WIth Disk Utility in Mac OS X Leopard, you can write to some types of optical media multiple times — not just once. Doing so allows you to fill up those discs with more data and make them an even more economical storage destination. To find out how, watch the most recent Quick Tip of the Week.

Not too long ago, Jim Dalrymple (macworld.com)) announced that his long-desired goal of recording his own Blues album on his Mac had run into a bit of a musical snag. He ran out of mic preamps for recording. Not to worry, readers came to the rescue, and in his latest Creative Note, Dalrymple describes the solutions that got his project back on track.