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breezing · 03-10-2008, 09:23 AM

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.

breezing · 03-12-2008, 09:26 AM

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

breezing · 03-17-2008, 06:04 AM

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/...opy-guide.html

breezing · 03-21-2008, 06:01 AM

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?

breezing · 03-27-2008, 03:03 AM

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.

breezing · 04-10-2008, 07:32 AM

I want some recommendations for free Mac programs that can convert video files to DVD disc.
Any suggestions?

breezing · 04-18-2008, 01:48 AM

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/h...-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.

breezing · 04-24-2008, 02:50 AM

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/20...ith-handbrake/

breezing · 04-29-2008, 06:29 AM

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/articl...-mac-game.html to download them for free.

breezing · 05-06-2008, 05:57 AM

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