DVDRemaster Pro 4.4.1 - Metakine

DVDRemaster from Montreal-based Metakine is a utility that allows the recompression of dual-layer DVDs so they can fit onto single-layer, 4.7GB DVD discs... read more at MacUserUK

Ultimate DVD Player - Roni Music

Any software with the word 'ultimate' in its name had better have something special to offer. Ultimate DVD Player, however, doesn't quite live up to the accolade... read more at MacUserUK

Roxio Popcorn 3 - Roxio

Popcorn 3 converts DVDs and movie files to an even wider range of devices than before, including Xbox 360 and PlayStation 3... read more at MacLife

Adobe Encore CS3 - Adobe

Say hello to Premiere’s new best friend. Adobe Encore comes with Premiere Pro (which is also sold as part of the Adobe CS3 Production Premium suite and the CS3 Master Collection), but it’s by no means a no-frills DVD authoring application tossed in the box. Encore is a full-fledged DVD authoring app... read more at MacLife

DiskWarrior 4 - Alsoft

After a long wait, Alsoft has finally released its Universal version of DiskWarrior. This program is one of the stalwarts of disk repair for Macs, and has proven, over the years, to be one of the most reliable utilities for repairing disk directory problems. DiskWarrior both optimizes and repairs directories on hard disks, RAID volumes, FileVaults, disk images, and iPods... read more at Macworld

Disco 1.0 - MadeBySofa

When it comes to optical-disc-burning software, there's Roxio's Toast and there's everything else. So when an affordable disc-burning app like Disco comes along, you pay attention, especially when the developers claim on their website that Disco will be "last media-burning app you'll ever need." The reality is that Disco has a ways to go... read more at MacLife

Toast 8 Titanium - Roxio

For those who need more power than is offered by Mac OS X's built-in disc authoring tools, Roxio's Toast Titanium has long been the best authoring alternative... read more at MacUserUK

BounceBack Pro 7.1 - CMS Products

After you install BounceBack Pro and perform the obligatory restart, a set-up assistant appears on-screen to guide you through setting up a backup. If you have an external hard drive attached and select the default options, the software creates a bootable duplicate onto that drive. If you don’t have an external drive, the default option is to store a duplicate of your user Documents folder... read more at Macworld

Backup 3.1 - Apple

To use Backup, you begin by creating a Plan—a combination of items to back up, one or more destinations, and a schedule for each destination. You can create as many Plans as you want. To make the process as easy as possible, Backup provides several predefined templates you can use or modify to suit your needs. Or, you can use a custom template to create your own... read more at Macworld

Data Backup 2.1 - Prosoft Engineering

Prosoft Engineering’s Data Backup 2.1 offers simple options for beginners, while including numerous advanced options for power users. The first time you launch the program, it looks for an external hard drive and, if it finds one, offers to use that as the default destination; otherwise, it asks you to choose a destination. You can then drag files, folders, or an entire volume into the Sources field and click Start Now for an immediate, hassle-free backup... read more at Macworld

Retrospect Desktop 6.1 - EMC Insignia

Retrospect Desktop 6.1, from EMC Insignia, is one of four editions of the software available for Macs. The Workgroup and Server editions add features to handle large networks and computers running OS X Server; the Express edition, bundled free with numerous hard drives and optical drives, omits network backups and tape drive support. Retrospect’s design caters to the needs of network administrators... read more at Macworld

Personal Backup X4 10.4.5 - Intego

Intego’s Personal Backup X4 10.4.5 has an unmistakably friendly interface that makes backups appear quite simple. Pick a backup type, choose your source and a destination, click a button, and you’re off. Behind this easy-to-use system is a full-featured backup application with some surprisingly advanced options—and also some surprising limitations... read more at Macworld

Tri-BACKUP 4.0.4 - TRI-EDRE

Although all backup programs differ somewhat in their use of terminology, Tri-BACKUP differs more. If you want to make a bootable duplicate, the mode you choose is Direct Copy—not to be confused with Mirror Backup, which copies all files into a new folder on the destination volume. For incremental archives in which old copies of files are preserved, you choose the Evolutive Mirror Backup... read more at Macworld

PresStore 2.3 - Archiware

As storage capacities grow, traditional backup systems are finding it more difficult to get the job done. PresStore is a client-server enterprise standard backup, archive and synchronising solution that really gets to grips with the problems of dealing with large quantities of data, solving the problems with an admin-friendly approach... read more at MacUserUK

Popcorn 2 - Roxio

Our first thought when we reviewed Popcorn 1.0, Roxio's application for DVD-to-DVD copying was, 'why?' Pocorn provided an elegant way to copy content from one DVD to another and enabled you to compress the content of commercial dual-layer discs so it would fit on a regular single-layer DVD. However, it didn't (and still doesn't) allow you to make copies of encrypted DVDs... read more at MacUserUK

Fast DVD Copy 4 - Velan Software

Fast DVD Copy is an all-in-one DVD-copying program that’s designed to let you make personal or backup copies of DVDs and video games you own. After watching my child practically eat my Finding Nemo disc, I can see the use in that. The product works great, but there’s one catch: The software isn’t technically legal... read more at MacAddict

Drive Genius 1.1.5 - A M Micro

Prosoft Engineering has updated its suite of disk tools to version 1.1.5, and the headline change is compatibility with Mac OS X 10.4 Tiger; indeed the CD on which the software is supplied will boot your computer into Tiger for testing. Don't get excited - you can't use it to upgrade your installed system... read more at MacUserUK

Toast 7 Titanium - Roxio

IF THERE'S ONE thing we learned from Willie Wonka (oh, but there's so much more), it is that it's lonely at the top. Corner a market, and people only expect more from you as competitors try to take your ideas. The market for Mac disc-writing software would have to be described as cornered by Roxio Toast Titanium... read more at macHOME

CopyCatX 2.5 - SubRosaSoft

IF YOU HAVE ever had a hard drive fail, you know how true it is that there's nothing like a failed hard drive to reveal the adequacy of (or lack thereof) one's backup procedures. SubRosaSoft's CopyCatX 2.5 takes a very simple approach to backing up; it sends in the clones. The program uses "device-to-device copying" instead of "file-by-file" copying... read more at macHOME

DVD2oneX 1.4.1 - DVD2one

It’s impossible to copy a commercial DVD directly with either company’s software, because neither product has the ability to remove a DVD’s CSS encryption (one of the major issues in the 321 Studios lawsuit) nor strip away Macrovision copy protection.... read more at Macworld

Drive Genius - Prosoft

ProSoft's Drive Genius is a suite of disk tools designed to analyse a hard drive, identify and fix current problems and prevent future ones. It also has a few other neat tricks up its sleeve, such as the ability to edit partitions on a disk without erasing it, edit sectors, and clone a disk .... read more at MacUserUK

Popcorn - Roxio

Roxio's Popcorn is an application that's desperately in need of a purpose. Its tag line 'Copy DVDs and Movies' seems to suggest it's the ideal way to back up your DVD collection. But further investigation reveals that it's not capable of breaking the Macrovision encryption used by all commercial DVDs. For that you'll need, as Popcorn's documentation helpfully points out, a DVD-ripping application .... read more at MacUserUK

BounceBack Professional - CMS Products

If you want to make regular backups of your entire computer, and want a program that’ll take care of it for you, BounceBack Professional might be exactly what you need. It’s designed to make full, automatic backups of your entire hard disk to an external disk or a second internal disk..... read more at Macworld

Fast DVD Copy/ Fast DVD Copy 2.1 - Velan

If you're a parent who just purchased your third copy of Finding Nemo because thrice-weekly viewings have destroyed the first two copies, or if you're a road warrior who prefers to take copies of movies with you so the originals don't get scratched, you've probably wondered how to make easy backup copies of your commercial DVDs. ... read more at Macworld

Retrospect 6.0 - Dantz

Backup programs are mission critical for all users, no matter how they earn a living. Dantz Development's Retrospect backup software, the most popular of this genre, performs