You beat me to it! I grew up a block away from Taylor's 2nd location on 13th St, so got hooked at an early age. It later became Smitty's Sandwich Shop with basically the same menu. They were quite good also, but not quite in the same league as Taylor's.

I use it (rarely) on a pc, but don't remember that ever being a problem. It seems to always be able to make a rip, just with quality issues sometimes. You might try DVDFab if it's available for the mac. The filesizes are larger but quality is generally superior to handbrake. I'm pretty sure you can use it for the 30…