# I am a complete Dolt and I need to rip/mix/burn from CD to iPhone. **URL:** \ **Category:** In My Humble Opinion\ **Created:** [April 25, 2014, 4:30am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-am-a-complete-dolt-and-i-need-to-rip-mix-burn-from-cd-to-iphone/686927 "2014-04-25T04:30:20Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 12\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![Little\_Pig](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/c57346/32.png) [@Little\_Pig](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Little_Pig)\ **Post date:** [April 25, 2014, 4:30am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-am-a-complete-dolt-and-i-need-to-rip-mix-burn-from-cd-to-iphone/686927/1 "2014-04-25T04:30:20Z")
First off, let me confess my ignorance. I am a complete Dolt when it comes to these matters. I have cruised various web sites yet I haven’t gotten that warm cozy feeling that the SDMB can provide. The wife has an iMac running OS/X 10.7.5 . I have a collection of CDs that I would like to rip on her IMac and transfer to play on my iPhone 5c running iOS 7.0.6 (and to a lesser extent, my Nexus 7 (2013) – running Andriod rev. 4.4.2 ). What software do I need to load on the iMac to accomplish this? What step by step procedures? Should I appeal to commercial software? If so, who? I want to store the music on the iPhone 5c (maybe the Nexus (2013)), and pair the device to [a Blue Tooth Speaker](http://www.monoprice.com/Product?c_id=108&cp_id=10823&cs_id=1082705&p_id=10949&seq=1&format=2) to play on my way to work in my [1999 Toyota Corolla CE.](http://aleman-auto-sales.com/cp417.html) (Hey, it is a good runner.) Any help would be greatly appreciated. Added bonus is if I can rip/mix and burn to a CD. Again, I am a Dolt. Please do not flog me too hard. I honestly don’t know the best way to proceed without stumbling about. Thanks in advance. -Little\_Pig ---
**Author:** ![beowulff](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/beowulff/32/542_2.png) [@beowulff](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/beowulff)\ **Post date:** [April 25, 2014, 4:45am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-am-a-complete-dolt-and-i-need-to-rip-mix-burn-from-cd-to-iphone/686927/2 "2014-04-25T04:45:41Z")
Launch iTunes. Stick CD into machine. Click Import. Rinse/Lather/Repeat When done, create a playlist, drag the music you want into it, and sync it with the iPhone. ---
**Author:** ![DChord568](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/439d5e/32.png) [@DChord568](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/DChord568)\ **Post date:** [April 25, 2014, 7:10pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-am-a-complete-dolt-and-i-need-to-rip-mix-burn-from-cd-to-iphone/686927/3 "2014-04-25T19:10:12Z")
beowulff has it right for the first part. > [@Little\_Pig](#): > > Added bonus is if I can rip/mix and burn to a CD. If you want to burn CDs with new mixes from what you’ve brought in, you create playlists in iTunes. Click the “+” button to create a new playlist, name it, and then drag the tracks into it you want to burn to a CD (remembering the 80-minute limit). Then right-click on the playlist and select “Burn to CD.” You’ll be prompted to insert a blank CD. Assuming your timing is right and there aren’t any other issues, the CD burn will commence shortly after this. Check the finished CD (it will be selected in the list once the burn has finished) by clicking on a couple of tracks to play…then eject and move on to the next playlist you want to burn. ---
**Author:** ![RivkahChaya](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/rivkahchaya/32/8919_2.png) [@RivkahChaya](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/RivkahChaya)\ **Post date:** [April 25, 2014, 7:33pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-am-a-complete-dolt-and-i-need-to-rip-mix-burn-from-cd-to-iphone/686927/4 "2014-04-25T19:33:28Z")
Don’t use a rewritable CD. Car players often can’t play these back. ---
**Author:** ![Little\_Pig](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/c57346/32.png) [@Little\_Pig](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Little_Pig)\ **Post date:** [April 26, 2014, 12:34am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-am-a-complete-dolt-and-i-need-to-rip-mix-burn-from-cd-to-iphone/686927/5 "2014-04-26T00:34:12Z")
I want to thank everyone who responded to my post. Ignorance defeated. Another question in response to RivkahChaya’s response. What type of CDs should I purchase? ---
**Author:** ![Dag\_Otto](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/439d5e/32.png) [@Dag\_Otto](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Dag_Otto)\ **Post date:** [April 26, 2014, 5:27am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-am-a-complete-dolt-and-i-need-to-rip-mix-burn-from-cd-to-iphone/686927/6 "2014-04-26T05:27:37Z")
When I use iTunes on my Windows computer, iTunes doesn’t recognize my Nexus. I am able to drag and drop music files from the iTunes music folders onto the Nexus though and they play just fine. I’d guess there is a similar way of doing that on an iMac. ---
**Author:** ![Erdosain](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/erdosain/32/7284_2.png) [@Erdosain](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Erdosain)\ **Post date:** [April 26, 2014, 5:37am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-am-a-complete-dolt-and-i-need-to-rip-mix-burn-from-cd-to-iphone/686927/7 "2014-04-26T05:37:06Z")
> [@Little\_Pig](#): > > I want to thank everyone who responded to my post. Ignorance defeated. > > Another question in response to RivkahChaya’s response. What type of CDs should I purchase? CD-R. I don’t know why anyone would mess with a CD-RW for music when CDs are so cheap nowadays. ---
**Author:** ![Little\_Pig](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/c57346/32.png) [@Little\_Pig](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Little_Pig)\ **Post date:** [April 26, 2014, 5:55am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-am-a-complete-dolt-and-i-need-to-rip-mix-burn-from-cd-to-iphone/686927/8 "2014-04-26T05:55:39Z")
Thanks Erdosain! Ignorance defeated, yet again! ---
**Author:** ![BigT](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/bigt/32/12044_2.png) [@BigT](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/BigT)\ **Post date:** [April 26, 2014, 6:10am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-am-a-complete-dolt-and-i-need-to-rip-mix-burn-from-cd-to-iphone/686927/9 "2014-04-26T06:10:31Z")
> [@Little\_Pig](#): > > I want to thank everyone who responded to my post. Ignorance defeated. > > Another question in response to RivkahChaya’s response. What type of CDs should I purchase? Any CD-R will be fine. Just avoid CD-RW for what you are doing. Luckily, CD-Rs are cheaper and burn faster. ---
**Author:** ![BigT](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/bigt/32/12044_2.png) [@BigT](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/BigT)\ **Post date:** [April 26, 2014, 6:15am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-am-a-complete-dolt-and-i-need-to-rip-mix-burn-from-cd-to-iphone/686927/10 "2014-04-26T06:15:28Z")
> [@Erdosain](#): > > CD-R. I don’t know why anyone would mess with a CD-RW for music when CDs are so cheap nowadays. If you don’t need a permanent copy, why would you waste money on multiple CD-Rs when a single CD-RW will do? I think using a CD-RW for files is what’s weird. Just use a flash drive. ---
**Author:** ![Little\_Pig](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/c57346/32.png) [@Little\_Pig](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Little_Pig)\ **Post date:** [April 26, 2014, 6:21am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-am-a-complete-dolt-and-i-need-to-rip-mix-burn-from-cd-to-iphone/686927/11 "2014-04-26T06:21:25Z")
Never played music from a flash drive. There again, never thought about playing music from a flash drive (scratching cranium). Thanks! ---
**Author:** ![JRDelirious](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/jrdelirious/32/9531_2.png) [@JRDelirious](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/JRDelirious)\ **Post date:** [April 27, 2014, 12:43am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-am-a-complete-dolt-and-i-need-to-rip-mix-burn-from-cd-to-iphone/686927/12 "2014-04-27T00:43:05Z")
For all its defects in the eyes of many, one has to remember that iTunes is, by design, what Apple wants you to use for this purpose with iPods and iPhones. > [@BigT](#): > > If you don’t need a permanent copy, why would you waste money on multiple CD-Rs when a single CD-RW will do? As was mentioned, a number of music-CD players will have trouble with reading CD-RW.