FairMount For Mac

FairMount is a minimalist application that uses a videolan.org library to decrypt DVDs and mount the contents on your Mac, in a decrypted disc image. This way, you will be able to access and copy the content stored on the disc a lot faster.

The FairMount project is based on the libdvdcss DVD library that has been developed by videolan.org for the VLC media player.

As a result, to be able to use the utility, you must previously install the DVD library: unfortunately the download link provided by the FairMount app no longer works (FairMount automatically detects if the library is present), but you can easily download a binary compiled by our team.

However, keep in mind that FairMount is no longer under development, even though the binary and source code is still available thanks to its open source status. This means that, if you encounter any issues, you will have to find a solution on your own.

Working with the FairMount application is extremely straightforward: the app automatically detects any mounted DVD, and replaces the original with a decrypted image. This gives you the opportunity to browse the disc content via the Finder app, just like you would do on an external drive.

Thanks to the FairMount app, the DVD ripping process is reduced to simply dragging and dropping the files to your disk. Note that you will view the decrypted discs in the FairMount main window, together with their status, the amount of data read, and the number of bad sectors.

To conclude, FairMount is a small but very useful tool that can help you simplify the backup procedure for your DVD collection: you can copy the info to your drive a lot easier, without having to use a DVD ripping tool.