Hi,
viktor.nod@???:
> I have downloaded 3.0 and burned to CD with my mac.
So far, so good (assuming you mean "DVD" and not "CD").
> When I restart and hit the alt/option key, it give me the tails
> screen but loads tails from the CD.
What do you mean exactly? Does Tails start from DVD?
> I have no option to install to my USB stick.
Once Tails has started from DVD, you can clone it to a USB stick:
https://tails.boum.org/install/mac/dvd/overview/