg QuickBurn).

So why bother and pay a lot of money for TOAST's gas machine when the job can be done for free by less ambitious and more reliable applications ?

The only advantage of Toast, to me, is that its VIDEO_TS burning is really faster then its competitors (when it works ...).  
(Version 10.0.2)

MONTY LEE  Toast 10 Titanium Pro comes with a folder of Pro Applications on the DVD. Included in that folder is a dmg file called "Sonicfire Pro Bonus Audio Tracks.dmg" which works with SonicFire Pro 5. The dmg file fails during the initial verification due to "codec overrun." Nothing I have done is able to mount the dmg, including copying to the hard drive, using other computers (3), and trying Disk Utility and Stuffit 13. I submitted the question to Roxio but in a week have not gotten any resolution (their suggestions were to update Stuffit (I have the latest version) and try removing the codecs from Quicktime. Since I was getting no where, I called today (Monday) and was on hold for 38 minutes and finally talked to Tech Support (PC expert, not a Mac expert). He said the only Mac expert they had said to remove the Quicktime codecs as that was the problem. For the life of me, I cannot see how a Quicktime Codec can interfere with trying to verify and mount a dmg file, but I did what they said. I copied the folder to another drive, deleted all the codecs, rebooted, and emptied trash. Then I tried the process all over again trying to mount the dmg file. It fails for the same reason.

I never received any update back from Roxio (turn-around is about 24-48 hours), but SmartSound (Sonicfire Pro) says they have received multiple complaints about this. So I suspect that the file is corrupt in some way, and Roxio seems very reluctant to update it or provide a download link for a valid version. Sonicfire gave me a valid link for the download. It took them less than 24 hours to solve the issue, and over 10 days for Roxio with NO SOLUTION.

The program is very good (minus Divx support) but do NOT expect any support from Roxio. DigitalRiver won't help either, although they will admit they've had lots of problems from users with Roxio with respect tot he purchase side.  
(Version 10.0.2)

DLWHITE  WARNING: THERE IS NO UPGRADE PATH from Toast 10 to Toast 10 Pro.

If you purchase Toast 10, and after the fact, decide you want the features of Toast 10 Pro, you have to purchase the ENTIRE program again. There is NO discount, NO rebate, and NO sympathy from Roxio.

Pretty poor customer service, I MUST say. I tell them I want to give them more money for the upgrade, they say there's no upgrade path.

Whatever.  
(Version 10.0.2)

ANONYMOUS  SIMPLY AWESOME!

This is my first version of Toast I have bought. New to the Mac world. For those that are complaining, spend time in the Windows CD burning world for awhile. You'll hug toast when you come back. While Roxio makes tools for the PC, non are this easy.   
(Version 10.0.2)

VOLLARE  Burn 2.2u burns 4 me.

Only a bit cheaper...  
(Version 10.0.2)

PXL  Still a worthless app without DivX support. I'm happy to stick with v9.0.4 forever!  
(Version 10.0.2)

ANONYMOUS  Great Application! One of the MUST HAVES. While there are other applications that do part of what Toast does, none of them do it all like it does.   
(Version 10.0.2)

DIDIMAC  I´m using Toast since many years, and I had to pay A LOT of money for its upgrades. Now it´s enough! Still using version 8, and actually don´t really need it, because burning CDs or DVDs becomes more an more outdated and useless. There are enough free and less expensive programs out there to convert movies or to use this oldfashioned burning.  
(Version 10.0.2)

CORPSECORPS  Why does toast bother to include menu authoring features for DVD creation when they rarely turn out usable.

I dropped 4 half-hour video clips into Toast, chose a menu theme and specified 4 buttons, picked button frames in the video, dropped in a custom background, chose 3 minute intervals for chapters, and burned the DVD.

For a start, the way navigation comes out is pretty pathetic. Right and down buttons always move the highlight right, only going down when it hits the right-most button. Up and left always move left. Not even a wrap-around to make navigation quicker.

The menu button text was so small it was unreadable. The menu button highlights didn't match the aspect ratios of the video clips. The button highlights weren't properly aligned with the button images and neither were the navigation button highlights.

This is typical of my experiences.  
(Version 10.0.1)

DOUGSTER  I already have version 10.0 installed,but I thought I'd download the new 10.0.1 version and install it, expecting it to work with 10.0's serial number. But no! The previous version's serial is not being accepted! I cannot believe users are expected to fork out more money for this upgrade. Shocking!  
(Version 10.0.1)

LARAINE  Having looked at the new features in Toast 10, I've decided to stick with 9.0.4. The upgrade price is atrocious for what's being offered. In fact, I thought the price for Toast 9 was pretty grim. It looked bad enough in American dollars; try looking at it in New Zealand dollars! I'm not having any problems with Toast 9.0.4 (so far, anyway) but I often long for the simplicity of my previous version, Toast 5. Unfortunately, I started needing more than Toast 5 could offer. :-(  
(Version 10.0.1)

CLOUDNINER  These guys are out ot lunch. Over $100 to UPGRADE you got to be kidding. The upgrade is more about BUG FIXES that shouldn't be there in the first place!

There are lots of free or nearly free apps that do just as good a job.

STICK IT!  
(Version 10.0.1)

JON555  As someone else said, lipstick on a pig indeed. Who are you trying to fool Roxio? Stop releasing new "versions" and calling them major updates. Each "version" gets worse. How about instead of tacking on a ton of other USELESS software and bloating Toast out with things it doesn't need, you could try making a solid application for once?  
(Version 10.0.1)

FATAL_SE7EN  I am using toast titanium 9 and whenever I attempt to burn a large file it gets to around 30% and freezes, does anyone else have this problem?  
(Version 10)

MEEGO  I'm having wicked bugs and performance hit running this with ntfs-3G. Very, very weird..

Toast hangs while ntfs-3g CPU usage skyrockets.

Unmounting ntfs drives seems to solve the issue, still a bummer.

Anyone had a similar experience?  
(Version 10)

GETSOMESAUCE  I confirmed this by using the program and by visiting the Toast 10 forums:

Roxio's web site claims "Save streaming web video from your favorite web sites and burn to DVD ...", but it actually does not support the saving of streaming web videos. Videos that are downloaded to your browser's cache when viewed, such as from youtube or espn, will work with Toast. True streaming videos that require a constant connection to the website, such as from nbc, abc, and hulu, will not work. This is just a warning for people who think this feature alone sounds like a reason to upgrade.  
(Version 10)

EDUARD  What kind of features do you expect from the future version of Toast?  
(Version 10)

LEOOFBORG  I have now had a chance to mess around with a friend's version of Toast.

As I said before, I don't use Toast for anything other than what it's named for. Burning. And my impressions are:

This is Toast 9 with lipstick. Also, the dialing-down of contrast of the UI looks like Vista.

I'm sticking with Toast 9. If you need MOST of the features of this lipstick'd pig, then I would hit Amazon for 'Toast 9 (old version)'.  
(Version 10)

FECKINEDJIT  Come on people! At least they spent a bit of time on a shiny new icon. Credit where credit is due. ;-)

Toast has been major bloatware since adding 'Titanium' to their product's name. Loads of unnecessary frameworks, menu add-ons, loads of sinister looking what's-its under the hood and an inexplicable and deceptive habit of calling each new version an update when they are actually complete apps with debatable upgrade value. Remove all the shite and you have a tight little 25-30 MB app. I predict that by version 12 it'll barely fit on a double-sided DVD.

You'd think a company that has been around this long would have a clue. It all smells of a paranoid obsession with piracy. Their main interest appears to be protecting their app and the customer comes a very distant second. Roxio, my vote for worst run major software company ever.   
(Version 10)

SUBARU HIGHLANDER  Was just going to go and buy an upgrade when I luckily saw the comments here.

I'm not going to buy it now - no divx.

A very EXPENSIVE downgrade  
(Version 10)

MICKSMAC  Still no help from Roxio after 2 days. Summary: for Toast 10 you will...

(1) pay Roxio lots of money to upgrade...

(2) Lose the DivX function...

(3) Gain no other features, and...

(4) You DON'T get the v10 HD:BD plugin which was promised to you at the time of purchase.

I can't sue these people from my country. I sincerely hope that some of you in the US take Roxio to court over this "thievery".  
(Version 10)

PXL  LAME for removing the DivX feature. Roxio... you can stick it!  
(Version 10)

MACINTOSH SAUCE  I just wanted to add a comment... Look at the version numbers of previous releases of Toast since version 6. They have been fleecing Mac users since then.  
(Version 10)

FILCHESCAT  So . . . waited & waited for notice that a download link and s/n were available. 36 hours after charging my card, I received an email that the link was available. Click it and voila! it's an old 9.01 version with a 10.x s/n. Called digitalriver (because Roxio uses them as a shield for their incompetence and/or inattention and/or lack of concern for end-users). The poor lady at digitialriver said "This is a known issue and I will forward your concern to our technology group. They will email you the correct link." Out of exasperation and with a slight (slight!) feeling of guilt, because I knew it was not her fault, I asked how many more days might I have to wait. She said, "They're telling us one to two days." Really, really poor form Roxio. Even if everyone left the building for the day to drive 40 miles to MW Expo, really poor form.  
(Version 10)

HYBRID  Toast 10 where the hell has the Divx function gone  
(Version 10)

DONMONTALVO  What a scam! OK, I just got off the phone with Digital River (the company that handles Toast purchases/upgrades). They agreed to give me a free upgrade from v9 (which I bought on Jan 2nd 2009) to v10 (which came out three days later). Of course they didn't mention that I would be charged *AGAIN* and would have to go through a "process" to get a refund for v9.

So my checking account gets charged twice, and I just got hit with an overdraft fee since the second charge (which I was *not* told would be applied to my account) put me over my limit. The person I spoke to was apologetic, but the fact of the matter is Roxio is out of control.

I told Digital River to completely cancel my order. Now I have to deal with my bank. If I get charged $35 for going over my limit, I will take Digital River to small claims court.

Believe everything you read about Roxio. They are *not* the company many of us grew up with. They've become a company with incompetent management who allowed these unreasonable upgrade prices (I have paid for v5, v6, v7 and v8...$400+ so far!). Hopefully Roxio will take advantage of the down economy and shake down the levels of management responsible for all this pie in face Roxio is getting.

I really hope Roxio gets their act together.

Don Montalvo, NYC  
(Version 10)

DADAMA  Maybe this isn't the place for it but charging for these minor updates is frigging offensive. Roxio isn't the only offender here. Today I see that Filemaker is offering a "new version" for $149.00. Fortunately with many of these program you can skip every third or forth upgrade. In that regard, I'm still using Toast 7 and it works well on 10.5.6, as does Filemaker 8.5, and SOHO 6, etc, etc ... I spend way too much money on software as it is. We are fortunate that there are some darn good companies out there such as Econtechnologies among many others that have been offering significant upgrades free to registered users (Chronosync v.4, was also released today). I sure don't mind supporting software developers like these!  
(Version 10)

DONMONTALVO  I purchased Toast Titanium 9 on Jan 2nd. I will call Roxio to see if I can get a free upgrade to Toast Titanium 10 (since there were only 4 days between my purchase and release of the new version). I will post an update once I contact them.

Don  
(Version 10)

REVCO  I know we're only six days into the new year, but I think I can confidently declare this the worst upgrade of 2009.  
(Version 10)

FILCHESCAT  The $99.99 upgrade link lead to the $129.99 standard upgrade purchase. Purchase made. No download link sent. No s/n sent. Only got a receipt for the dinero spent. Roxio's distributor, digitalriver, said so sorry, Roxio has not provided them with the ability to forward emails to buyers with a download link and s/n. Even 12 hours after they took my money. They confirmed, as I did with my bank, the payment has already been made. No response from Roxio to email about the bogus $99.99 upgrade. I agree - it's a good product, as release when it was version 8.x. The 9.x upgrade was cosmetic only and I suspect I was suckered again with the 10.x release. Very poor form, Roxio.  
(Version 10)

MICKSMAC  WARNING: I bought this (standard, not Pro) yesterday as an upgrade from version 9. The site and the promos say that you get a FREE Blu-Ray plugin with your purchase. You DON'T (at least, there's no obvious way of getting it without paying the extra $20), and Roxio doesn't respond to my support questions regarding this matter.

As for the standard version: it acts and performs exactly like v9 - only the icon and some colors are different.

Save your $$$.  
(Version 10)

MACINTOSH SAUCE  I am getting so sick of companies that are pulling this crap on Mac users.

One or two bug fixes and then you release a major upgrade that gives no real price break to users who have supported your pathetic company for years. Roxio, do you actually think we are that stupid?

One other company did this to me recently with StuffIt Deluxe, and I decided to wipe their software off of my Macs. Bye-bye.  
(Version 10)

LEOOFBORG  So let me get this straight -- 6 real months of real dev so that we can get ONE major different features [for video geeks, okay, I get it].

If this was worthy of being called Toast 9.5 I could see them rounding up.

But this is, at most a Toast 9.*2* with the one major feature. Roxio should NOT be rounding up this time. This is just crass.

Also, Roxio's idea of 'Pro' is to add... shovelware? How very Windows.

Sorry Roxio, but how stupid do you think Mac folks are? I also don't see any Cocoa or Interface Build controls to make this look more 'Mac-like'.. tho' I could be wrong.

Clarification: It's NOT 79-20= $59 .. it's '$79 after $20 rebate'.. MacUpdate, you can do a better editing job than that.

All around, this is a bad deal at the current price point, and to folks who bought Toast 9. They still haven't fixed bugs from Toast 9!

My advice is to wait until Roxio drops the price about 3-6 months from now. Toast 7 folks should upgrade. Toast 8 and 9 folks, really think about this. Seriously.  
(Version 10)

SHOTGUNWEDDINGS  I'd have to agree with all the reviewers below.

Toast Titanium is an excellent product for burning disc's , but now we have version 7 , 8 , 9 and 10 , all essentially the same thing for a different minimum OSX.

So it is normal to redo it and take full advantage of each new OSX.

But who cares about the 3rd party garbage included with this new Pro version. It's all second rate or crippled software.

Please Roxio, focus on disc burning, forget the extra garbage you've been bundling with Toast Titanium. This ain't the PC world, Mmac users don't like to be insulted with crippled and second rate bundled garbage!

For those of you that don't own Toast Titanium already, the better deal is the standard version if you ask me and for those of you that already own an earlier version, there isn't too much new stuff to jump at in version 10.

-1 for value  
(Version 10)

NAOH  Even with the $59.99 upgrade, I'm not at all sure about what added value Toast 10 has over Toast 9 with the Blu-Ray plug-in.

It seems to me that Toast 10 is simply a branding exercise to allow Roxio to roll out a Pro version that has loads of bundled third party tools that have little or no value to anyone who isn't already using Toast as the core in their media workflow.

My impression is that Roxio are trying to reposition Toast into being a media workshop, rather than a disc authoring tool.

The features that are being added don't appeal to me, as they are things I can already do with other tools, or have no need for.

If Roxio were to provide improved integration into existing workflows, instead of trying to create yet another way to do the same things, I would be all ears.

Until I see some compelling features being added to Toast beyond what is already included in Toast 9, I'll stay put.  
(Version 10)

HARRISTYPE  Roxio just lost me. I purchased the boxed version of Toast 9 in the beginning of December 2008, and now I'd have to buy Toast 10 all over again, with a whopping $20 off coupon. Whoop-di-doo and good riddance. I'm sticking with Toast 9 until it stops working, or until Roxio stops burning their customers with no grace period for upgrading.  
(Version 10)

RICRIC  Yet another highly priced upgrade! I suspect this is going to be one upgrade too many for most customers as Roxio willdiscover.  
(Version 10)

REDGREEN  I too am growing VERY wary of the annual full charge fee for every version of Toast. Why can't they have a typical upgrade charge?? $ If there was a $40 upgrade, sure I happy with that that, but $99 or $150??!! Nope. At least I have found that it is best to wait it out and buy it cheaper from Amazon or elsewhere rather that their website.  
(Version 10)

WHITEROCK  Wow. Another annual tax! Affecting myself, that's StuffIt, Photoshop, Toast and, of course, the annual upgrade of OSX. I haven't and won't upgrade. I wish them all bankruptcy in the new year (except Apple).

Previous reviewers have said it all.  
(Version 10)

VERYVITO  Just bought 9 a couple months ago, and barely use any of its new features yet. Regardless, this just seems more like a point release (plus some bundled shareware-level apps) rather than another $100 necessity. Anybody with more Toast experience than I care to share their strategy for dealing with such upgrades (i.e., do you usually upgrade every 2 or 3 releases? Always? Never?)

  
(Version 10)

MR650  This should probably be two different product entries on MacUpdate because Toast Titanium 10 Pro is Toast Titanium 10, with additional application features that cover the 'plug-in required' areas of other versions and add more functionality.

Toast 10 = 3 or 4 versions past major changes (add popcorn, add jam, add animation, add HD, etc...not streamline or improve functionality of Toast as a standalone application).

Toast 10 Pro = Toast, Plus a bunch of individual applications (Also known as Roxio Creator + Toast Mac 2009 Edition).

Toast is a solid product, popcorn compression is decent, adding Jam to Toast made sense. Doing the shazam for iTunes music is good, but selling me streamripperX as a must have feature is a joke. There are two products in any Toast bundle: The Application Toast that at various points in time has had a lot of work done, and the auxiliary applications that people may or may not use (AKA Bloatware).

I do not feel that this version of Toast is worth upgrading to from 9. I really dislike the way Roxio/Sonic tends to bundle applications (even trial ware) and pretend they are a unified product.

If you can find a discount to take this below $30 or so, and you don't have a version of toast, popcorn, or jam, then it's probably worth it. Maybe even $50 FOR THE PRO VERSION. Otherwise, it's getting more and more stuffited.  
(Version 10)

SGGINC  Another paid upgrade???

No more for me!!!

Milking the cash cow too much!!!  
(Version 10)

ANDY49  i updated to 9.0.4 and for the first time in hundreds of burns it fails 20% of the time. what's going on? did Roxio test this upgrade?  
(Version 9.0.4)

JAN13  NO question a.b.t., that this app is a top of the line ... U can get for mac platform. I LOVE to buy it I would not support a crime of rubbery from this developer who is charging every year arms & legs for upgrades.

If I go back, and see how much $$$ I already spend on these upgrades ... I say WOW !

So I will be fine with what I have in version 7.x for a some upcoming years.  
(Version 9.0.4)

JAMUS  Come on Roxio! Lay off the stinking forced login to get an update. That is getting to be so annoying.

It is a bug fix so shouldn't you be wanting to make it easier for your customers to be able to get this update so your own product will function better and therefore give customers a better image of your product? Sheeeeesh.  
(Version 9.0.4)

SHANE C SMITH  I can't believe they have released such a buggy version of this software. It crashes often and it appears to have a conflict with iTunes. I may have to go back to version 8, so sad :(  
(Version 9.0.2)

SAGGIS  I'm very very disappointed with this piece of software, It is good when it works but it freezes so frequently it is unbelievable. For example I was burning a spanned backup over 10 dvds, and it froze on the second to last rendering the rest completely unusable.

The number of disks this program has turned into coaster is completely unacceptable, I just wanted to scream when after 6 hours of burning it freezes and wastes MY TIME and MONEY.  
(Version 9.0.2)

CORPSECORPS  I've always thought certain aspects of this application were pretty slipshod.

When i attempted to create a custom icon for a disc by dragging or copying and pasting an image as it says, very few image formats were recognized, and PNG's with transparency (the most logical choice) lacked the transparency.

The auto menu creation and templates aren't great either. You're allowed 3 lines of information but only the title is displayed. Plus, if the title is very long at all, it's truncated. It badly needs some sort of menu customization UI elements so you can get it looking right.

The automatic chapter creation facility does a pretty terrible job too.  
(Version 9.0.2)

THUNDERCLAP82  There doesn't seem to be much different between the previous version and this one. Two additions include Blu-Ray support and editing Tivo files. Everything else behaves as it should. While I have no need at the moment for Blu-Ray burning I was excited for editing Tivo video files. Unfortunately the editing portion doesn't behave like it should. Marking in and out points aren't precise and usually jump ahead a few seconds. Scrolling through the video also barely works. It seems like this addition was last minute and was in alpha stage at best. Unless you have a need for Blu-Ray burning stick with version 8.  
(Version 9.0.2)

RONIN_1  Toast 9.x did not work with OS 10.5.2 and EyeTV burning DVDs.

Not recommended for this use.

I returned it.  
(Version 9.0.2)

KYLE YANCEY  It's useless for the one reason I bought it. Toast won't let you copy CSS protected DVDs.  
(Version 9.0.2)

MACERICG  Anybody get that "audio fingerprint" feature to work properly for auto-identifying streaming audio recorded into Spin Doctor?

http://www.roxio.com/enu/products/toast/titanium/listen.html

Seems like this should be pulled from the streaming data labels, but for me it records first and then tries to match up labels with Gracenote afterwards. Not very precise.  
(Version 9.0.2)

HOLYPOLY  Dragging a music CD to the main window, then importing data from CDDB invariably crashes Toast 9.0.2 . Pity.  
(Version 9.0.2)

ROBACKJA  Absolutely nothing to upgrade from Toast 8 (especially at $89). Roxio pulling stuff like this, just makes me look for other alternatives, especially open source ones. disgusting business practice.  
(Version 9.0.2)

TOGGLEMEDIA  Don't be fooled. There is very little reason to upgrade to this version. And I'm really not impressed with their marketing techniques. Take for example their website which promotes a $20 savings...and claims the software is now only $79. It's a lie. It's a mail in rebate..a mail in rebate which I mailed in, and just this morning got an email saying my rebate was denied. What??? Why would it be denied...I provided everything that the rebate form required.

Their official reason, "Missing Proof of Previous Ownership" Are you kidding me???!!! I submitted exactly what the form required me to submit... including the serial number from a previous version.

And now you are telling me that my rebate is invalid? I followed the instructions on the form perfectly. They are a bunch of criminals and liars...and will make getting your rebate so difficult so they don't actually have to HONOUR their promotion. It makes me sick and I am NEVER buying from ROXIO again...their software is sub par to begin with. Their upgrades are nothing worth upgrading too...and now this???? are you kidding me??????  
(Version 9.0.2)

RONIN_1  This release has major problems with Leopard. If your current app works at all do not be in a rush to get this.  
(Version 9.0.1)

SWAMIJIM  Be advised if you order Toast Titanium X9 on disc it will take a while. I ordered six days ago and it still has not shipped.   
(Version 9)

MAC ADAM  Look better compatibility with Leopard,

but the version older version 8 could be better optimised for leopard, and this attitude to force update because of Leopard is not nice.

But i allow why upgrade if nothing better ?!  
(Version 9)

MICHAELSVIEW  Over priced and garbage is what I hear at the local apple store. Between Burn & Liquid CD amongst other applications out there, there is a better way/method.  
(Version 9)

D9  Yeah, considering the upgrade price & frequency, I'll wait for the BitTorrent version. ;-)

Still using Toast 7, not >>>  
(Version 9)

FROBOZZ  If you have a TiVo, this software makes it easy as pie to convert and view your video on a PSP, iPod, or burn to DVD. For that alone, it is worth the purchase price. The upgrade pricing is a tad expensive, but it's really the only game in town.

I have also used Toast to make video slideshows from my wedding photos-- and it worked a LOT better than competing products.

I hear the gripes about upgrade pricing but if you do a lot of video conversion between DVD's, TiVo, and portable video devices it is still worth the price and easy to use.  
(Version 9)

NWAI  mail in rebate is advertised for australia on website but is only available in US -->RIP OFFRIP OFF make me happy, before I sue you!   
(Version 9)

DONPERREAULT  I fell for their 9.0 hype and purchased yet ANOTHER upgrade to Toast. Roxio does not appear to appreciate their loyal customers. They continue to charge top dollar for their upgrades. I rarely use Toast, yet I continue to upgrade. So who's the fool? ;)  
(Version 9)

GREGORGY  Another major upgrade - another screwjob from Roxio - still no REAL upgrade price. Living in South Africa, I gotta pay $100 for a new version - and I get to put my old ones on the coaster heap!

Again!

I stopped upgrading Toast after v5 (first Roxio version - Adaptec and Asante were affordable and REALISTICALLY upgradeable).

Thanks to another post here, I have been using LiquidCD for a while and since BluRay has not yet really arrived, I don't need Toast! And I am sure someone else will bring a cheaper competitor anyways.   
(Version 9)

R33C3  That doesnt really make sense. Or you have to do is make an account and download the update. I only just recently made an account an am using Toast 8.0.3 now. If your having problems putting in your area code, make it up there not going to ring u, 9/10 times contact is made from email.  
(Version 8.0.3)

GLOBETROTTERDK  Using Toast 8.01 with OSX 10.4.11, get a prompt from Toast asking if I want to upgrade to 8.03. I answer "yes" and get shunted to Roxio's site. Get a prompt for "completing" my profile, which I was unable to complete LAST YEAR, do to website issues. I try to complete my profile, but am unable to include my country code using any browser that I have and therefore again, cannot complete my profile.

I decide to just go ahead and use Toast 8.01, but in the process of verifying a CD image, everything on my system slows and the fans on my G5 single start running like a jet engine. With patience (and probably some luck) I managed to ride through the problem, but still have to work with Toast 8.01 as I am unable to get the update to 8.03.

What did I do? I downloaded LiquidCD here at MacUpdate and burned the CD image.  
(Version 8.0.3)

R33C3  Well I fixed it anyway.

I found that the Quicktime codec I installed to player AVI was interfearing with Toast's Codec so I removed it and am encoding a video now. Hope that helps.

Library -> Quicktime ->[Then remove the installed codec]

So its working for me  
(Version 8.0.3)

R33C3  When I first Installed Toast when i got my mac, it was 8.0.1 I found NO problems with it, it was working perfectly, even better than expected. I have recent;y intstalled 8.0.3 and it has been nothing but trouble.

I installed Toast and was trying to encode a movie file as a dvd video. So I did what I normally did and went to dvd-video and started encoding. At around 5% an error came up saying "It has closed unexpectedly". I renistalled it, same error. Completely removed it, same error. I even Reformatted my mac, thats how desperate i was and still I am getting this error.   
(Version 8.0.3)

TIPSCH  I forget to say. A lot of DVD copies i made with Toast go errorous near the end when playing it back on a standalone dvd-player. Now that really sucks, i'm sure not enthousiastic about Toast anymore.  
(Version 8.0.3)

TIPSCH  The progressbar is definitely bugged in 8.0.3. This was already the case with 8.0.1. Running Tiger 10.4.11 on a Dual 2 Ghz PowerPC G5.

The little progressicon that appears in the Dock shows progress correctly.  
(Version 8.0.3)

MACUPDATE ADMIN  Toast 8 from buy.com. $37.99 after rebate, and free shipping.  
(Version 8.0.3)

WILL IZ  Toast 7 not compatible with Mac OS 10.5.1. Roxio has apparently published a patch for Toast 8, see http://www.macintouch.com/leopard/compat.html for further information.

I have tried iDVD (iDVD '08 the latest) in various version for years and it either freezes or takes way to long to encode DVDs (with no way of knowing where you are in the encoding process & just give up). Please see Apple support discussions on this subject to confirm similar concerns from other users. Have had great success with Toast Titanium 7 and Mac OS 10.4 in the past and with my recent failure to burn in iDVD '08, I transferred the same video source back to a computer with OS 10.4 and Toast 7 and burned the DVD without problem (plus I knew where the encoding process stood throughout the burn).  
(Version 8.0.3)

JAMUS  Come on Roxio... Are you learning from the Quark school of "force your customers to make a login to get a bug-fix patch"?

If you are providing an update to fix bugs in your software, do NOT force users to login to get it!

Time to make up another fake login...  
(Version 8.0.3)

STARFISH  I haven't been able to get Toast 7.1.2 to work either but Toast 6.1.1 works just fine...

bizarro  
(Version 8.0.3)

ROTCIV  Toast 8 will not mount any disk image if the disk image is in a mounted SMB/CIFS volume. Used to work with Tiger but not in Leopard.

PowerBook G4 with Mac OS X 10.5.1 and Toast 8.0.3  
(Version 8.0.3)

MAC ADAM  Toast 8 is more beauty than powerfull,

ProgressBar in Dock took about 15% of my CPU lose,

and suffle in DVD audio no let us shuffle album, just shuffle inside, so no really use…  
(Version 8.0.3)

RONL  Toast 6.0.9 works fine for me with Leopard 10.5.1. Yes it verifies and when I checked many files they were byte-for-byte exactly as the originals. I also burned both CDs and DVDs.  
(Version 8.0.3)

RICHARD HALLAS  Warning: Deja Vu 'downgrade'

This latest Leopard-compatible Toast 8 upgrade includes version 3.2.3 of Deja Vu, which is not the latest Leopard-compatible version. The latest Deja Vu is 3.3 for Tiger and 3.4 for Leopard. If you turn on the checkbox in the Toast installer to install Deja Vu, it installs version 3.2.3 even if you have a newer version installed already (I had 3.4). So beware of that. You can of course download and use Deja Vu 3.4 as a free upgrade from its developer's site, but it's a pity that this Toast upgrade doesn't include the latest Leopard-compatible version. It's also a pity that it'll silently downgrade a newer version; that's pretty unfriendly.  
(Version 8.0.3)

PHASEANGLE  I still find 5.2.3 to work better than the latest versions.

Although lacking many of the current features.  
(Version 8.0.3)

FREEBSD  Does anyone know the status of Leopard Compatibility?  
(Version 8.0.1)

VERYCARLA  It looks like there's a problem with mounting images of audio CDs. Some of them SAY they're mounted, but they don't appear at all in either the system or iTunes. Some others appear to be mounted multiple times.

Any chance of v8.0.2 to fix this?  
(Version 8.0.1)

MAC ADAM  Progress Bar in Dock take too much CPU…  
(Version 8.0.1)

JRWHO  Probably the best burning software for Mac. I’ve been using it since version 5, and I’ve never had any major problems.  
(Version 8.0.1)

EASTMAN  BIG ONE ..

for people that have trouble with getting Toast 8 to start .. try de-installing Perian ..

and boom ..

its working again .. !!!

please get this bug sorted .. i love perian .. !!!  
(Version 8.0.1)

SJK  Toast 8 *still* has some serious memory management issues that are trivial to reproduce (e.g. multiplexing EyeTV recordings). I've reported this to Roxio for years (with explicit details) and they've never done anything to fix it, much less even acknowledged the problem exists.  
(Version 8.0.1)

M.U. MOORE  Anyone knowing if there's a light version (Toast Lite) of 8.x available somewhere?

They used to distribute the lites with earlier releases, bundled with magazines, etc.  
(Version 8.0.1)

AIKOUSHA  Tested this new version, but had to quickly bail on it. It still does a few things it shouldn't:

1. opens on a blank disc insert when another version is already open (not a consistent thing).

2. It changed the "launch" option on blank-disc insert, without permission.

3. No way to have it stop burning unwanted/unneeded files... Usually I don't need desktop db files, DS store files, and anything else system related on a DVD disc. The Mac doesn't even require these on DATA DISCS in UDF format, let alone on DVD-Video where these extra files cause problems on many older, and a few newer, players. If it doesn't show on the burn list, it shouldn't be on the actual disc itself.

4. Bloatware alert in a major way for the multimedia handling, it was bad enough from 6 to 7, it's even worse from 7 to 8. I'll never use any of this stuff, since there are free tools that'll do this stuff better and faster (at least in most cases).

I didn't test it long enough to determine if there is a memory leak, since between the problems above and the new GIGANTIC interface, I just kept version 7. The new interface is actually unforgiveable. What do people without large cinema displays do to run this program?!? So much for intuitiveness.. two more steps, it'll be like a bad PC interface.

Also, with version 7, I can keep 8 other programs running (and fully tasked) while operating it... Filemaker, ffmpegx, azureus, safari, excel, photoshop, golive, and word, all without experiencing any problems or errors... Definitely can't do that with version 8.

I may have to update when I get a Blu-Ray burner, but until then, I'll suffer with version 7.

BTW, Toast is still the best burning software for Mac, but between the interface and bloat, it just took a major hit... from itself.  
(Version 8.0.1)

VERYCARLA  Works well, but don't use it with anything else running. It's a MAJOR CPU/RAM hog. With just a handful of apps running, doing anything with toast brings my MacBook (1.83ghz Core Duo, 1gb RAM) to its knees.

My guess is there's a memory leak somewhere because the slowdown is progressive. The longer Toast is open and the more I do with it, the worse the overall system performance becomes until it's all but unusable (thirty to forty-five seconds between the time I tell it to do something and any kind of response from the system).

I use Toast because it clobbers the competition (Disco can't hold a candle to it, special effects or not). I just wish it didn't clobber my system.  
(Version 8.0.1)

RONINKAI  I use Toast Titanium 8 on a G5 at work with Entourage open, InDesign open with layouts going, VLC open and watching a movie, Illustrator open, PhotoShop open while working on 400+ mgb files and have had no problems with "lag".

Maybe you should buy some RAM?  
(Version 8.0.1)

POWERSCAPE  Once upon time, we've got our best burner which was Toast Titanium 7. But when we face to face with Toast Titanium 8, our magnificent burner fall into the history. Whenever I start to use Toast Titanium 8 which use my 99% of CPU in G4. I closed all windows animations for get rid of this slow motion, but nothing change. Goodbye Toast, I will miss you...

NOT CPU FRIENDLY !

I advise NOT TO use toast titanium anymore !  
(Version 8.0.1)

BLUESTAR  There is still no option to NOT EJECT disk after erasing a re-writable disc. It has to be ejected after every erase and then put back in if you want to write to it. Idiotic.

There is no way to "open" a disc image with a simple standard "open" command from the menu either in "Data" mode or "Copy" mode. Only in "Copy" mode can one select a disc image from the "select" button. Idiotic.

Roxio people, invest some time in usability studies.  
(Version 8.0.1)

NONSOLOMAC  There's an issue in the playback of audio tracks with a pause of 0 seconds. A little gap (silence) is always audible instead of a smooth continous playback. Very annoying :-( Jam was not affected by this problem. Please do not stop developing Jam, we strongly need a universal binary upgrade!!!!  
(Version 8.0.1)

ISLANDMACMAN  Can't download unless you register;

still waiting for 'approval'....

Hey, Roxio - updates via this method are offensive and a waste of my time.  
(Version 8.0.1)

ZOKDOK  Is there a working link to the updater? Because that site sure sucks and I keep getting redirected back to the mac home page...  
(Version 8.0.1)

IMAGEWORX  8.0.1 FINALLY! They have fixed it so that disabling Helvetica (trust me, designers use helvetica often and in PostScript face)!

And guess what, they did fix it!  
(Version 8.0.1)

MAC_XCODER  My God this application has went down hill fast. Toast 7 was great, now Toast 8 brings my system to a screeching halt! I have a 20" iMac Core Duo with 2GB RAM and the 256MB video card (biggest one) and it slows EVERYTHING down.

It is a shame that I am a member of your affiliate program and will not recommend this program to people that I will make money off of.

*my recommendation*

Get rid of the animations or whatever is slowing everything on my system down.  
(Version 8.0)

IMAGEWORX  This latest Toast 8 looks and works fine except: who thought of using Helvetica.dfont for the app???

Maybe Roxio thought they were clever, and wanted a pretty interface. But what they failed to acknowledge/fix/repair/anticipate (and it's clear from their user forum) is that for designers that remove/disable/manage the Helvetica System font (Please, even Apple is an idiot at times for this mistake) cripples any use of Toast. Launch it will fail.

I've had to have designers, who've purchased 8, revert back until Roxio fixes this or they use another app like Burn 1.7 (free).

Toast used to be good. What happened?  
(Version 8.0)

FSCKTHEMEMBERSHIP!  Dear Roxio,

As an owner since the being of your software (including all previous companies), this is coming increasingly less "Mac-like"!.

1. What about Apple software developers guidelines?

2. Butt ugly User Interface - how about a preference or sheet to eliminate the "busy" stuff?

3. Why is there "Window" software within the package?

4. What is with all the dang animation? If I was to burn a disc then I should do not want to look at what appears like some Windows Vista Flash addition!

5. Animation - enough with the CPU sucking backhole.

6. Media Browser couldn't be put into a sheet or side bar?

7. Dang by the time the animation is done, I could have all ready burned a disc! What buy a new video card to feel like the application is speedy? Big step back!

8. I'm getting motion sick with the animantions...even with the enhancements turned off.

9. The left side needs to be adjustable! I'll need to buy a 30" Cinema display if I start having multiple applications open.

10. Thank goodnes for Disc Cover...a wooden stack into Discus!

11. Disc Catalog Maker is a nice touch for a freebie.

If you really need Jam, Popcorn, Tivo or "underground" Divx funcationality then buy it but this makes me want to beg Apple to create a more intuitive application.  
(Version 8.0)

MACERICG  I've owned Toast since it was available from Astarte, through the releases when Adaptec took over, to today now that it is a Roxio product.

Toast is probably one piece of software that should be installed on every Mac. Much better than Apple's built-in software. Most of the new features have worked well for me, especially with the integration of iLife.

However, I recently wasted roughly 30 DVD-Rs because Disc Spanning kept hanging. Disc Spanning is the process that allows huge directories of data to be automatically saved across many discs.

Tech support from Roxio stinks, as I still haven't received a reply to my online query -- not even a, "Sorry we don't know." Maybe this has been resolved in the latest release, but it would appear Roxio Mac customers are on their own.  
(Version 8.0)

AMBUSH  The UI just went from "acceptable" to "horrible"

This looks and feels like a Windows app!

But it burns well, and fast.  
(Version 8.0)

PEDRO FARDILHA  SimplyBurns + iDVD and i'm happy!!  
(Version 8.0)

CURLYPAWS  I've used Toast since I got a Mac, and this new version is the best yet.

The best features for me are:

* The progress dialog when burning

* The tidier interface when choosing the disc type

* The ability to fade from one song into the next (from Jam) - I just wish Apple would licence FairPlay to let Roxio do this with iTunes Music Store purchases

* The disc catalog add-on

I had looked at Disco, but it is a triumph of glitzy graphics over everything else. Toast is still the best.

My only criticism would be the Roxio web site, where it wasn't at all clear that I could get a lower price for upgrading from Toast with Jam - so I ended up paying more than I needed to. It is a shame that the same clarity used in the Toast front-end wasn't used on the Roxio web site.  
(Version 8.0)

KENM22  I recently encountered a problem with the purchase of Toast 8 Titanium and have had problems with Roxio in the past. Well, things appear to be changing. I had the pleasure of dealing with a caring Roxio employee who took care of my problem in an efficient, effective and extremely friendly manner. After some discussion with this person, I came away with the feeling that things are changing for the better. My experience could not have been better.

I still think that Toast is one of the best pieces of software ever written for Macintosh. I especially like the new feature in version 8, the ability to create CDs of photos that one can give to friends and family. The recipient can play a slideshow on either PC or Mac with no need for any additional software, not even Toast. This feature, alone, is worth the upgrade to me. A great piece of software, and a company that looks to me like it will be providing first rate customer service.  
(Version 8.0)

EASER  Good luck trying to get customer service from these people. I went to their site to see if they have a demo version of this thing; I hardly think it's worth risking that much money for a product I can't even try ahead of time. They ran me through several hoops to create an account; yet I could not login with my new account information. Then I tried their automated answering system, only to discover (again after several dozen hoops) that they don't offer a demo. I've seen mixed reviews of this program between MacUpdate and VersionTracker. Anyone know of a decent, viable alternative? Thanks.  
(Version 8.0)

FLASH1296  This is the best software update in recent memory.

It is obviously the software of the year and the year just began. Nothing will surpass it. The question is:

Is Toast 8 the software of the decade? Perhaps.

The list of new features is awesome, the interface is handsome, friendly as can be.

the online Help is not only completely rewritten, but now it really can teach you much of what you need to know in a hurry.

A few minutes ago I burned about 200 MP3's to a single CD. In the past there was a 99 MP3 limit.

I also backed up some data - and now you can easily apply a color or an image to the background when the disc opens in icon view.

etc. etc. etc.  
(Version 8.0)

ERRORR  Extra $ for extra eye candy! Unless you need Jam or Blueray or extra jumping everywhere UI. I haven't come across anything that makes this a worthwhile upgrade. Still doesn't handle DVD subtitles. I am currently burning a DVD... The unnecessary animation is showing me a blurred image saying "preparing... 67% completed!" No clue if the burning/verifying is in progress or that Toast is preparing! Preparing what?  
(Version 8.0)

JORGEHP  At $59 dollars (minus the other 10% discount for leaving the shopping cart alone for a few minutes) the upgrade is worth it in my humble point of view.

I was always trying to convince myself to buy Jam before, to no avail. But combining both programs in one package (and for less than half than previously available) finally made it for me.

I spent time until midnight making my first crossfading cd, normalizing tracks, joining U2's MLK and Where The Streets Have No Name and Anberlin's Naive Orleans and Paperthin Hymn like God intended, you know, just trying it out.

It came out perfect! With CD-Text and everything.

And yes the interface is slicker (as in "somoother", "glossier", a.k.a. "prettier", "shinier" although a tad less intuitive for my taste, but I'm just nitpicking, its AWESOME really!).

Too bad there is no demo. Everyone should at least check it out.  
(Version 8.0)

JDUB800  The poster below was correct - I got my upgrade for £32, instead of £60-70. That's more like it. Got the extra 10% discount by waiting on the cart page. DL'ing now. :)  
(Version 8.0)

MECHAMANIA  The Intel update is worth half-an-update by itself (encoding times are far more than twice as fast as Rosetta, just eyeballing it), but...

"looks and works very slick"

You just head that? What, from a press release?

Thanks to the poster that tipped us off to the fact that we don't **have to** buy it/pay anything, but this is worth half-a-half-an-update at the price for loyal users.

Thanks (sincerely) also to those who posted the $60 links. Getting closer...  
(Version 8.0)

FRIBHEY  get it for $53.99 - if you own toast 7 and want to upgrade then go to the update section on roxio's site and select toast 7, you will then see a link to upgrade to toast 8 for $59.99. if you add it to your shopping cart and then just let the shopping cart page sit for a little while (do not check out yet), after a few minutes a pop-up window will appear on the page that says something along the lines of "undecided, purchase now and get an additional 10% off", click ok on the pop-up window and the shopping cart will then update with the 10% - toast 8 upgrade will then only cost you $53.99  
(Version 8.0)

JORGEHP  $59 upgrade if you have Toast 7, Popcorn 2 or Jam 6 (with valid key).

http://www.roxio.com/enu/upgrade_center/toast/default_esdupg.html

For Toast 8 that incorporates Jam... + TiVO (which I don't really need), + Blue Ray (which I don't really have).

Still.... I've always wanted Jam.

Maybe I will take it.  
(Version 8.0)

WHOPPER10  Just got this. The interface has been redesigned and looks and works very slick.   
(Version 8.0)

DRZOOM  $ 59.00 for an update...

it's a shame!!!!!  
(Version 8.0)

BEDOUIN  I'm still happily using Toast 6. The only incentive I have to upgrade is so that I can have an Intel version for my MacBook, but even that's not a big issue.

To make me buy this they'd need to offer a $25 upgrade version, and even then I wouldn't bother with it until I had a reason to.  
(Version 8.0)

TIMOTHY SMITH  remember built in Jam audio editing. No longer an additional program

album art via google images also  
(Version 8.0)

TAS50  Nice software, but they need a reality check on the price. I pay less for my OS than I do for their updates with my student discount. Their prices are completely unrealistic.  
(Version 8.0)

HIHIHOHO  bought 2 month ago V7.x - so now i have to spend again $80 for update - time so check sourceforge for an alternative product...

iPoe  
(Version 8.0)

MECHAMANIA  "TiVoToGo" and Blu-ray support. Yeah, that's worth a $70 upgrade...

Now I can look forward to continuous emails of the same special offer in my mailbox over the next five months.  
(Version 8.0)

LEFTNOTRACKS  Have you seen their Windows software, Easy -- er -- Humungouspinintheass Media Creator? Now that's shameful!  
(Version 8.0)

JBMELBY  Well, now it appears from an e-mail that I just received that Roxio is going to let previous users upgrade for $69.99 — all of ten dollars less than those who're buying the app for full price (after the mail-in rebate). Not much of a bargain, it seems to me.  
(Version 8.0)

DAN FRIML  OK... it's time to move to another burning app... $79.99 for an upgrade (which is the same as for new license) is.. huh... unfair?  
(Version 8.0)

JDUB800  Looks potentially good - Some strange pricing though. $79 for US, £69 for UK?!? Haven't these people heard of the exchange rate?

Can't seem to find the upgrade pricing either...hmmm.  
(Version 8.0)

JBMELBY  The alleged "upgrade price" ($79.99 after a $20 mail-in rebate) is the same as the price for new users. This is absurd, and an insult to those of us who've been supporting Toast since v 4 or earlier. Roxio should be ashamed!  
(Version 8.0)

HOLYPOLY  Nobody asked you to pay. This update is free. Even if you don't update, that's free too. So why worry.  
(Version 7.1.2)

CLOUDNINER  Version 7.1.2

* Resolves issues relating to saving projects on Intel Mac.

* Resolves crashes encoding MPEG video files.

* Includes Deja Vu backup scheduler v3.2.3 which addresses 2 minor security issue

****************************************

Why are we being asked to pay big money for an upgrade that in IMHO are bug fixes!  
(Version 7.1.2)

AIKOUSHA  Has Roxio corrected the problem with V7 where no matter what method you use, it sticks invisible Mac files on DVD video discs (and data discs). I use version 6 and if you burn from "DVD-Video from VIDEO_TS" all you burn is what you place there. But from my friend's iBook and Version 7, it places invisible Desktop files on the base directory (which do not show up in the main window until the burn starts). This causes some earlier DVD players to choke! And since I have to burn on an external drive using output from Sizzle and a few other minor tools, this means I cannot use version 7 (so why upgrade?).

Roxio was most unhelpful with my friend, and insisted it was not a problem with the software (even after two re-installs).

Personally, I won't put this on my Mac, because if it kills 6 in any way, I might lose my (proper) home burning ability.  
(Version 7.1.2)

DETRITUS2099  I had no problems downloading the update.

I couldn't remember my password, and simply reset it using the obvious links. The email they sent to me went straight to the reset password page, which then automatically logged me in.

I then simply went up to the drop down menus, found the upgrade section and re-selected Toast 7.  
(Version 7.1.2)

OTTONOMY  Like others, I cannot login for download. "General_Login_Error"

I tried to report the problem, and was unable to use Roxio's online "Self-Service" system either.

What a terrible website!  
(Version 7.1.2)

THOMAS_U  I tried with several browsers to download the update but did not make it past registration-form.

Neither would the form accept my registered name and password nor could I register under a different email.

Roxio: Clean up your act!  
(Version 7.1.2)

JOEL.SCHMIDT  downloaded with no problems last night and again (as a test) 5 minutes ago)  
(Version 7.1.2)

AQTINC  Exactly the same problem here. I have a registered account, and it will not work. I tried to create a new account, and that didn't work either.

Their customer support folks will not respond (I guess nobody's home on weekends), so they're going to find a nasty-gram upon arrival Monday morning.

I love Toast, but they can't carry the ball in customer support.  
(Version 7.1.2)

D9  Since Roxio requires that you have a login creds for their site's support, I'm unable to get this download. This is due to some sort of error w/ the login form. It's worked in the past but currently will not accept my info, nor will it allow one to register for a new account.

TBD...

/  
(Version 7.1.2)

RDPTWH  After creating a 5 DVD spanned archive, it has become obvious that the "Roxio Restore.app" does not work. The application copies itself to ~/Library/Application Support/Roxio, launches & then terminates & deletes itself with no action, no warnings & nothing written to the system console. Needless to say, nothing is restored from the spanned archive either.

Not very useful.

Roxio is clear that this does not work on Windows machines, but fails to mention that it does not work on Macs either!

The Roxio "support" page is a joke. If "asking RoxAnn" doesn't help, then there isn't much help at all. Being a customer for many years doesn't help if you really need help.

Thanks, RoxAnn!  
(Version 7.1)

FELDMM  Full application [not really a patch]

Just drag and replace.

Works great - Intel compatible with no additional charge to paid users of 7.0

Installed and burned a DVD video without problems.  
(Version 7.1)

JCRAIG  Toast has been running fine in Rosetta on my MacBook Pro. Kudos to Roxio for not making Intel compatibility a paid upgrade. Thanks Roxio!  
(Version 7.1)

DP-G4-450GUY  Update does what it says. Update ran flawlessly. Thanks, Roxio.  
(Version 7.1)

ZWILLIAMS  I suggest those interested in Toast look to LiquidCD first. Its not as bloated as Toast, its faster, and its free. And it pretty much handles all of the basic functions as Toast.  
(Version 7.1)

VEGGIEDUDE  I have used Toast for many years, but only recently have I upgraded to Toast 7. It is great. It works flawlessly as have all other editions I have used. I had reservations about upgrading, especially now that I have a Intel iMac, and Toast is not Universal. But it doesn't seem to matter, it works very well, I can burn DVD's from DiVX files and create cool VCD's and all that good stuff. I think the price held me back, but now I think it is worth the price, rebate or no rebate.  
(Version 7.0.2)

COBRACLUTCH  Ever since I installed Toast, blank cds and dvds don't show up on my desktop or anywhere anymore. Then, when I quit toast, it automatically ejects. Help please?  
(Version 7.0.2)