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I recently bought USB blu-ray (BD) writer (Samsung SE-506BB, in case that matter

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Question

I recently bought USB blu-ray (BD) writer (Samsung SE-506BB, in case that matters). OS X detects it properly, but Disk Utility.app only supports burning DVDs and CDs. Detected disk capabilities are

CD-Write: -R, -RW
DVD-Write: -R, -R DL, -RAM, -RW, +R, +R DL, +RW
BD-Write: -R, -RE

I want to burn files to BDs - I don't care about ripping or copying disks, or burning videos in a format that is compatible with BD players. Is there such software for OS X?

Paid is ok, but obviously free would be better.

Explanation / Answer

I personally use Toast Burn(App Store), which generally works very well for burning files. Hitherto I used Toast Titanium (Roxio was acquired recently by Corel and they have split out the product).

If you want to burn more than just files, Toast DVD will do the trick for that.

I'm not a real fan of Toast for the last year or so, but honestly I can't find any real viable alternatives myself at the moment as I've played with several options.