I've found it almost too easy to copy DVDs on my iMac.
Use MacTheRipper to rip the DVD image to your hard drive (I choose to have it ripped to the desktop), then the program DVD2oneX2 to "shrink" and copy it onto a standard-size blank DVD-R. MacTheRipper doesn't care if your DVD is copy-protected; it'll rip it to your desktop anyway.
Run DVD2oneX2 and that'll burn the disc for you. That's it. Each one takes about 10 minutes total with the speed of machine I have (that includes ripping with one program and burning with the next), but longer if I'm doing stuff concurrently. Toast or Toast Titanium never comes into the equation.
-B.
> On 1 Jun, 2007, at 1:19 AM, joanna wrote:
>> I just got my daughter an iMac for xmas.
>>
>> Theoretically it should be able to copy video
DVD's.
>>
>
> Mac's don't really have a nice way to copy CDs/DVDs.
If it's a non-
> copy-protected DVD, you could use Disk Utility,
HandBrake (free non-
> Apple), iMovie or iDVD, DVD Imager (free, non-Apple)
and jump through
> a bunch of hoops. A better idea may be to use
MacTheRipper (http://
> www.mactheripper.org/). Or you chould pay $99 and
buy "Fast DVD Copy"
> which promises to do it in one click. Or check out
DVD Copy ($49)
> from http://www.imtoo.com/, or DVD2one (30 euros).
Another commercial
> options is Roxio's "Toast Titanium" ($80) or Popcorn
($50).
>
> So, in summary:
>
> * If its a non-copy-protected DVD, use Disk Utility.
Here are some
> instructions:
>
http://creativebits.org/mac_os_x/make_a_dvd_copy_of_mac_os_x_tiger
>
> * If not, buy one of the products above, or use
MacTheRipper with a
> burner. See
> the website.
>
> --ravi