If there's no built-in drive, connect an external drive.
Insert the source DVD into your computer's DVD-ROM drive. It is fully compatible with macOS Monterey and earlier. The tutorial below will show you how easy it is to free convert DVD to MP4 on Mac with MacX DVD Ripper Free. Flexible options to 1:1 copy DVD main title/full title, choose soft/forced subtitles, add external subtitles to DVD, trim/cut off clips, remove unwanted black borders, rip soundtracks from DVD, etc. 5X faster DVD to MP4 converting speed - Support Intel/Nvidia/AMD GPU hardware acceleration to speed up the DVD to MP4 ripping to 5x faster than others, avoid 90% CPU use, overheating, software half crash issues. Even some physically damaged unplayable DVDs can regain the crisp image thanks to the auto repair tech.
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