Hi! I've got a bundle installation of GarageBand, iDVD, iMovie HD and iPhoto from my Power Mac G5 (Late 2005, Dual-Core, 2 GHz), originally with Mac OS X 10.4.2 pre-installed (restored using the Restore DVDs).
Now, after upgrading to Mac OS X 10.5.8 (with steps in between to 10.4.11, 10.5.4) I noticed that I can actually use all iLife applications, with the one exception: iDVD. The versions installed are: GarageBand 2.0.2 iMovie HD 5.0.2 iPhoto 5.0.4 iDVD is latest version 5.0.1, but it keeps complaining about running on a not supported version of Mac OS X. I did find several posts about this at the “Apple Support Communities”: https://discussions.apple.com/message/8825011#8825011 https://discussions.apple.com/message/11655279#11655279 https://discussions.apple.com/message/17051352#17051352 (I also wrote something at one of the linked discussions…) It is very hard to believe that iDVD 5.0.1 should really be incompatible with Leopard, while the other iLife '05 applications (the ones I have in the bundle) continue working. So, what are my options? 1) Don't use iDVD at all? I guess I could (not, haha) do that. But I kind of paid for it, right? 2) Downgrade to 10.4.11 Tiger? Some other stuff will stop working. Just one lousy example is VLC: the older version for Tiger doesn't support WebM decoding – I've tried! So, downgrade is not really a good idea. 3) Upgrade to iLife '06/'08/'09? Why pay for something that I don't need? I'm very happy with the iLife '05 stuff that I already have. I'd rather go with option 1)… 4) Hack something … to make it work? Yes, is that possible? For example, can I fake an applications so that it thinks it's running on a different version of Mac OS X? What do/did you do, when you have/had this issue? Thanks for your time! Andreas aka Mac User #330250 -- You received this message because you are a member of G-Group, a group for those using G3, G4, and G5 desktop Macs - with a particular focus on Power Macs. The list FAQ is at http://lowendmac.com/lists/g-list.shtml and our netiquette guide is at http://www.lowendmac.com/lists/netiquette.shtml To post to this group, send email to [email protected] For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/g3-5-list
