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There are many ways of removing iTunes DRM. On Windows, you can remove DRM from iTunes by ripping and burning a CD disc. Or you can turn to some DRM Removal Software like Media Converter Pro. On Mac OS X, iMovie is already the perfect freeware for removing DRM from iTunes music. So the following article is dedicated to introducing several methods of removing DRM from iTunes music/video on Windows and Mac.

1. Remove DRM from iTunes music by ripping and burning a CD disc (Win & Mac, iTunes Music Only)

a. Insert a CD-R or CD-RW disc into your CD-ROM drive.

b. Burn DRM iTunes music to make an Audio CD. You cannot select the MP3 CD option since it requires the DRM protected iTunes music be converted to MP3.

c. After the Audio CD is successfully burned, insert the disc into your CD-ROM drive again. Then you can use iTunes to import the music tracks on the burned disc as MP3 files.

2. Remove DRM from iTunes music/videos using Media Converter Pro (Win, Music/Videos)

a. Download Media Converter Pro, install and launch it. ( free download )

b. Import DRM protected iTunes music/video

c. Select the output format

By clicking the “Convert audio to:” or “Convert video to:” box, you can select the output format for the source iTunes DRM music/video (M4P, M4V, M4B). For example, if you want to watch DRM protected iTunes movies or TV shows (.m4v) on your PSP, you can choose “PSP, PS3″ from the profile category list and choose “PSP Video MPEG-4(*.mp4) as the output format.

d. Start to convert DRM iTunes music/video files

Click the “Start” button to begin to convert DRM iTunes music/video files. Then, you can enjoy iTunes music and videos without any restriction.

3. Remove DRM from iTunes music with Apple iMovie (Mac, iTunes Music Only)

Run iMovie and create a New Project.

In the iMovie window, select the ‘Music’ tab. You will notice that the top right portion of the interface now offers a media browser. Locate the playlist which contains purchased music, or search by artist/title.

Select the DRM-laden song and drag the file from the media browser into the iMovie timeline.

In order to export the song, iMovie requires that a visual image be associated with the audio track - iMovie thinks that it is going to be exporting a movie. Simply drag a blank image (or any other image) to the track above the previously imported audio file. Once iMovie has processed the image, select the ‘Export using QuickTime…’ sub menu item from found inside ‘Share’ in iMovie’s menu bar.

In the Save as… dialogue, select “Sound to AIFF” in the Export drop-down menu, Choose an appropriate directory for iMovie to export to, title the file, and select ‘Save’.

Locate the exported AIFF audio file and drag to your iTunes Library. Right-click on the file and select “Create MP3 Version”. Once completed, ‘Get Info’ on the new file, edit meta data, add album art, and trash the originally purchased and AIFF audio files from your iTunes library.

Note: If you fail to find the method that best fits you, you may take a look at this DRM Removals Software Review to get the best DRM removal tool to help you liberate your music/videos.

I believe many movie lovers will encounter a same problem that how to backup so many movies, for all the collected movie is our favorite and cannot bear to delet any one of them while the space of our hard drive is so limit that cannot save all of them. I am just one of such a movie lover who had encountered the same problem without exception until I found an easy way to burn all downloaded movies to DVD via a simple tool.

I love movies and often download movies via uTorrent. I would like to share my experience on how to convert uTorrent movies to DVD on Mac with all other people who have the same frustrater as me.

It is really very easy to burn downloaded uTorrent movie to DVD as long as you have chosen a good burning software. I use iSkysoft DVD Creator for Mac, so just take it as an example:

First, Download and install the program.
After the installation finished, double click the icon and you may find the interface which asks you to load files to create DVD. Drag the uTorrent files from your hard drive into the program directly.

Second,Burn uTorrent movie to DVD on Mac.
Once you have imported all the uTorrent movies that you want to burn into the program, please inserted a blank DVD disk into your Mac, then with a single click, you can burn a DVD from uTorrent movies on Mac successfully.

This is only my personal method to burned uTorrent movies to DVD, if you are interested and want to learn more, you can visit this professional guide on how to burn uTorrent movie to DVD on Mac.

AMV converter for Mac is a Mac OS X application that supports both Intel Processor and PowerPc. If you happen to buy a MP4/MTV player with video playback support that can only play AMV files, chances are you are using one of the Chinese made MP4/MTV portable players, otherwise known as S1 Mp3 Player. Don’t panic, AMV files is nothing but a propriety video format.

MTV/AMV Converter Mac provide you with the most powerful convert function. You can convert YouTube video, DVD, iMovie Projucts, iTune files or other video files in MOV, MP4, RMVB, DVD, DV, MOD, TOD, VOB, AVI, MPG, WMV file into AMV/MTV file so that you can play on your MP4 Player, MTV Player or your S1 MP3 Player.

With Mac AMV Converter, you can ajust your video files to get the special effection. You can Crop video, Trim video, Set effect, Merge files into one, and capture images from frame. Batch mode conversion make AMV Converter for Mac even more powerful and popular.

How to convert AVI/WMV/MOV/MP4/MPG/FLV/DV/M4V to AMV on Mac(Snow Leopard)?

Step 1: Load video files that you want to convert to .amv
Free Download this Mac AVI to AMV Converter. Install and run it on your Apple Macintosh. Choose the right version according to your Processor. It supports both Intel and PowerPC. Then click “Add File” button on the top left. And batch conversion supported by this AMV Converter for Mac, so you can load several files and convert at a time.

Step 2: Define the output format and output destination
Select AMV as the output file format from the “Profile” drop-down list and choose an folder from your Mac to store the output file format.

Tip: You can trim the video length by setting the starting point and end point by dragging the slider bars under the “Trim” effect previewing window.

Step 3: Start to convert Video to AMV Mac.
Click “Convert” and begin to convert Video to AMV with Video to AMV Converter Mac.

Got lots of text messages on iPhone and worried about their safety?

I’d like to share an easy way to save and backup your iPhone SMS to computer and set a password to keep them safe. What’s more, you can also print out your iPhone SMS messages as you wish.

Simply use this iPhone SMS to computer transfer software to transfer all SMS messages from iPhone to computer.

Here are easy steps to transfer SMS from iPhone to computer.

Step 1: Free Download iPhone SMS to computer transfer software and install it (click HERE to get the full version and save 20%).

Step 2: Connect iPhone to your computer.

Step 3: Launch iPhone SMS to computer transfer softw, the SMS contact info will be automatically displayed as shown in your iPhone screen (example see the following screenshot).

Note: Click on certain contact, the detailed SMS records will be displayed as shown in the below screenshot.

Step 4: If you want to copy all SMS to computer, click “Copy ALL SMS” on the top right of the first screenshot. And then select options:

1): Choose File Type: back up to TXT file or ANTS file; (The difference between TXT file and ANTS file lies in that ANTS file allows you to set a password for protection.
2): Choose File Path: set the desitnation parth for the exported file.
3): Advanced Option: if you choose ANTS file format, you can add a password to protect the file.
Click OK Button to finish the Copy.

Note: You can only copy the first 100 items for each contact in trail version.
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If you want to copy SMS from a specific contact, click “Copy SMS From who” button and select options:
1): Choose File Type: You can only select TXT file format in single contact sms transfer;
2): Choose File Path: where to store the backup file;
Note: Advanced Option is disabled in single contact sms transfer.
Click OK Button to finish the Copy.

To sumup, this Tansee iPhone Transfer SMS is a very useful tool for backup your iphone SMS details effortlessly. You might need it when you want to backup/manage your SMS on your pc. You can get its full version now HERE at a very competitive price, or see more details HERE (20% discount currently).

Hope this can help you manage all your iPhone SMS messages now.

The following step by step tutorial will share with you how to rip/copy DVD to popular video formats and extract audio from DVD with high output video/audio quality on Mac OS X (Tiger, Leopard or Snow Leopard) using Aiseesoft DVD Ripper for Mac.

Step 1. Download and install Aiseesoft DVD Ripper for Mac. ( Free Download )

Step 2. Import DVD Movies

Run Aiseesoft DVD Ripper for Mac. Click the “Load DVD” button to import the DVD movie you want to watch on your iPod.

After you add the DVD, you can choose any titles or chapters you want to convert by ticking the check boxes before them. You can choose to convert DVD with the entire movie or just one or several chapters at will; or you can choose to convert a segment of the DVD movie.

Step 3. Output Settings

Regular DVD movies usually have several subtitles such as English, French, German, etc. You can select the one you prefer. You can also delete the subtitle by selecting “No Subtitle”. It is the same to select “Audio”.

Extend the “Profile” drop-down menu and choose the format that best fits your iPod. Note: This DVD Ripper for Mac can also rip DVD to MP4, AVI, M4V, 3GP, MPG, MPEG, FLV, etc on Mac OS X.

If you want to customize the quality of the output video, you can click the “Settings” button to open the “Settings” window and set video resolution, frame rate, bit rate, encoder, etc. Aiseesoft DVD Ripper for mac lets you extract audio from DVD movie as well. You can set audio resolution, frame rate, bit rate and encoder on the ‘Settings’ panel.

Step 4. Start Conversion

After making the output settings, just click the “Start” button to start converting DVD for your iPod.

After you get the output video files, launch iTunes and start syncing them to your iPod.

There are several Tips and Tricks you can’t miss while using this DVD Ripper for Mac to rip DVD to iPod on Mac OS X:

1. Trim DVD Title or Chapter

If you want to capture a clip from the current title/chapter, you can click the Trim button to open the Trim window and trim the current title or chapter by dragging the Start Time slider to set the start time, and dragging the End Time slider to set the finish time. Then you can only rip segments from dvd on mac.

2. Crop DVD Video

If you want to remove the black edges or just convert an area from your movie video, you can click the Crop button to crop the video of the current title or chapter. You can specify an area either by dragging the frame around the video or setting the crop values: Top, Button, Left and Right. Above the crop pane, you can select an output aspect ratio and the available options are: Keep Original, full screen, 16:9 and 4:3. You can preview the video in the select aspect ratio on the main interface and during the conversion process.

3. Video Effect

If you want to adjust the video effect of your movie, you can click the Effect button and drag each effect adjustment slider to set the video brightness, contrast, saturation and video volume. You can also choose a special effect from the Effect drop-down list to apply to your movie.

It is recommended that you choose iMedia Converter for Mac if you want to both rip DVD and convert video to iPod on your Mac machine.