I am trying to copy a DVD to a blank DVD. Since I only have one DVD player I would have thought I could copy an image to my hard drive and then burn that image to a blank DVD. I am using Disk Utility since the version I have of iDVD is 6.0.4 and is not compatable with my versio of the OS 10.7.5. Is there a new version of iDVD?
MacBook Pro, Mac OS X (10.7.5)
Have you tried Disk Utility's imaging routines to create a CD/DVD Master image of the disc and then burn the image?
There are generally three ways to create a disk image (ISO) on OS X :
Disk Utility - The on-screen prompts will guide you, but it will by default create a .dmg, which is an OS X-specific file format. Disk Utility will also create an ISO (.cdr extension) if you select the "CD/DVD Master" option before creation the image. Rename the extension (to .iso) after creation if needed.
Roxio Toast - The de facto third-party standard in creating optical media on Mac OS for over a decade, it will create almost any CD or DVD format you want.
The
command-line utility, which will, in fact, create every format that Toast supports, for free, though it is far less pretty. If you want to create an ISO with this tool, usehdutilhdiutil makehybrid -iso -joliet -o Image.iso /input_path
There is a fourth, extremely direct command-line way using
that sysadmins might know:dddd if=/dev/disk1 of=Image.iso
http://superuser.com/questions/85987/mac-os-x-best-way-to-make-an-iso-from-a-cd- or-dvd
And the DVD you want to copy is ... ??? Not a commercial video or other DVD that is copyrighted, right?
Go to Finder>Help and pull up these instructions:
Ciao.
How do I copy a DVD
