Thanks to everyone who replied, I'm hoping I've now got it sorted. I knew that Apple TV needed ITunes 10 but I didn't realise you needed 10.5 to run it, my 10.4 Mac "wanted" me to upgrade to ITunes 10 everytime I opened ITunes and it was only when I tried to download it, failed and looked on the internet that I found out why.
As far as I can see there's no system requirements on the Apple TV box or in the documentation that came with it and I thought it would just "work" (Apple user from 1986). I'd also note that ITunes 10 is supported on WindowsXP. Since yesterday when I bought the Apple TV I've been able to access podcasts and movies through the ITunes store but unable to connect to my G5 to stream music files, here's hoping that will be fixed soon. Thanks again to the helpful members of WAMUG Chris, long time lurker ________________________________ From: Daniel Kerr <[email protected]> To: WAMUG Mailing List <[email protected]> Sent: Sun, 6 February, 2011 9:12:55 PM Subject: Re: System 10.5.1 needed Lol,..you bet me to it Ronni. Was just going to say it works fine on a PPC machine, as I set up a machine up for a client with 10.5 so they could get iTunes 10 going on it. I love the shops that sell the product, then wonder why the person can't get it working on their machine.... So they contact me and find they need an OS update for it to work,.... I think I've done about 3 machines like that just recently with the install and upgrades. I'm running out of 10.5 CD's i had,...lol. Kind Regards Daniel On 06/02/2011, at 9:07 PM, Ronda Brown wrote: > <http://www.apple.com/itunes/download/> > Macintosh Hardware > • Mac computer with an Intel, PowerPC G5 or G4 processor > • Intel, PowerPC G5 or 1.0GHz PowerPC G4 or faster processor is required > to >play Standard Definition video from the iTunes Store > • 2.0GHz Intel Core 2 Duo or faster processor is required to play HD > video, >an iTunes LP, or iTunes Extras from the iTunes Store > • 512MB of RAM; 1GB is required to play HD video, an iTunes LP, or iTunes >Extras > • Screen resolution of 1024x768 or greater; 1280x800 or greater is > required >to play an iTunes LP or iTunes Extras > • Playing videos also requires at least 16MB of video RAM > • Broadband Internet connection to use the iTunes Store > • Apple combo drive or SuperDrive to create audio, MP3, or back-up CDs; >some non-Apple CD-RW recorders may also work. > • Apple SuperDrive to back up your library to DVDs; some non-Apple DVD-RW >drives may also work. > Macintosh Software > • Mac OS X version 10.5 or later > • QuickTime 7.6 or later > • Support for HE-AAC requires QuickTime 7.6.4 or later > • Safari 4.0.3 or later > • 200MB of available disk space > > On 06/02/2011, at 9:00 PM, Daniel Forsdyke wrote: > >> Hi Chris >> >> Check the minimum system requirements for iTunes 10. I believe it may >> require >>an intel chip machine, no matter which OSX version you have. >> >> Regards >> Daniel Forsdyke >> -- >> An Apple iPhone4 creation >> >> On 06/02/2011, at 20:51, Greg Bell <[email protected]> wrote: >> >>> Hi, >>> >>> A copy of 10.5 can be acquired from your local bit torrent provider for $0. >>> I >>>had to do the same for a friend of mine with a G4 notebook recently. Would >>>have >>>been fine to buy a copy, but Apple no longer provides it. >>> >>> Regards >>> >>> Greg >>> >>> On 06/02/2011, at 10:20, Chris Stocks <[email protected]> wrote: >>> >>>> Hope somebody can help. >>>> >>>> Currently running 10.4.11 on a PPC G5 Imac with ITunes 9. >>>> >>>> I bought an Apple TV on the weekend and tried to download ITunes 10 to >>>> use >>>>with it and found I need system 10.5 to run ITunes 10 so I can then share >>>>my >>>>files. >>>> >>>> It looks like Apple no longer sell this so wondering if anybody has a >>>> version >>>>suitable for the machine above, I am willing to pay. >>>> >>>> Thanks in advance >>>> Chris >>>> >>>> >>>> >>>> >>>> >>>> >>>> >>>> >>>> -- The WA Macintosh User Group Mailing List -- >>>> Archives - <http://www.wamug.org.au/mailinglist/archives.shtml> >>>> Guidelines - <http://www.wamug.org.au/mailinglist/guidelines.shtml> >>>> Unsubscribe - <mailto:[email protected]> >>> >>> >>> >>> -- The WA Macintosh User Group Mailing List -- >>> Archives - <http://www.wamug.org.au/mailinglist/archives.shtml> >>> Guidelines - <http://www.wamug.org.au/mailinglist/guidelines.shtml> >>> Unsubscribe - <mailto:[email protected]> >> >> >> >> -- The WA Macintosh User Group Mailing List -- >> Archives - <http://www.wamug.org.au/mailinglist/archives.shtml> >> Guidelines - <http://www.wamug.org.au/mailinglist/guidelines.shtml> >> Unsubscribe - <mailto:[email protected]> > > Cheers, > Ronni > > 17" MacBook Pro Intel Core i7 > 2.66GHz / 8GB / 1067 MHz DDR3 / 500GB Serial ATA Drive @ 7200rpm > > OS X 10.6.6 Snow Leopard > Windows 7 Ultimate (under sufferance) > > > > > > > > > > > > -- The WA Macintosh User Group Mailing List -- > Archives - <http://www.wamug.org.au/mailinglist/archives.shtml> > Guidelines - <http://www.wamug.org.au/mailinglist/guidelines.shtml> > Unsubscribe - <mailto:[email protected]> -- The WA Macintosh User Group Mailing List -- Archives - <http://www.wamug.org.au/mailinglist/archives.shtml> Guidelines - <http://www.wamug.org.au/mailinglist/guidelines.shtml> Unsubscribe - <mailto:[email protected]> -- The WA Macintosh User Group Mailing List -- Archives - <http://www.wamug.org.au/mailinglist/archives.shtml> Guidelines - <http://www.wamug.org.au/mailinglist/guidelines.shtml> Unsubscribe - <mailto:[email protected]>
