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Ripping a DVD with MacTheRipper and DVD2oneX2

Here's a simple guide on how to rip a DVD in OS X to backup your collection of DVDs.

Things you need.

• MacTheRipper - Download
  
• DVD2One - Download
  

Note that there are limitations with the trail. 2 Hour limited, and I believe it only does stereo.

1. Start up MacTheRipper, if there are no checks, there should be no problem. Sometimes a DVD does have it and you have to set it to the correct region. RCE1 is for US. 

2. Once you are ready, press the "GO!" button to start the process. Also note that depending on the size of the movie and your computer this can take a while.

3. Once, it's done, the Bombergirl message will display, press OK and quit MacTheRipper.

4. Start up DVD2oneX2, a menu will pop up. For movies, I usually just rip the movie, if it's a Season of some show, I pick the first option.

5. Choose your movie, in this case it's Praise.

6. I keep everything stock pretty much except I choose 5.1 when the DVD movie offers it. Once you are ready press the green button.

7. In my case, I create a Image instead of burning. The reason why is this program does not pick up my USB DVD burner. I'm on a older Core2Duo Macbook that only has a CD burner.

8. Press OK and it will start the process! If you are like me and you have a external DVD burner, refer to this guide on how to burn a Image in OS X here.

Creating a Shortcut to your Home Directory

Someone wanted to create a shortcut to their home directory in a similar fashion like a shortcut to My Documents in Windows.

The "Create Alias" option isn't allowed for some reason when right clicking your home directory name in OS X.

The only solution I know is using a "Symbolic Link" which is a Unix command.

To do this,

1. Start up the Terminal.



2. Type

ln -s ../USERNAME nameofshortcut

Where USERNAME is your username and the nameofshortcut can be whatever you want, just make sure not to use any spaces yet.



3. EXIT the terminal.

4. Now go to your home directory and drag the shortcut to your desktop.

5. Double click it and it should open!

Burning an ISO in OS X

If you ever need to burn a ISO or DMG, Leopard and Tiger both have the capability with Disk Utility.

1. Fire up Disk Utility, if you don't know where it's at search for it with Spotlight.



2. Click File --> Open Disk Image and select the ISO you want to burn.



3. Select the ISO, in this case it's Superbad, then click  .

4. Insert a blank disc and select your speed and burn away.

Changing the default icon in OS X.

The purpose of this guide is to show you how to change the default icon in OS X 10.5/4.

1. Open up a picture that you would like to use as a icon and select Copy. In this case I want to create a Windows XP icon for my VMware install.



2. Next right click on the file that you want to change the icon. Click Get Info.



3. Click the icon at the top left corner in the Get Info window.

Notice that the icon has a glowing aura around it now.



4. Now click Edit --> Paste



And that's it. The new icon should be put into place.