By Whitson Gordon, Lifehacker – November 16, 2012 at 10:30AM
OS X: When Handbrake is just a little too complicated for your less tech-savvy friends and family, MacX DVD Ripper makes ripping DVDs dead simple—and it’s free for the rest of the month.
While MacX DVD Ripper doesn’t offer many more features, it does make ripping DVDs somewhat easier, particularly if you aren’t as tech savvy. Getting Handbrake running requires some extra steps, and its interface isn’t always the most user-friendly if you don’t know what you’re doing. MacX DVD Ripper just requires you to put in the DVD, tell it what device you’re going to play it on (from iPhone to iPad to Surface to Galaxy and beyond), and pick the titles you want to rip (which is easy with its easily accessible preview window). Best of all, the usually-$40 is free until November 30th.
Do we recommend you replace Handbrake for your own DVD ripping? Probably not—but this would make a good Thanksgiving-weekend gift for your friends that will undoubtedly ask you to help them with their computer while you’re home. They’ll probably find it a little simpler than our usual go-to.
WinX DVD Ripper Thanksgiving Giveaway