If you have a pc & you buy a burner that's fine (software is usually supplied although it's usually the basic version. Better ones are Nero & Roxio ... there's lots & lots.) But for Mac, not all burners (depending on brand) have mac burner software. Which means you are either left with iTunes, Disk Copy, & Finder (OS 9 had Disc Burner), Or you go out & buy a dedicated software such as Toast or find a freeware/shareware version (yes they do exist - but they're not so good!)