For years, MacX DVD Ripper Pro has been picked as the best mac DVD Ripper software. And actually, it lives up to its reputation, here in this review, you will find a list of reasons for this.

MacX Rip DVD to iPhone for Mac Free Edition is an easy-to-use and totally free DVD to iPhone ripper for Mac which can help you quickly and freely rip DVD movies to iPhone and convert DVD to iPod on Mac OS with zero quality loss. It supports free converting all encrypted or copy-protected DVDs on Mac, such as Sony ArccOS, CSS encryption, region. MacX DVD Ripper Mac Free Edition is a free Mac DVD ripper and converter to rip homemade and protected DVD movies to MOV, MP4, MPEG, FLV, iTunes video on Mac OS, thus you can watch DVDs on QuickTime, edit DVD video by iMovie, upload DVD video to YouTube, enjoy DVD movies on iTunes, iPhone, iPod, iPad, mobile phone etc.

Review Summary of MacX DVD Ripper Pro At A Glance

Blu-ray Support: No

Free Edition: 5-minute DVD ripping

Windows Version: WinX DVD Ripper Platinum

Easy to Use: Yes

Input: DVD Disc, DVD Folder, ISO File

Output: MP4, MOV, M4V, AVC, AVI, MPEG, WMV, MP3, AAC, AC3/DT), TS, etc.

The Good

Macx Dvd Ripper Mac Free Edition 64 Bit

Outstanding output support, excellent ripping performance (fast and highly successful)

The Bad

Not working sometime

Basics about MacX DVD Ripper Pro

MacX DVD Ripper Pro is a media tool to rip or extract video & audio from homemade or commercial DVDs, ISO images or DVD Folder, regardless of old, new, 99-title, damaged or unplayable DVD, then export as common video format for portable playing at anytime anywhere. Besides this, how many do you know about MacX DVD Ripper? For better or worse, you should know some basics about it as following.

Does MacX DVD Ripper Pro Support Catalina?

Yes.

Of course MacX DVD Ripper supports macOS Catalina, since the time when Catalina was officially released in 2019. It is always under regular update to fix bugs or improve DVD ripping performance these years. As the release date of macOS 11 Big Sur comes closer and closer, you will be able to use MacX DVD Ripper Pro on macOS Big Sur soon.

Does MacX DVD Ripper Pro Support Blu-ray?

No.

It is a pity that MacX DVD Ripper Pro doesn’t support Blu-ray, but is it a good thing to focus on one thing before expanding to another new field? Maybe that’s how MacX DVD Ripper Pro becomes the best Mac DVD Ripper for Mac. Of course, we are looking forward to the day when it adds support for Blu-ray.

Limits of MacX DVD Ripper Pro Free Edition

Unlike other programs whose free edition can even help perform a complete task, MacX DVD Ripper Pro’s free edition is offered for evaluating purpose only:It is limited to rip 5 minutes DVD. To rip a complete DVD, you have to purchase the full version.

5-minute DVD ripping may be not enough for you to precisely evaluate if it is the one you need, but it is OK to purchase the full version and rip a complete DVD, since it offers a 30-Day money back guarantee.

Is There A MacX DVD Ripper for Windows?

MacX and WinX, do these 2 give your some clues? Yes, they are from the same software developer Digiarty, products named after MacX are designed for users on macOS, while those WinX ones are for users on Windows. Therefore, you can find the Windows version for MacX DVD Ripper Pro, it is WinX DVD Ripper Platinum, they both work as the best DVD ripper program on Mac or Windows PC.

How About The Price?

MacX DVD Ripper Pro has a simple pricing structure, you can buy for 1 year or for lifetime.

$29.95: 1 Year License for 1 Mac

$47.95: Lifetime License for 1 Mac

$69.96: Lifetime License for 2-5 Macs

Review (Why MacX DVD Ripper is The Best Mac DVD Ripper Software)

Safe and Easy Installation (Size:52MB)

It is safe and easy to install MacX DVD Ripper Pro, the installer takes about 52MB. After downloading the program from its website, double click the installer and drag & drop the program to your Mac Applications.

If your Mac tries to stop your launching the program as following, just continue with Open, the program is safe and clean to use.

The Interface

If you have tried any Digiarty software before, you should be quite familiar with MacX DVD Ripper Pro’s interface too, it applies a uniform interface style and layout. A great proportion of the interface will show imported DVD files, with DVD video Preview window on the left column. Also the Run button to start a DVD ripping process is hard to be neglected.

Also, it has multiple interface languages.

Import & Output

Import

MacX DVD Ripper Pro supports ripping video from DVD Disc, DVD Folder and DVD ISO File. Your DVD can be old, new, 99-titlem damaged, homemade or commercial.

Macx Dvd Converter

This program will auto detect DVD Disc and prepare for ripping.

There are 2 ways to import DVD files for ripping, click on the icons or directly drag & drop files to the program.

Output

When exporting the DVD videos, there are 5 main menus you can pick from.

General: MP4, iPhone/iPad, Android Phone/Pad, DVD Video Copy (MPEG2+DTS), HEVC, MOV, M4V, MPEG4.

DVD Backup: Main Title Content Copy (copy and save the DVD with selected audio/video tracks as a single MPG video file), Full Title Copy (back up full title, including all Audios/Videos/Subtitles), MKV.

Mobile Video: Apple, Android, Microsoft, Sony and other device.

Web Video: YouTube (MP4, MPEG4, FLV), Facebook (MP4, MOV, AVI, FLV), Vimeo (MP4), General Web (WMV, AVI, MOV, MP4).

Common Video: Mac(MP4, MOV, M4V, , Windows PC(AVC, AVI, MP4, MPEG, WMV, MOV), TV (Samsung, Sony, Panasonic, LG), Music (MP3, AAC, AC3/DTS), TS (TS, M2TS).

The output menu just contains every format you may need to save, watch and share across different devices.

Advanced Settings

If you require professional and customized video output, the advanced settings may help, you can tweak the settings for video and audio ripped from the DVD files.

But if you know little about these parameters, don’t touch and change. The defaulted settings is always the best one for most of users.

Edit Feature

I guess most of DVD ripping users don’t need to edit, but if you want to add some edits to your DVD files, MacX DVD Ripper Pro has such an editing feature, it allows increase/decrease audio volume, add subtitles, choose subtitles position and language, trim, crop & expand. The editing feature is on a basic level.

DVD Ripping Performance

Most of the DVD ripper software are designed to do the same thing and have similar features, why MacX is the best Mac DVD Ripper software? Because of its extraordinary DVD ripping performance, it rips DVD fast and with success.

DVD Ripper Speed

It processes the ripping fast. A DVD video is never short in duration, but MacX rips very fast. For a 150-minute DVD file, it took about 18 minutes to finish ripping. For DVD folder and ISO file, it rips even faster.

DVD Ripper Result

First of all, most of the DVD ripping jobs can be done successfully, though few of them may fail for encryption or physical damage reasons.

Also, the video output from DVD can be exported in high quality, with wanted video and audio quality. Of course, the higher the quality is, the large the output video will be, that’s totally up to you.

MacX DVD Ripper Problems (How to Solve If Not Working)

1. MacX DVD Ripper Pro Won’t Open

Fix 1: Remove the program and redownload the latest version.
Fix 2: Update your macOS to the latest version.
Fixt 3: Restart your mac and restart the program.

2. MacX DVD Ripper Pro Keeps Crashing

Fix 1: Update the program and your macOS to the latest version.
Fix 2: Quit programs that take large CPU during MacX running.
Fix 3: Adjust the number for CPU Core Use in MacX.

3. DVD Ripping freezes

Fix 1: Wait for a while to see if there is any change on the status bar.
Fix2: Restart the DVD ripping.
Fix 3: Check the DVD Disc property and contact with MacX support to check if MacX support such encrypted DVDs.

4. MacX DVD Ripper Pro Cannot Rip Entire DVD

Fix 1: Check if the DVD is physical damaged or there is stains, spot, etc. Make sure the DVD Disc is under good condition.
Fix 2: Save the ripped video, then rip the DVD again for the rest part.
Fix 3: Choose to rip DVD to DVD Backup (Full Title Copy) first, then convert the backup file to a wanted format.

Still Not Working?

Fix 1: Contact MacX support for a solution.
Fix 2: Find An Alternative, for example DVDFab, Wondershare UniConverter.

So, that’s all for the MacX DVD Ripper Pro review. It has its strong and weak points. And the best way to evaluate if it works for you is always trying yourself. Are you ready now?