If you happen want to rip DVD to what you want, you must need a tool like DVD Ripper, but you want to accomplish the task without any cost, that’s mean free. Good news, you come the right place, this article will show you the best Mac DVD rippers.

Free is good? Many people prefer free software rather than have to pay for it. But most of the time the free dvd rippers can help you to rip a normal DVD but when it comes to the protected or encrypted discs, the freeware software is unable to do it. That is why we recommend both the free as well as paid DVD rippers.

But before we look at those DVD rippers, it’s good to know the common features that you can found on most DVD ripping tools:

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Let us Check How to Choose Best DVD Ripper for Mac?

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Following are the key features a great Mac DVD ripper should have:

• Designed for Mac OS X and Windows
  A professional DVD Ripper usually support both Windows and Mac including Win7/8/10 and for Mac PowerPC and Mac Intel (include Mac OS X 10.5 Leopard) users.

• Rip copy-protected DVDs:

A great Mac DVD ripper is able to rip the commercial discs including the CSS, region code, and other latest DVD movies in the market.

• Rip DVD to video and audio:

A powerful Mac DVD ripper software to rip DVD to regular video files such as MP4, AVI, MOV, M4V, 3GP, MPG, MPEG, FLV, etc on Mac or PC. And it includes the features of DVD audio ripper that can rip DVD audio to MP3, M4A, AAC, AC3, ASF, etc.

• Support all regular portable devices:

Rip DVD to play on mobile devices like iPad, iPhone, iPod, Apple TV, Samsung, Sony, Zune, PSP, Xbox 360, PS3, Creative Zen, Archos, PMP, Smart Phone, Pocket PC, Cell Phone, MP4 Player, MP3 player, and many other video and audio players.

• Select DVD subtitle and audio track:

Allows you to select any available subtitle and audio track on DVD. The good DVD Ripper software for Mac is smartly designed in setting target subtitle’s position in output movie’s picture.

• Video editing:

Good quality Mac DVD Rippers allows you to do some editing like trim, or crop DVD video to remove black sides, adding or removing watermark, etc.

• Merge file and convert either by chapters or selected at will:

It allows you to merge and convert selected titles or chapters into one file. You can choose to rip DVD on Mac with entire movie or just one or several chapters at will or just choose to convert a segment of the DVD movie by selecting the beginning point.

• Capture pictures from video:

Using the DVD ripper program for Mac, you can capture pictures by clicking the snapshot button while previewing the movie.

• Easy to use and fast speed:

It is a very easy to use the Mac DVD Ripper with fast ripping speed. With its intuitive and easy interface, all settings are available in the interface and sub menu. You may pause, stop or continue the conversion at anytime you like. You may preview the audio or video files you want to convert.

Top-rated Free and Paid Mac DVD Rippers:

1) Handbrake

HandBrake is an open-source multiplatform DVD Ripper for Windows, Mac OS X and Linux. Now, with the new version of HandBrake, you can convert almost any video files. Handbrake is not limited to DVDs it will now accept practically any type of video as a source. Moreover, the HandBrake’s video quality is enhanced dramatically through the use of psycho visual rate distortion and adaptive quantization.

Pros: Totally free.

Cons: Have a complex interface, not easy to use.

2) MacX DVD Ripper Pro

This is the best and fastest Mac DVD ripper in the market now. Imagine you can backup and DVD with lossless quality in just 5 minutes. The easy to use application allows you to use rip DVD to many popular output formats including MP4, AVI, FLV, MPEG4, etc. You also can edit the video like trim or merge separate video subtitles into a single file. Those video clips can be share directly to the social or video sharing sites like fb, youtube, etc. Free version is available and if you decided to purchase, it also come with a 30-day money back guarantee.

Pros: Fast ripping speed with rich features application.

Cons: Shareware program (Free version with limited features)

3) Aimersoft DVD Ripper for Mac

Aimersoft DVD Ripper for Mac is an all-in-one and easy to use DVD ripping software that designed for Mac users (support Mac OS X Leopard). This Mac DVD Ripper can help you copy DVD to computer and rip DVD to various video formats (including MP4, AVI, M4V, MOV, 3GP, MPG, FLV) and audio formats (MP3, M4A, AAC, WAV, OGG, APE, etc.) so you can easily rip DVD movies to iPhone/iPod/Zune/PSP/Apple TV/Cell Phone and other devices on Mac OS X. Now you can have a try to convert DVD to F4V Mac, convert DVD to AAC Mac, good news, this page provides the free downloaded version.

Pros: Professional; Easy to use; Free Download

Cons: Need to pay for the full version.

 4) Mac The Ripper (Both Free and Paid Version)

MacTheRipper is a free DVD Ripper for Mac user (until the version 2.6.6). It can extract commercial DVD movies to your hard drive, minus all the copy protections and region controls put in place by DVD publishers. You can then use various tools to burn the movie back to DVD-R for use in DVD players, or convert the movie to different formats for playback with a variety of devices. MacTheRipper is intended to backup DVDs you have legally purchased for personal use. Any copyright-infringing activity you choose to perpetrate using this application is illegal, immoral, and beyond our control.

Pros: Free for older version (Only supports until Max OS X 10.6 Leopard and older).

Cons: The latest version 4.1 is not free and it features is not that powerful.

Conclusion:

The dvd ripping tools recommended here are some of the most reliable softwares available. If you prefer the free tools, you can get the Handbrake or MacTheRipper. Those are for beginners that try to learn how to rip a dvd.

If you are serious and committed to get the ripping jobs done, I strongly recommend you get the MacX DVD Ripper Pro or Aimersoft DVD Ripper for Mac. Both programs will cost you some money, but it will bring you some powerful functions at an affordable price. You also can trial the rippers for free before committed to buy it.

Author’s Bio:

Powell Wong, he is a writer of computer software related topics which are available on the internet and runs his own blog, www.dvd2dvd.org, a site aimed to help people to choose the correct and most reliable audio video software.

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There was lot of confusion among majority of apple users worldwide regarding group Facetime video call error or you can say bug. Most of them faced difficulties while accessing FaceTime group calls, But at last, the release of the iOS 12.1.4 update was done by apple, which eliminates a serious confidentiality error related to the working of Group FaceTime Calling function. This kind of bug has confused users of apple as it is a threat and violation of the user’s personal life.

Which iPhone and iPads users can download iOS 12.1.4 update?

iPhone:

• iPhone XS
• iPhone XS Max
• iPhone XR
• iPhone X
• iPhone 8
• iPhone 8 Plus
• iPhone 7
• iPhone 7 Plus
• iPhone 6s
• iPhone 6s Plus
• iPhone 6
• iPhone 6 Plus
• iPhone SE
• iPhone 5s

iPad:

• 12.9-inch iPad Pro 3rd generation
• 12.9-inch iPad Pro 2nd generation
• 12.9-inch iPad Pro 1st generation
• 11-inch iPad Pro
• 10.5-inch iPad Pro
• 9.7-inch iPad Pro
• iPad 6th generation
• iPad 5th generation
• iPad Air 2
• iPad Air
• iPad mini 4
• iPad mini 3
• iPad mini 2

iPod touch:

• iPod touch 6th generation

 

iOS 12.1.4 can be downloaded to all iPhone, iPad devices supporting iOS 12. You can update your device by browsing through your phone menu Settings->General->Software Update section, Or you can also update your device via iTunes by connecting your device to a computer using a USB Cable. Apple has not provided much details, but have indicated that it was a security update. In fact, this build of the firmware fixes an important vulnerability issue, namely, a bug in the group FaceTime video call error.

 

What is Group FaceTime Feature?

Group FaceTime feature on iPhone iPad and iPod touch

With iOS 12.1.4 and later, Group FaceTime makes it easier to chat with multiple people at the same time. You can start a Group FaceTime right from the FaceTime app or from a group conversation in the Messages app. The person speaking at the other end, his screen gets larger automatically, so in that way you can make an endless conversation.

 

What is group Facetime video call error?

This kind of Group FaceTime video call error was escalated one of the users. Using this vulnerability error, it was found that any user could do a FaceTime Video call with any another person, and then add it to the group call again,so thereby establishing a forced connection without the permission of opposite person already on Group Facetime Video Call. With this error it was clear that without a users permission he can be added to any other Group Facetime Video Call, thus posing a serious threat to his/her privacy.

The Group FaceTime video call error made it possible to listen to the user until his answer to your call. After finding this bug, Apple temporarily turned off this feature untill this bug issue is solved.

Also other two vulnerabilities issues were discovered later under the code CVE-2019-7286 and 7287. This error was found in the actual iOS platform, giving access to the use of memory section of the device and accessing the features present in the device without the users permission.

Although iOS 12.1.4 is a minor update but its very important for apple users. Meanwhile, Apple is preparing some new features and improvements for iOS 12.2 update. This can be considered as bigger update because it will add new Animoji, a new AirPlay icon and more features to come.