Tag: DVD
How to safely rip a DVD onto your computer in OSX
Last week my daughter was given a Spider-Man DVD for her birthday from her younger sister. We went to play it from our laptop and watch it on the Apple TV but because of the Disney copy protection it would not work! So we went out to my study and tried to watch it on…
How to make a DVD in OS X
We live in a post-DVD world now but there are still occasions where you may need to burn a DVD. My son recently played in a piano concert and he wanted to burn a DVD of the concert for his grandfather. iDVD is the best option for doing this. Here’s how to get hold of it…
How to make a DVD on OS X without iDVD
I can’t remember how long it was since I last burned a DVD, Most movies are shared now via the internet, or on a thumbdrive, but I was recently doing a course and they required me to submit a recording of myself on DVD! Here is how to record a video on your iPhone and…
How to lighten up dark movies on your iMac or projector.
I noticed when watching movies on my 27 inch iMac that they are too dark especially in dark scenes. What I mean is that there are a lot of details in the blacks missing compared to watching on a normal DVD player. I’ve also noticed the same thing when watching a movie on a projector hooked up…
How to watch a DVD on Apple TV
I just set up my Apple TV and was very surprised that when I played a DVD from my Macbook it came out all grey on the Apple TV. This thread claims that you cannot play a DVD on Apple TV due to copyright. Here are two ways to get around Apple’s DVD viewing…
How to watch a movie from your computer on Apple TV.
Here’s how to stream a movie from you laptop or iMac to your Apple TV.
How to copy a DVD movie to your ipad.
Here’s the process for how to copy a DVD to your iPad to watch on a plane or in the car.
How to watch different movie formats on your Mac (eg AVI or WMV) using VLC player.
are so many movies coming round in junk emails these days that you may be happy you can’t play WMV files. But just in case you want to look at one, here’s how.
How to convert a DVD to a Movie that you can watch on your iPad or iPhone or in Keynote.
Here’s how to copy a DVD to your harddrive and convert it to a movie that will play on your iphone, ipod or in quicktime on your computer.Â
How to rip (copy) a DVD to your Macintosh Computer.
Mac the ripper is a little program that allows you to copy a DVD to your computer, and at the same time it removes the copy protection. (This is called ‘ripping’ a DVD.
How to install OSX Lion on multiple computers
Installing Lion across multiple computers.
How to backup a DVD
Here’s how to copy your DVD onto your laptop, which you can do at home, so when you take your laptop on the road you don’t need to take the original disk, and so the batteries on your laptop will last
How to make a bootable backup of your computer
This article describes how to manually make a bootable backup of your computer using Super Duper. Carbon Copy Cloner and Super Duper are both paid apps. Super Duper has a free version which will do the job.
How to make a video of what’s on your screen
How to do a screen casts on OSX.
How to put a DVD movie onto your ipod
How to copy a DVD to your iPod or iPad.
How to get the Best Free OS X software
Here’s a list of some programs that you can download for free from versiontracker.com or find via a google search to supplement the software that comes with your mac.
How to make a Video CD
How to burn a collection of .mov files to a dvd so that they can be read with a normal dvd player.
The best settings for movies for phones
Well, I’m on a bit of a run here with my new samsung D900 mobile phone, the latest being what are the best settings to compress a movie to watch on my phone.
How to create a disk image of a DVD or CD using the terminal
How to make a disk image.
How to copy a DVD.
How to copy a DVD onto another DVD.
How to skip straight to the feature on a DVD
When you’re watching a DVD do you get annoyed that there are those compulsory credits at the start, and copyright warnings, and you can’t skip them. Well, you can skip them with this simple program that modifies your apple DVD player so that it ignores the directions on the DVD about which bits are compulsory…