Sony never created a Mac version of Sonic Stage.

You could connect the audio-out from the Walkman to the audio-in on the Mac, but results could be less than you would hope for. To get the best out of your recording, you may need a device to convert the signal to digital for input via USB. There are various options (discussed in various home-recording threads here), the one I use is the Griffin iMic. £15 from Amazon-UK here (click) .

Either way, assuming your Mac has iTunes (free download if it's not there) you connect up, play your recording, iTunes records in the format you require (WAV, MP3, etc) and you have a file (called a "playlist" in the iTunes library which you can then burn to CD as and when required.

I have to say that the Apple "Help" facility for iTunes will probably not be much use, and if you can find an iTunes manual (Missing Manual series are good) on eBay, definitely worth a couple of pounds.

If you need to split up your recording into separate tracks, Apple's Garageband can do this - it's part of the iLife package, also available cheap on eBay.

Ross