MakeMKV is well known for the ability to rip your DVDs and Blu-ray discs and store them in an open-source MKV file. You can imagine how depressed and hopeless users have been feeling since MakeMKV failed to work on OS X Yosemite. Until now, there is no sign that MakeMKV will be ugraded to support Yosemite. Don't worry, there is an excellent MakeMKV alternative for Yosemite let you can also use to rip, copy and convert Blu-ray/DVDs to any format or device on the new operating system.

The best alternative to MakeMKV we highly recommend here is EaseFab LosslessCopy for Mac. It not only allows you to make a lossless multi-track MKV copy with all the subtitle languages, audio tracks (5.1 and 7.1 audio), chapter information well keeped, but also gives you the flexibility to make a full disc copy, main movie copy, Blu-ray/DVD to digital file formats and devcie preset profile formats conversion for better storage, playback on Mac, iPhone, iPad or streaming to TV via Apple TV or game consoles, etc. In addition, it also offers other useful features and functions to ensure you a better Blu-ray/DVD conversion experience such as automatically select the main Blu-ray/DVD disc title (the one with the largest file size and longest video length) and viewing experience like audio track and subtitle settings function, output profile settings adjustment or distinctive video editing package and video split and merge option.

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Note that this great MakeMKV Yosemite alternative app can also work on macOS Sierra, El Capitan, Mavericks 10.9, Mountain Lion 10.8, and Mac OS X 10.6, 10.7. Below is a step-by-step guide to mainly show you how to convert Blu-ray/DVDs to MKV with your desired audio and subtitle tracks for uses.

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How to backup Blu-ray to MKV with mutiple audio/subtitle tracks on Mac OS X Yosemite

Step 1: Load Blu-ray movies

Insert the Blu-ray disc to the BD drive and then click the Load Disc button to have Blu-ray movies uploaded to EaseFab LosslessCopy. You can also import DVD files, BD/DVD ISO files, IFO files or Blu-ray/DVD folder for conversion.

Note: When importing a Blu-ray disc, please make sure that your PC has been equipped with an external or internal Blu-ray drive to recognize your Blu-ray disc.

Step 2: Choose multi-track output - Lossless MKV

Click the format bar to follow "Multi-track Video" > "Lossless/encoded Multi-track MKV (*.mkv)", which enables you to get the output video with multiple audio tracks and subtitles.

Step 3: Multi-task settings

Click "Settings" to switch to the "Multi-task Settings" interface where you can change video/audio/subtitle settings. Click the "Audio" tab to check the audio channels you want and uncheck the unwanted. Click the "Subtitle" tab to check the subtitle language you want to keep and uncheck the unwanted ones.

Step 4: Start converting Blu-ray to lossless MKV

Go back to the main UI and click "Convert" to start conversion from Blu-ray to lossless MKV with multiple audio tracks and subtitles preserved.

Additional Tips:

Besides ripping, the EaseFab LosslessCopy also offers enough freedom for all movie lovers like you to back up your favorite Blu-ray or DVD movies in a personalized way. Two different copy modes: Copy the entire disc and Directly Copy (Copy the main movie) are provided to let you copy the exact movie part you want. Just the selected your wanted one.

Copy the entire disc

Directly Copy