Many DVD fans would love to save DVD movies as ISO image files or simply copy DVD to ISO for backing up those fantastic DVD files and easily playing them on their media center. Here we will show you how to convert DVD to ISO on Mac by using DVD to ISO Converter for Mac, and manage those ISO files for all the Mac user

When you have several .ISO files you have either downloaded from the Internet or saved as .ISO files on your hard disk, and you want to burn them to DVD discs to play on DVD Player, before burning, let's have a better learn iso files firstly.

What is ISO Image?

An ISO image is an archive file (also known as a disk image) of an optical disc in a format defined by the International Organization for Standardization (ISO). This format is supported by many software vendors. ISO image files typically have a file extension of .iso. The name ISO is the common CD or DVD disc image format based on ISO-9660 standard. An ISO image file contains an exact duplicate of data from the original disc. It includes the data saved on the disc as well as the file system information, such as directory structures, file attributes and boot code. If you want to know how to create .ISO image and play ISO files on Mac, please refer to DVD to ISO.

1. Free Play ISO on Mac with Apple DVD Player

To play a movie that is saved in ISO file format on Mac OS X, start the built-in DVD Player (find it in the Applications Folder, Apple DVD Media Playerand it won't be on the Dock at the bottom of your screen by default).

Then in Finder (or on your Desktop) double click the ISO file to "mount" the ISO movie file. Apple DVD Player will automatically recognize that a movie DVD has been loaded and will start playing the movie immediately.

2. Free Play ISO on Mac With VLC Player

Anther, you also can use "VLC" player to Play ISO Free on Mac. Just open the VLC media player and drag the ISO file to the VLC menu. Double click to start playing.

With these methods you can play ISO Files on your Mac, most of all, you can play DVD Movies which saved as ISO files on the newest Mac OS Snow Leopard.

3. Play ISO Free on Mac with Front Row

Now we have to recur the Front Row to play ISO image. Put ISO file into a folder with a movies name, and then put this folder into the Movies Folder. Now you can play ISO Image with Front Row of your Mac.

Note: If you want to burn your favorite ISO file to DVD, you can go to try dvd copy for Mac, it can help you burn ISO file to DVD with high speed and quality.

If you want to get other tips about mac, we strongly recommend you: dvd ripper for mac, or put dvd on ipod on mac, with these guides, I bet you will be very good at palying with your mac.

Ok, now, after reading this article, you must have acquired the tips to play iso file on mac for free. What are you waiting for, just have a try!