With a Mac at hand, you can do a lot of wonderful things, for example, watch movies with the best audio and video quality retained due to Mac's Retina display. Of course, you can also enjoy the fluency and smooth the powerful hardware of Mac will bring. Definitely, if you are a DVD movie lover, you can make full use of Mac to help you author a DVD. If you are still not familar with DVD authoring, no problem, we have everything you need to know ablut DVD authoring. But generally speaking, DVD authoring refers to the process of creating a DVD. In some cases, you may have the need to store your videos in a set of DVDs which can be shared in a family union or in a public party among your families and friends. Then you have to know the art of DVD authoring which will allow you to create a complete DVD to be compatible with DVD players. DVD authoring on Mac is the process to combine video, audio, images, animation or other files onto a DVD which could be viewed as DVD content on a streaming device via some DVD authoring software. Before authoring a DVD on Mac, you need to prepare DVD authoring software for Mac. In the following article, you will come to know more details about authoring a DVD.

Part 1. The preparation before authoring a DVD

In order to author a DVD on Mac successfully, of course you will need a Mac PC first. Secondly, if the Mac doesn't contain an internal DVD drive, you are going to have to prepare an external DVD drive. These two are easy, and I beleive you have already had them by your side if you are ready to author a DVD.

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Once both is prepared, a piece of DVD authoring software is needed at the point. Now this is the tricky part. Among all the programs we can search on the Internet, Which is the best DVD authoring program? Keep reading while I'll introduce some of the best ones to you.

Part 2. The most powerful DVD authoring software on Mac: Leawo DVD Creator for Mac

In order to do the OSX DVD authoring smoothly, here I will recommend you to take use of Leawo DVD Creator for Mac which is regarded one of the most powerful DVD authoring software for Mac in recent years. It can allow you burn more than 180+ formats videos and photos into a DVD with lossless quality retained. It has a variety of menu templates for your option in order to make a personalized DVD disc. Also, its comprehensive processing technology make its authoring DVD speed to be 6X faster than others. With it, you can burn different types of DVD disc with ease and accuracy. For the detailed information on DVD authoring on Mac, please refer to the following steps.

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  • Leawo DVD Creator

    • Convert all video files like MP4, AVI, MKV to DVD fast.
    • Create DVD-5, DVD-9 disc, folder and/or ISO image without quality loss.
    • 1-click operation to create photo slideshows and burn to DVD easily.
    • 1-click ISO image burner to burn ISO image file to DVD disc.
    • Multiple built-in menu templates and edit disc menu with personal preferrences.
    • Easily editable video effects, 2D to 3D conversion support.

Step 1. Download Leawo DVD Creator for Mac and run it on your Mac.

Step 2. If the Mac has an internal drive, insert a blank DVD into the drive; if the Mac doesn't have an internal drive, select an external drive to connect it to the Mac and insert the blank DVD to the external drive.

Step 3. Add the video you would like to burn to DVD to the software by clicking "Add Video" on the main interface.

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Step 4.Select the appropriate disc menu templates and related DVD output type.

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Step 5. Start authoring DVD process. After selecting the menu template, you can click the green button on the top "Burn" to enter the final burning panel. Before beginning burning the video files to DVD, you need to confirm "Burn to" and "Save to" options. Finally click the "Burn" icon below to start DVD authoring process.

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Part 3. More DVD authoring software for Mac

Apart from Leawo DVD Creator for Mac, you can also use other DVD authoring software for Mac. Now here are some other programs that you can choose for DVD authoring on Mac.

No. 1 Apple DVD Studio Pro

The first DVD authoring program for Mac I will introduce is Apple DVD Studio Pro. As a professional Mac DVD program, it can help you to burn videos to a new DVD disc easily. It also allows you to customized DVD menu and slide shows.

No. 2 DVDCreator

The second authoring DVD program on my recommendation list is DVDCreator. As a professional DVD burner, it can create a DVD from a collection of videos and photos with built-in video editor and personal menu templates. You can edit the videos freely and can select the DVD type based on your own preference.

No. 3 Adobe Encore

Adobe Encore can your another OSX DVD authoring program. It is formerly known as Adobe Encore DVD which can provide you the direct way of burning DVD. But it is not updated very often. If your Mac is the newest version, then it may not be compatible.

No. 4 4Media DVD Creator for Mac

If you are searching for a simple DVD burner, then 4Media DVD Creator for Mac could be your good choice. You can only insert the video files to the program and it will help you to burn the files to a new DVD immediately. But its interface is too old and it lacks of menu settings.

Conclusion

By referring to the above recommended DVD authoring software for Mac, you can have a variety of choices according to your own requirements. Among them, I will push Leawo DVD Creator in the first place due to its all-in-one burning functions and customized menu titles which may allow you to obtain a satisfactory DVD disc.