Now enjoy your film! Large File Size Errors Step 2. However, this method won't work for ripping Audio CDs, Blu-rays or DVD movies, not will it work on any copy protected disks, so it may not work in this situation. To do so you need to use Remote Disc, we discuss how to do that here. This is likely to be a challenge as no Mac has shipped with an optical drive since Apple stopped selling the 13in MacBook Pro in You may not need an optical drive in your Mac at all - you can access another Mac or PC with an optical drive from the Finder of your Mac, a long as both Macs are on the same network. Best alternative to Handbrake to rip DVD on Mac OS X El Capitan The other thing you will need is an optical drive. And since DVDs do have a shelf-life, in as much as they may not work in a few years time or right now if they are very old you may be wise to digitise them before it's too late.
If you aren't planning to make copies to sell, or even share with your friends, it's unlikely that ripping them will get you in trouble.
