Allan Posted October 31, 2014 Share Posted October 31, 2014 Optical discs are swiftly becoming an endangered species. Apple has been actively moving away from optical discs for a while now, and has already begun removing optical drives from many of their recent Macs (such as the Mac Mini and Retina MacBook Pro). Many folks still have install DVDS for software they’ve purchased, raising concerns that they may not be able to use these discs in the future. There’s plenty of current software that falls in this category, such as physical copies of Parallels Desktop, or even Final Cut Pro, Aperture, or other Apple titles purchased before they were released on the Mac App Store! Fortunately, Apple has provided a great way to rectify this concern by using Disk Utility to create a disk image of those install discs and store them on your hard drive or backup device! Here’s how it’s done: Insert the CD or DVD into your Mac (you can borrow an external DVD drive or use Remote Disc if your Mac doesn’t have one!) Launch Disk Utility, and select the disc. Click the “New Image” button, and choose where you’d like to save the image. Disk Utility will now create the image and save it in the location that you specified. Note that this could take up to 30-45 minutes for a dual-layer DVD! To use the image once it’s created, simply locate it in Finder, and double click to mount the image. You will then be able to use it just like a physical DVD! This also works with video DVDs and most other types of discs. It’s also worth noting that disk images can take up a lot of space, so make sure you have a large enough drive or backup device to store them! Source: MacTrast 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mr. Xtreme Posted October 31, 2014 Share Posted October 31, 2014 This won't work on all dvd's/cd's due to copy ptotection if it needs the cd/dvd to run, still worth a try though. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Allan Posted October 31, 2014 Author Share Posted October 31, 2014 I don't have any problems here. I backup a lot of DVDs/CDs, even with copy protection. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mr. Xtreme Posted October 31, 2014 Share Posted October 31, 2014 I was refering to games such as RailRoad Tycoon 3 (Perhaps 1 and 2). Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Allan Posted October 31, 2014 Author Share Posted October 31, 2014 Hmmm. I don't use games on DVDs here. But try this: http://www.dvdshrinkmac.com Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mr. Xtreme Posted October 31, 2014 Share Posted October 31, 2014 I'm OK i was just saying thats all thanks anyway. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JahStories Posted November 1, 2014 Share Posted November 1, 2014 hacker pro is right... in some rare occasions, mostly with games, the image is going to work and install, but the installed software may not run cause it check for the real disk, btw this is one of those times when a crack is more than lecit. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mr. Xtreme Posted November 2, 2014 Share Posted November 2, 2014 Unforchantely not all games have cracks . Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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