I made a native Mac app that burns CDs properly: no gaps, real track names, modern interface
Disclosure: I made this. It's a paid Mac app, $4.99.
When I started DJing on CDJs, I wanted to burn my own CDs that worked properly on them: tracks that cue cleanly, mixes that play straight through, and the artist and title on the deck's screen instead of "Track 07". The burning tools I tried didn't get all of that right, so I built Pregap.
**Track names on the display.** It writes CD-Text from your files' tags, so CDJs that read CD-Text show the artist and title. So do lots of car stereos and hi-fi decks.
**Gapless.** It always burns disc-at-once, with no gap between tracks unless you add one. A mix split into tracks still plays straight through, with a cue point at every tune.
**Any file in.** FLAC, ALAC, WAV, AIFF, MP3 and AAC. CD-quality files go to the disc bit for bit; anything else is converted to CD audio as it burns.
**No coasters.** It checks the disc, the running time and every file before it starts, and won't begin a burn it can't finish. Not something you want to find out an hour before a set.
**Native.** Written in Swift on Apple's own burning framework, so it isn't a web wrapper or a port: it's a 6 MB download, runs on Apple Silicon and Intel, opens instantly, and fits right in on macOS.
It works with any USB CD burner, needs macOS 14 or later, and has no accounts, no subscription, and no internet connection. Just a simple modern Audio CD burner.
Mac App Store: https://apps.apple.com/app/pregap/id6814982070
If you burn CDs for decks, the car or the hi-fi, I'd love to know what you'd want it to do next.