
To burn that image as a DVD that you can watch in a standard DVD player, launch Disk Utility and you should see the image listed on the lefthand side. That disc image contains an exact copy of your DVD, which you can backup on an external hard drive for later use. After a while, you’ll have an image file with a. Pick a name and destination, and click Save. Insert the DVD into your Mac’s optical drive and launch OS X’s built-in Disk Utility app (found in the Applications/Utilities).Ĭlick the New Image button at the top, select the DVD in the dialog box that appears, and in the Image Format pop-up menu choose DVD/CD Master.

If you want to make copies of that DVD your cousin sent you of her son’s bar mitzvah (or any other unprotected DVD), the process is relatively simple. But what if you want to make an exact copy of a physical DVD to use as your ‘viewing’ disc and keep the original safely on the shelf? Or how about if you’ve received (or created) a DVD of home movies or a wedding and want to duplicate it for family members. In the past, we’ve talked about using an application such as HandBrake 0.9.4 to rip your DVDs to watch on an iPhone or Apple TV, and covered some of the frequently asked questions about DVD ripping. You remove the DVD only to find it scratched and just a little bit sticky from the jam-covered fingers that last handled it.

Picture this scenario: you go to retrieve your DVD copy of Willy Wonka & the Chocolate Factory from its protective case because your son or daughter wants to watch it for the 437th time.
