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How To Rip A DVD To Your Computer

Upon receiving her new MacBook Air, my mother asked me how she’s supposed to watch movies on the plane without a DVD drive. If you’ve got people asking you similar questions, here are some easy-to-follow instructions for ripping a DVD to your computer.

May 13, 2011
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Putting Quickflix To The Test

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Getting DVDs delivered by mail to watch when it suits you sounds potentially appealing, but will they really come that often and will you ever see the movies you actually want? I decided to sign up for Quickflix and find out.

April 9, 2011
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Make A CD And Suction Cup Returning-At Indicator

Playing off an idea we highlighted a couple weeks back that involved using a CD and suction cup as a dirty dish indicator, DIYer Sean Ragan put together this simple printable status dial project.

April 6, 2011
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Rip, Watch And Organise Everything: The Ultimate Media Guide

Yes, the times are changing. Yes, we’ve cut back on purchasing CDs, DVDs and BDs lately. Yes, we still have plenty of discs lying around in jewel cases on dusty shelves or in enormous three-ring binders. And yes — most definitely yes — we want to be able to access all these movies and songs from our PC, television and our shiny new smartphone.

March 18, 2011
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Media Converter For OS X Is The Simplest Video Converter Around

Mac OS X: If you need to convert a video for your iPod, a DVD or even just rip the audio out of a movie, free app Media Converter will do it with just a quick drag-and-drop.

March 10, 2011
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Grab MacX DVD Ripper Pro Free This Week

Windows/Mac: If you missed your chance to grab MacX DVD Ripper Pro while it was free in October, your second chance came up.

March 2, 2011
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How To Rip DVDs With Handbrake

We’ve certainly discussed Handbrake in the past, but we’ve neglected to actually show you how to use it to rip a DVD. If you haven’t gotten into Handbrake because you’ve found it a little confusing or intimidating, here’s how to get started.

January 13, 2011
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How To Remove DRM From iTunes Video Purchases And Rentals

We’ve looked at removing DRM from iTunes movies and TV shows on Windows, but what about Mac OS X? Here’s how to rip out the DRM and turn that copy-protected M4V file into a regular old MP4 on your Mac.

January 4, 2011
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Handbrake Updates To 0.9.5, Adds Batch Scanning, Queue Editing, Blu-Ray Support

Windows/Mac/Linux: Our favourite DVD-ripping, video-converting program Handbrake just updated today, bringing with it many annoyance fixes that speed up the process, like batch video scanning, queue editing, Blu-Ray disc recognition, and drag-and-drop file additions in Windows.

November 2, 2010
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DVD Player Patch Allows Skipping Of Trailers And Warnings On Macs

Mac OS X: If your iMac or MacBook doubles as your portable DVD player, you’ll find the usually unskippable trailers, advertisements and piracy warnings not just time wasting, but battery draining. Get ultimate control of your DVDs with this unofficial software patch.

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