B. wrote:
>Joanna,
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>I've found it almost too easy to copy DVDs on my iMac.
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>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.
>
Is DVD2oneX2 a utility that comes with iMac?
Joanna
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>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.
>
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>-B.
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>>On 1 Jun, 2007, at 1:19 AM, joanna wrote:
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>>>I just got my daughter an iMac for xmas.
>>>
>>>Theoretically it should be able to copy video
>>>
>>>
>DVD's.
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>
>>Mac's don't really have a nice way to copy CDs/DVDs.
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>If it's a non-
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>>copy-protected DVD, you could use Disk Utility,
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>HandBrake (free non-
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>>Apple), iMovie or iDVD, DVD Imager (free, non-Apple)
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>and jump through
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>>a bunch of hoops. A better idea may be to use
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>MacTheRipper (http://
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>>www.mactheripper.org/). Or you chould pay $99 and
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>buy "Fast DVD Copy"
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>>which promises to do it in one click. Or check out
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>DVD Copy ($49)
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>>from http://www.imtoo.com/, or DVD2one (30 euros).
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>Another commercial
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>>options is Roxio's "Toast Titanium" ($80) or Popcorn
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>($50).
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>>So, in summary:
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>>* If its a non-copy-protected DVD, use Disk Utility.
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>Here are some
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>>instructions:
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>http://creativebits.org/mac_os_x/make_a_dvd_copy_of_mac_os_x_tiger
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>>* If not, buy one of the products above, or use
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>MacTheRipper with a
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>>burner. See
>> the website.
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>> --ravi
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>>
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