How to Rip a DVD to Your Mac

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By Phil King

Published Dec 24, 2023

Backing up DVDs to your Mac enables you to watch them without needing to have an optical drive connected.

Ripping a DVD to your Mac allows for backup and digital playback without the need for the physical disc, whether it has DRM protection or not.
Use macOS's Disk Utility to create a digital copy of unprotected DVDs by connecting an optical drive to your Mac and following a few simple steps.
For copy-protected DVDs, additional steps and apps like HandBrake and libdvdcss are needed to bypass DRM and successfully rip the DVD to your Mac.