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 PostPosted: Mon Mar 10, 2008 9:03 am    Post subject: How to Make a Copy of DVD Movies on Mac Back to top

I have at hand a great number of DVD movie collections, and some of them are very old. I have to take good care of these old DVD discs. However, exactly last Sunday, when I wanted to watch a movie, one of my favorite DVD movies became eternally unusable as it was over-scratched.

While accepting the fact, it is necessary for me to find an active and effective way to solve the problem. If I had had an extra copy of the disc, I could still enjoy the movie. So I guess whether there exist such programs that backup DVD movies to blank DVD discs so that I can still take the copy out even if the original disc is broken or out of use. I made a Google search for them and my final target was Wondershare DVD Copy for Mac. I only wanted to backup those old DVD movies. What frustrated me was that the majority of them are copyright protected and the other applications I found were not able to copy the DVD movies. However, this program helped me out. It can remove the protection mechanisms for me and I can make another copy of my movies.

Besides, I also have several VIDEO_TS folders that were ripped from several DVD's before. I thought this was able to keep the DVD movies, however, I found this help me nothing but take up much hard drive space. In the end, I burnt these ripped files to DVD's again.

So you see, this Mac application really lent me a helping hand. Now, I don't need to worry about how to save the DVD discs' life even if they are terminally unusable. And I don't need to rip the DVD's to my computer in order to back up them. And for you, I am sure you can find it more useful and helpful. Well worth a shot, in one word.
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breezing



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 PostPosted: Wed Mar 12, 2008 9:30 am    Post subject: Back to top

I still want to get a Mac DVD copy program that is totally free.
Anyone has any idea?
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breezing



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 PostPosted: Mon Mar 17, 2008 6:02 am    Post subject: Back to top

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The Mac DVD copy program is very powerful yet easy to use.
Here is its step by step tutorial
http://www.mac-dvd-ripper.com/guide/mac-dvd-copy-guide.html
 
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 PostPosted: Fri Mar 21, 2008 5:56 am    Post subject: Back to top

After I recommended to my friend the program, he told me to use Mac The Ripper to get the VIDEO_TS files, make an image and then burn the image.
Sounds a good idea!
But what are the detailed steps and which tools do I need?
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 PostPosted: Thu Mar 27, 2008 2:56 am    Post subject: Back to top

Have you ever thought of changing your tedious Mac theme?
Now you can free download various styles of Mac theme from http://www.dvd-ripper-copy.com/articles/mac-theme.html to customize your Mac interface.
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 PostPosted: Thu Apr 10, 2008 7:21 am    Post subject: Back to top

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I also want some recommendations for free Mac programs that can convert video files to DVD disc.
any suggestions?
 
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 PostPosted: Fri Apr 18, 2008 1:45 am    Post subject: Back to top

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Here I found a step by step tutorial about how to edit DVD movies on Mac OS X and burn DVD discs with iDVD
http://mactheripper.spoonylife.com/how-to-edit-dvd-and-burn-dvd-on-mac-os-x-669.html
It can help to edit a half-prepared DVD movie, say a DVD taken by DVD camcorder, to a high quality DVD.
 
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 PostPosted: Thu Apr 24, 2008 2:46 am    Post subject: Back to top

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HandBrake is a free DVD to MPEG-4 ripper/converter for Mac OS X 10.3.9 and later. Here is a step by step tutorial about how to use HandBrake to convert your DVDs into MP4 format for storage and playback on your hard drive
http://macdvdripper.wordpress.com/2008/01/21/how-to-rip-dvd-on-mac-with-handbrake/
 
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 PostPosted: Tue Apr 29, 2008 6:27 am    Post subject: Back to top

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Have you ever played Minesweeper on Windows? It is not just for Windows anymore!
I poked around the Internet for a decent Minesweeper version for Mac OS X and really found one that was to my liking.


And you are sure to find the game called Magic Pen below rather creative(make clever use of your physics):


If you have interest in them, you can go to http://www.mac-dvd-ripper.com/article/free-mac-game.html to download them for free.
 
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 PostPosted: Tue May 06, 2008 5:56 am    Post subject: Back to top

Top 10 Mac freeware applications download:
http://www.mac-dvd-ripper.com/article/free-mac-application.html
They are really very useful for those who own a Mac.
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