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Clone2Go DVD Ripper for Mac is all-in-one Mac DVD ripping and video conversion software specially designed for Mac OS X users.

This all-in-one Mac DVD and video converter can rip DVDs to a variety of formats, including iTunes-, iPod-, iPhone-, and Apple TV-compatible MP4, AVI, FLV, MOV, 3GP, and also offers video conversion for a host of formats and audio extraction from DVD and video files in MP3, M4A, AAC or WAV format.

With this powerful Mac DVD Ripper, you can trim video length, choose DVD audio track and subtitle, customize output profile, etc to meet your specific needs.

Key features of Clone2Go DVD Ripper & Video Converter for Mac

1. Rip DVD to a variety of video formats
This DVD Ripper for Mac can rip DVD to a variety of video formats, including iTunes-, iPod-, iPhone-, and Apple TV-compatible MP4, H.264, AVI, FLV, MOV, 3GP, WMV, etc.

2. Convert between a host of video formats
The Mac Video Converter can convert video files in various formats such as AVI, WMV, MOV, MP4, 3GP, M4V, QT, RM, RMVB, FLV, MKV, etc

3. Extract audio from DVD and video files
Allow you to extract audio from DVD and video files in MP2, MP3, OGG, WAV, M4A, AAC or AMR format.

4. Rip DVD for all popular portable players
This Mac DVD Ripper offers optimized settings for all popular portable players including Apple iPod touch, iPod classic, iPod nano, iPhone 3G, iPhone 3GS, Apple TV, PSP, PS3, Creative Zen, Archos, iRiver, cell phones and other digital video and audio players

5. Trim DVD/video clips
You can trim DVD movie or video file to get video or audio clips and just rip certain segment you need.

6. Customize an output profile
You can customize the video/audio parameters such as video bitrate, size, frame rize, audio bitrate, sample rate, etc and save it as an output profile for further use.

7. Select DVD audio track and subtitle
Allow you to select any available DVD audio track and subtitle you prefer

8. Batch select video files for conversion

9. Preview the DVD or video files

Availability and Price

Clone2Go DVD Ripper & Video Converter for Mac v1.0.1 is available at http://www.clone2go.com/products/mac-dvd-ripper-video-converter.php. You can free download it directly via this link http://www.clone2go.com/down/clone2go-dvd-ripper-mac-intel.dmg. Clone2Go DVD Ripper & Video Converter for Mac costs USD39.95 to register. You can know about other Clone2Go products from http://www.clone2go.com

The following article will share with you four ways of removing DRM protection from iTunes music on Mac OS X. You can choose your favorite method to help you convert iTunes M4P music to MP3 or (DRM free) AAC format for playback on MP3 Player, MP4 Player, Mobile Phone Player, etc.

Method 1. Remove DRM from iTunes music with burning-and-ripping method

1. Insert a CD-R or CD-RW disc into your CD-ROM drive

2. Run iTunes, create a new playlist and burn it to make an "Audio CD"

3. After the Audio CD is successfully burned, insert the disc into your CD-ROM drive again. Then you can use iTunes to import the music tracks on the burned disc as whatever format (MP3, AAC, etc) you selected in iTunes preferences for importing.

Method 2. Remove DRM from iTunes music with Virtual CD Burner

You will need to download TuneClone Audio Converter for Mac first. Run this DRM Removal Software and it will let you install a virtual CD burner, which will be used to convert iTunes music files.

Run iTunes, create a new playlist and add the DRM protected iTunes songs to the playlist.

Right click this playlist and choose "Burn Playlist to Disc". Alternatively, you can click the "Burn Disc" button at the lower right corner of iTunes interface.

In the pop-up dialog of "Burn Settings", select "CDWriter TuneClone" as default CD Burner, choose "Audio CD" as Disc Format and tick "Include CD Text" ( to perserve the music metadata such as name, artist, album names ).

Tip: You can easily get the output MP3 files on your Mac machine by clicking the "Reveal in Finder" button on the manager screen.

Method 3. Remove DRM from iTunes music with iMovie '09

Run iMovie and create a New Project. In the iMovie window, select the 'Music' tab. You will notice that the top right portion of the interface now offers a media browser. Locate the playlist which contains purchased music, or search by artist/title.

Select the DRM-laden song and drag the file from the media browser into the iMovie timeline.

In order to export the song, iMovie requires that a visual image be associated with the audio track - iMovie thinks that it is going to be exporting a movie. Simply drag a blank image (or any other image) to the track above the previously imported audio file. Once iMovie has processed the image, select the 'Export using QuickTime…' sub menu item from found inside 'Share' in iMovie's menu bar.

In the Save as… dialogue, select "Sound to AIFF" in the Export drop-down menu, Choose an appropriate directory for iMovie to export to, title the file, and select 'Save'.

Locate the exported AIFF audio file and drag to your iTunes Library. Right-click on the file and select "Create MP3 Version". Once completed, 'Get Info' on the new file, edit meta data, add album art, and trash the originally purchased and AIFF audio files from your iTunes library.

Method 4. Remove DRM from iTunes music with FairGame

FairGame is freeware to remove DRM protection from iTunes music on Mac OS X. It will convert the DRMed songs you bought on the iTunes Store to an unprotected format (using iTunes default encoder) and keep all the original metadata, lyrics and artwork. FairGame doesn't do lossless DRM stripping. It re-encodes protected AAC files purchased in iTMS into unprotected AAC file using Apple's iMovie software.

What you MUST DO (only once) to get FairGame to work:

enable "Access for assistive devices" in the "Universal Access" system preference

select "Place clip in Movie Timeline" in the "Import" preference of iMovie HD

Then you can simply:

select some songs in iTunes

click on the "Process songs" button

Don't touch anything and wait until it's done…(FairGame is scripting iMovie's interface to process the songs, don't interfere)

The following article will share with you four ways of removing DRM protection from iTunes music on Mac OS X. You can choose your favorite method to help you convert iTunes M4P music to MP3 or (DRM free) AAC format for playback on MP3 Player, MP4 Player, Mobile Phone Player, etc.

Method 1. Remove DRM from iTunes music with burning-and-ripping method

1. Insert a CD-R or CD-RW disc into your CD-ROM drive
2. Run iTunes, create a new playlist and burn it to make an "Audio CD"
3. After the Audio CD is successfully burned, insert the disc into your CD-ROM drive again. Then you can use iTunes to import the music tracks on the burned disc as whatever format (MP3, AAC, etc) you selected in iTunes preferences for importing.

Method 2. Remove DRM from iTunes music with Virtual CD Burner

You will need to download TuneClone Audio Converter for Mac first. Run this DRM Removal Software and it will let you install a virtual CD burner, which will be used to convert iTunes music files.

Run iTunes, create a new playlist and add the DRM protected iTunes songs to the playlist.

Right click this playlist and choose "Burn Playlist to Disc". Alternatively, you can click the "Burn Disc" button at the lower right corner of iTunes interface.

In the pop-up dialog of "Burn Settings", select "CDWriter TuneClone" as default CD Burner, choose "Audio CD" as Disc Format and tick "Include CD Text" ( to perserve the music metadata such as name, artist, album names ).

Tip: You can easily get the output MP3 files on your Mac machine by clicking the "Reveal in Finder" button on the manager screen.

Method 3. Remove DRM from iTunes music with iMovie '09

Run iMovie and create a New Project. In the iMovie window, select the 'Music' tab. You will notice that the top right portion of the interface now offers a media browser. Locate the playlist which contains purchased music, or search by artist/title.

Select the DRM-laden song and drag the file from the media browser into the iMovie timeline.

In order to export the song, iMovie requires that a visual image be associated with the audio track - iMovie thinks that it is going to be exporting a movie. Simply drag a blank image (or any other image) to the track above the previously imported audio file. Once iMovie has processed the image, select the 'Export using QuickTime…' sub menu item from found inside 'Share' in iMovie's menu bar.

In the Save as… dialogue, select "Sound to AIFF" in the Export drop-down menu, Choose an appropriate directory for iMovie to export to, title the file, and select 'Save'.

Locate the exported AIFF audio file and drag to your iTunes Library. Right-click on the file and select "Create MP3 Version". Once completed, 'Get Info' on the new file, edit meta data, add album art, and trash the originally purchased and AIFF audio files from your iTunes library.

Method 4. Remove DRM from iTunes music with FairGame

FairGame is freeware to remove DRM protection from iTunes music on Mac OS X. It will convert the DRMed songs you bought on the iTunes Store to an unprotected format (using iTunes default encoder) and keep all the original metadata, lyrics and artwork. FairGame doesn't do lossless DRM stripping. It re-encodes protected AAC files purchased in iTMS into unprotected AAC file using Apple's iMovie software.

What you MUST DO (only once) to get FairGame to work:

enable "Access for assistive devices" in the "Universal Access" system preference
select "Place clip in Movie Timeline" in the "Import" preference of iMovie HD

Then you can simply:

select some songs in iTunes
click on the "Process songs" button

Don't touch anything and wait until it's done…(FairGame is scripting iMovie's interface to process the songs, don't interfere)