Best ripper to use for copying dvds from store to hard drive

I have just bought mac pro, have Lion OS. First time with Mac. Want to copy movie DVDs to hard drive. What is best to use?

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Cannot copy itunes from one external hard drive to another.

I have been using an external hard drive for storing my itunes and iphoto for a while now. I have never experienced any issue copying it to a larger drive for back up. My current drive is only 80 gigs (LaCie) and is almost out of space. I bought a new g-tech 500gig mini drive to replace it. Every time that I try to move the files from the old drive to the new one, I get the following error message 10 gigs into the transfer-
[You can’t copy “Music” because it has the same name as another item on the destination volume, and that volume doesn’t distinguish between upper- and lowercase letters in filenames.]
There is nothing on the new drive. I even took the iphoto folder off to make sure there was nothing on it to cause this message.
Is this an external drive issue or a Finder issue? I had no issue moving the iphoto library onto the new drive, fwiw...

I am getting exactly the same problem. It's just with the music folder. I dont get the problem copying other folders over. It gets about 22gb into copying 100gb from one external hard drive to another then I get the error message "You can’t copy “Music” because it has the same name as another item on the destination volume, and that volume doesn’t distinguish between upper- and lowercase letters in filenames." So I tried just copying the itunes folder and I still get the same message. Any advice welcome.

Why Can't I Copy Files from an External Hard Drive or SD Card?

Major problem here... Why when I try copying files from an external hard drive or an SD card onto my internal iMac hard drive, it doesn't work? The status bar that pops up, shows that it completes the transfer of the files to 100%; however, when it does in fact finish, the files actually do not appear on my hard drive.
Any help would be greatly appreciated. This is one of many problems I have been finding with OS X Lion and am very much on the verge of going back to Snow Leopard.
Thank you.

Have u tried the usual? Safe boot. Delete finder plist files? etc. And the drives are formatted for mac yes?

How do I copy files from a seperate hard drive to Bridge

How do I copy files from a seperate hard drive and paste them to Bridge

Bridge is just a file Browser, nothing more and nothing less. It doesn't create folders of its own and it doesn't keep image files in the application itself.
You don't "paste" anything "into" Bridge. You just navigate Bridge to the other drive where the images are, point it toward said files, and Bridge will show them to you.
Once you find your files, you can use Bridge to move them or copy them to wherever you want. They will never be "inside" Bridge. As soon as you disconnect the other hard drive, Bridge will have no record of them unless you copy them over to a drive that is always attached to your computer, such as your boot drive or another internal drive.
Recapping; Your images are never in Bridge.

Why has iTunes seperated a album which I have copied over from my external hard drive into iTunes? How can you pull all the songs back together into one album again?

Why has iTunes seperated a album into indevidual songs, which I have copied over from my external hard drive into iTunes? How can you pull all the songs back together into one album again?

Steve MacGuire a.k.a. turingtest2 - iTunes & iPod Hints & Tips - Grouping Tracks Into Albums - http://www.samsoft.org.uk/iTunes/grouping.asp (older post on Apple Discussions http://discussions.apple.com/message/9910895)
Quick answer: Select all the tracks on the album, File > get info, and either give them all a single "album artist", or check the "compilation" flag (as in https://discussions.apple.com/message/17670085).
If these are from multiple-CD sets you may also need to enter the appropriate information in the disc number fields. If they are not a multiple CD set you still need to make sure the disc number fields are set correctly or all empty.

HT2518 i would like to copy files from an external hard drive to my Mac. I intend to do this several times. Does Mac identify this files which have already be copied over or does it re- copy them every time?

i would like to copy files from an external hard drive to my Mac. I intend to do this several times. Will Mac copy the same files every time or can it segregate and only copy new files from the external hard drive?

Only copies the file or files you select. The selection will remain unless you change it in case you wish to repeat the same copy to another location. Multiple and different copy operations can be run simultaneously.

How do you save a copy dvd to your external hard drive

I have managed to make a copy dvd to dvd thanks to all your help. Now I need to know how to save a copy dvd to an external hard drive. Your help will be appreciated. Please reply in as simple terms as possible because I am not up on the latest phrases and computer jargon lol

Mount the DVD on your desktop, then open it and pull VIDEO_TS folder to your desktop. Put VIDEO_TS folder in a folder and label it so you will know what it is and then move that folder to your external drive. The VIDEO_TS folder than can be burned into another dvd or played by VLC.

I get error 8062 when trying to copy files from one external hard drive to another. It starts out copying files, but after 10 minutes or so it stops and I get the error 8062. The hard drive tech support says the problem is in my Macbook Air.

I cannot copy my doc and photos and videos from one external hard drive to a second external hard drive -- both plugged in to my MacBook Air -- I get Error 8062 and the copying (which seemed to be going on for 10 minutes) stops and nothing gets copied.
As any Macbook Air owner knows, there is SO LITTLE storage capacity on the computer that you have to back up big files onto an external hard drive to avoid getting the other annoying error that says you have no more memory/storage capacity/whatever the proper term is, and you cannot use the computer.
Backstory: Before this error cropped up, I had backed up lots of files to an external drive and then removed them from my computer. But then the external hard drive got corrupted and I could not access my entire photo library. Had to pay $850 to Kroll Ontrack to recover those files. I have now bought 2 new external 1 Terrabyte hard drives as protection against another such disaster. BUT I cannot copy the files from the first hard drive where all my reovered files now sit, to another backup hard drive.
Feeling vulnerable. Please help.
SusaninNY

From the menu bar, select
 ▹ System Preferences ▹ Energy Saver ▹ Power Adapter
and uncheck the box labeled Put the hard disk(s) to sleep when possible, if it's checked.
If the drive has more than one interface (USB, FireWire, Thunderbolt, eSATA), try one of the other interfaces.
Check that the data cable is securely inserted at both ends.
Try a different cable.
If you're connecting the drive through a hub, connect it directly to a built-in port on the Mac.
If you're connecting it directly, try a different port.
Disconnect all other devices on the bus, or as many as possible.
Test the drive with another Mac. Test another drive with this Mac.
If the drive is bus-powered, but has an AC adapter, connect the adapter.
Start up in Safe Mode and test.
If the drive doesn't work under any of the above conditions, and if another drive does work with the same Mac, then the drive has failed. You may be able to salvage the mechanism by removing it from the enclosure and installing it in another one, or in a drive dock.

How to use one music library from one external hard drive on two different computers

I have 57 gigs of music in my itunes library on my laptop (Windows Vista). I backed up the library onto an external hard drive. I would like to play the music on a second computer (Windows XP) without putting the music on the second computer, just keeping it on the external hard drive.
I have the latest version of iTunes and Quicktime installed. In iTunes on both computers, under Advanced Preferences I changed the iTunes media folder location to the folder on the external hard drive and checked the boxes for "Keep iTunes media folder organized" and "copy files to iTunes media folder when adding to library". Also under the File tab, "Organize Library", I clicked on "Consolidate Files" and "Reorganize Files in the folder itunes music".
On the second computer I tried holding SHIFT while launching iTunes until the prompt appears asking to create a new library or point to an existing library. While attempting to point to the new location, I am only able to open the music folder, not set it as the location. In advanced preferences when I click "change" for the itunes media folder location, I can locate the folder but the only button I can click on is "open" or "cancel". "Open" will open the folder showing all my music. I tried typing in the location. It shows the correct location.
I was able to see the songs in the library in itunes on the second computer but it won't play the music. There are no exclamation points next to the songs. I am also able to see the playlists but there aren't any songs in the playlists.
There are no problems with itunes on the first computer. Everything works as it should.
Ideally I would like to use the same folder on the external hard drive for both computers if possible. But for now I want to at least get the music playing with the playlists on the second computer from the external hard drive.
Please help.

See this post on making a split library portable.
tt2

Copying files from a dead hard drive

How do I repopulate files (Touchsmart 600) from my old hard drive? I have the files on an external drive and have a desktop copy on the newly formatted machine. Tried recovery and restore options with no luck. any help is appreciated.

i'm going to assume you have a TS600 whom's hdd failed, but you managed to make a raw copy of all the data on it before you replaced the hdd with a new one. then you recovered the TS600 with your recovery discs. so now you have your TS600 up and running, but want to 'restore' your previous setting such as your wallpaper, files in their old locations, email, internet favourites and etc.
if that is the case then there is no known way to achive what you want automatically - it needs to be done manually (which is kind of better in a lot of ways, you get the control).
you can migrate settings and files from one pc to another quite easily, but not from a copy of the files you have made on a external hdd.
hope this helps....most of your files should be found under c:\windows\users
regards davida
"Although I am an HP employee, I am speaking for myself and not for HP"

How to copy files from a removed hard drive

Hi removed my hard drive from my Dv9408nr laptop because the screen won't power on, and but my question is there a way to copy the files from my removed hard drive to another laptop. Is there a cord the fits into the hard drive connector slot to a usb or some other cord that goes to a laptop so I can copy my files to another laptop, so I can recover my files?

Hi,
Something like this should work and you can have an external HDD at the end
http://www.google.com.au/products/catalog?q=hdd+enclosure+2.5+usb+2.0&hl=en&biw=1680&bih=849&prmd=im...#
Regards.
BH
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Does anyone know a good programme to copy dvds to an external hard drive

Does anyone know a programme that I can use to copy dvds to a hard drive

Hello, are these commercial DVDs, or ones you made yourself?

Error when copying songs from cd to hard drive

When I switched from a windows computer to a mac, I copied all of my itunes songs on to a data cd. When I insert the cd into my mac and try to copy the songs onto my hard drive, I get an error saying "Data Error (cyclic redundancy check)". I am pretty sure that you can copy as many songs, to as many computers as you want, but you can only authorize five computer to play the songs. Why is this error popping up? and How can I copy my songs?
Thank You, Margaret

"Data Error (cyclic redundancy check)"
This means the data on the disc is not correct (a bad burn). Try again.
Do you have an iPod or a USB stick.flash drive? You can transfer files that way.
I would not recommend burning them to an audio CD.
The songs were originally converted to AAC, thereby losing data (quality).
Wif you burn to an audio CD and then reimport as AAC, you will again lose data (quality).

What is the best way to recover a corrupted file from a failing Hard Drive?

I have a 3TB WD internal drive that is starting to fail with Bad blocks. I noticed it when I had some write errors and so got a new disc as fast as possible to get the data off before it dies completely.
However, some files are failing to be copied with the Finder. What tools are best for trying to recover these mainly video files? I have Tech Tool Pro but its utility seems aimed at finding accidently deleted files. I seem to remember a utility from way back that would repeatedly try to read a back block and re constitute the file.
All suggestions are welcome!
Thanks.

Choose and use only a single background process to monitor health of a drive, they really are not safe to use multiple tools. And SoftRAID does its scan and checking in background during idle time for weak sectors - they are not really black/white but more xx tries to read/write.
as I mentioned, and you fit the profile, DW is one trick pony and can be used when you need to mount or access files to recover and backup.
Yes, DW will create a new directory. It has an advanced deep scan to scavenge for files.
Sometimes you just need to use DW's Preview to see what the drive volume 'looks like" now and what it would be after a rebuild/create directory. but sometimes you just want Data Rescue 3. both are in the $95 range.
Too often large backups, like 10 drives, are not well categorized or 'where is what."
Clone of a drive means you can restore the volume... TM to keep versions. But I don't have the 200% faith in TM sets or backup.
Sometimes a RAID6 is the ideal method for a large viideo catalogue or collection. And some people or businesses keep duplicate RAID6 sets, to mirror each other.
I liken 3TB drive sometimes as putting too many or all the eggs in one basket.
also, to keep any drive to 40% free which may sound wasteful, unless you consider the data' value.
SoftRAID 4 could be useful to zero and test the drive. Or to to 'take over' the drive even. Then to build a mirror from it. MPG recommends using it even in non-array use for some of those very reasons.
choice now going forward: clone with Superduper / CCC / recovery with DR3 / and build the directory (or not) with DW 4.x.
With externals sometimes the weak link is the case and interface or drive enclosure, plus the bridge if any (SATA native and none is my preference). And controllers, which may be needed.
Instead of having to order a drive? always have spares and extras. Always have a clone and an extra that can be used to put into service. And order more.

Best way to merge multiple iPhoto libraries from several external hard drives into one, while deleting duplicates?

Problem: My wife and I both have MacBook Pros (MBPs). We take a lot of pictures and import them into iPhoto. When the storage capacity of our MBPs gets full, I have been moving our iPhoto libraries into external hard drives, which are now multiple (3 or 4). The problem I now realize we have been making, is that once the iPhoto libraries were copied onto the external hard drives, we were only deleting about half of the photos in each iPhoto library remaining in our MBPs (because we wanted to keep some of the important ones in our hard drives). Once the storage capacities of our MBPs got full again, I would repeat the whole process again and again. In essence I now have several large iPhoto libraries (each about 80 GB), each with multiple duplicate photos, divided among several external hard drives. And I am running out of space on my hard drive again. So what is the best way to:
a) merge all of these iPhoto libraries into just one, while simultaneously being able to delete all the duplicates? (or would you not recommend this?)
b) prevent this from happening again?
Thanks. BTW I am using OS X Mountain Lion 10.8.5 and iPhoto 8.1.2 (2009)

If you have Aperture 3.3 or later and iPhoto 9.3 or later you can merge libraries with Aperture.
Otherwise the only way to merge Libraries is with the paid ($30) version of iPhoto Library Manager
The Library Manager app can be set avoid duplicates.

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