Duplicating a DVD

Intructions for Duplicating a DVD on a Mac

NOTE: IT IS ILLEGAL TO MAKE COPIES OF COMMERCIAL COPYRIGHTED DVDs

THESE INSTRUCTIONS ARE ONLY FOR MAKING COPIES OF NON-COPYRIGHTED DISCS.

(In most cases, digital encryption makes it impossible to make copies of copyrighted DVDs)

IF YOU ARE CAUGHT MAKING ILLEGAL COPIES YOUR COMPUTER USE PRIVILEGES WILL BE REVOKED!!

Put the DVD to copy in the computer.
DVD Player will usually automatically open. Go to the top left menu (it appears when the cursor is dragged to the top), and Quit DVD Player.
You should now see the DVD icon on the desktop.
Open Disk Utility, in Macintosh HD/Applications/Utilities/Disk Utility.
Select the DVD player icon in the left column (select the drive icon, not the name of the disc below it).
Click New Image, in Save As, give the new image the same exact name as the DVD (tip: select the DVD icon on the desktop, and copy>paste).
Select a location that has enough space (4.5 gig) to save the image. (the desktop is usually convenient)
In Image Format, select "DVD/CD master", in Encryption select "none".
Click the Save button, this will create an image file with the name of the DVD with a .cdr extension.
When the file is created, eject the original DVD with the eject key (upper right on keyboard).
Put a blank DVD in the computer.
If a dialog box comes up, asking what you want to do, select Action: Open Finder.
Do not enter a name. Click OK.
In Disk Utility, find and select the image .cdr file in the left column, and click the Burn button.