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Help ! How do I copy DVDs to a mac

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If I open the DVD in finder I can copy the files, but not the menus, etc. I'd like to have a backup file that i could use to directly burn a new DVD if mine got damaged (I'm backing up personal DVDs that I hired for family parties, no copyright issues...)
 

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Rather than use Finder to copy and burn the files, I'd suggest a CD/DVD mastering program. I use Roxio's Toast, but it is pricey for what you want to do. I'd suggest a program like the very simply-named, Burn. I haven't used it in awhile, but from what I recall it will do a disc-to-disc burn.

Alternatively, you can create an image of the disc using Disk Utility (Applications => Utilities) and then burn the image to the destination disc.
 
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Thanks ! Does burn also allow me to copy the DVD to my HD? Thanks again
 

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