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1. mario Says:
March 13th, 2008 at 2:38 amcan’t wait till you can get it working on leopard. Awesome work
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2. p-J Says:
March 13th, 2008 at 9:10 amCould someone post the download link?
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3. macgeek Says:
March 13th, 2008 at 9:16 amp-J look closer at the first picture.
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March 13th, 2008 at 9:19 amOw, lol sorry, thnx :p
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5. Macopoulos Says:
March 13th, 2008 at 9:28 amniiiiiiiiiiiice!!!
greetz from greekz!
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March 13th, 2008 at 9:42 amJust tried this on a friend’s Macbook Pro, but now he can’t login anymore?
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March 13th, 2008 at 9:50 amMaybe not for leopard?
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March 13th, 2008 at 9:52 amp-J, did you read that it will not work on Leopard and nuke your install if you try?
You can still recover your Leopard install by restoring the following frameworks from your Leopard install DVD:
/System/Library/PrivateFrameworks/BackRow.framework
/System/Library/PrivateFrameworks/iPhotoAccess.framework
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March 13th, 2008 at 10:09 amBummer, too bad it doesn’t work with leopard…
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March 13th, 2008 at 10:13 amApple did not upgrade the Apple TV OS to Leopard. It still runs Tiger version 10.4.8. I would suggest you install Tiger on a small external HD, and load atv4mac from there. Or create a dedicated partition.
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March 13th, 2008 at 10:29 amCould you maby give me the commands i should type in the terminal of the DVD?
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March 13th, 2008 at 10:31 amThere are no patches for it to run on Leopard.. some workarounds or something??
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13. Dennis Says:
March 13th, 2008 at 5:40 pmIf you are having problems with the resolution, press Menu and + on the remote while in AppleTV and you will be able to select a better one.
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14. rudiger Says:
March 14th, 2008 at 5:26 amCongrats on your latest release. As soon as I can procure a copy of Tiger 10.4.8+ I will give this a try.
How is it on HD downloads such as HD Podcasts and HD trailers? Can you rent a movie using this latest version of ATV4mac 1.3? -
March 14th, 2008 at 8:10 amrudiger, someone with an iTunes account in the States should try and report back. I did not receive many feedback from the users… How is it going guys? Be sure to get release 1.3, it should work with no modifications! Peace.
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16. PAULO Says:
March 14th, 2008 at 7:05 pmDoes it support DVDs ? I’m using Leopard’s Front Row to play both DVDs and media files on my TV, so playing DVDs for me is a must.
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March 14th, 2008 at 7:55 pmI got a copy of Tiger headed my way! Can’t wait to try this out. Got my external drive all ready.
The big grief I had with Apple TV was that the processor and RAM wasn’t powerful enough to run DVD rips. Hopefully NitoTv and Sapphire will mature enough so that they can run stable on Take 2.
A question macgeek: did you install the take 2 plugins the same you would have install them on a regular AppleTV device? (SSH, copy files over, run the install as sudo?) -
March 14th, 2008 at 9:18 pmrudiger, it’s even easier on a mac. Just drop the xxx.frappliance plugins files in /System/Library/CoreServices/Front\ Row.app/Contents/PlugIns/
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19. Gabe Says:
March 15th, 2008 at 3:57 amSadly, no support for HD rentals. Tells you that you need to be hooked up via HDMI or something like that. Sadly you are told this AFTER purchasing and attempting to play videos…
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20. Roman Says:
March 15th, 2008 at 12:43 pmi tried to rent a movie (simpsons the movie - hd) from american itunes store account. the download startet but at the end (after 99%) an error message came up that the movie could not have been downloaded. whenever i try to restart the download from the menu-settings-downloads message, the error message comes up again.
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March 15th, 2008 at 1:31 pmwhen checking downloads it states:”download error -42177″. and: “please check later”. it’s kind of strange because the download startet (up until 99%) without any problem. any clue what the problem could be?
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March 15th, 2008 at 3:19 pmRoman, check in the root of your harddisk (disk labeled disk0s1) if the Media folder was created. If not try to create a media folder, but I think this will require patching AppleTV framework with your own unique device id.
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March 15th, 2008 at 5:13 pmmedia folder is there. i deleted the downloaded files and started to download again. after 5 min. or so atv says that the movie is ready to watch. since it dont want to watch the movie now, i let it continue to download and again / the error pops up. movie is not playable then. any hints?
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24. Ryan Nicholson Says:
March 15th, 2008 at 5:58 pmI tried this on my tiger mac mini running 10.4.11 and it fails to open any answers
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March 16th, 2008 at 1:11 pmgot it working now lol
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March 18th, 2008 at 12:15 amWorks great, but does not to select more of 1280 x 768, my tv is 1360 x 768, it´s possible?. And no start with remote.
Sorry for my english.
Thanks for your help.
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March 18th, 2008 at 9:16 amPatrick, I don’t know, I don’t have such huge TV
If you like my work, consider donating a few bucks and I would reinvest it in required hardware 
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28. Sgt-Baker Says:
March 18th, 2008 at 3:04 pmIt doesnt seem to remember any of the settings after an exit, I have to reset the resolution with each start. Also the menu behaves weird, perhaps due to the res reset with each start-up.
Also, it doesnt seem to pass AC3 audio out even if the movie contains it.
Even with those few quirks, this rocks man… and many many thanks!
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March 18th, 2008 at 6:00 pmThis is great. However, is it supposed to connect with my iTunes library? I can’t figure out how to do that and would appreciate some assistance if anybody can help.
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March 18th, 2008 at 10:40 pmLeopard’s Front Row is dreadful and I’d much prefer the Tiger one but…this is better than both, that is hoping it will eventually get onto Leopard - I understand why it isn’t at the mo.
Anyways, main thing is, does it work with iTunes i.e. when you launch Front Row it continues playing the iTunes song etc…That’s my main bugbear with Leopard’s version, beyond the interface!
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31. D4Mn! Says:
March 18th, 2008 at 11:28 pmHey! Does anyone want to post the download link? Pretty Please?
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32. lekid Says:
March 19th, 2008 at 6:39 amThis is just amazing!!
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March 19th, 2008 at 7:59 amSure you can stream video from your Apple TV Take 2 to your HDTV, but what if you want to stream content to your Mac? Try out ATV4mac, downloadable from MacGeek. It’s a plugin that enables you to run your…
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34. Ivo Says:
March 19th, 2008 at 9:34 amcan’t wait to download, hope the legal issues are resolved quickly!
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March 19th, 2008 at 11:24 amI cant wait till it could work on leopard! I wish it would be soon! This sounds so exciting!
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36. Robert Says:
March 19th, 2008 at 4:35 pmIs this supposed to work on a PPC as well? I installed it on my PPC 10.4.11, however after I rebooted, my Cube kept hanging at the start-up. Hope it works on PPC as well though as I think this would be an awesome application.
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March 22nd, 2008 at 3:23 pmNo run from the remote?.
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March 25th, 2008 at 3:35 amCan’t find a bit torrent for this, anybody able to seed?
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March 25th, 2008 at 8:40 pmI can not find the link to download. HELP ME!!!!!
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March 25th, 2008 at 11:21 pmAre you blind
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41. muadDib Says:
March 25th, 2008 at 11:47 pmDo you need a password for the dmg file to open?
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March 25th, 2008 at 11:47 pmYes! The download link is up! But the DMG requires a password. Where do i go to find this password?
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March 25th, 2008 at 11:51 pmAh, never mind, there it is. Thanks guys!
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March 25th, 2008 at 11:53 pmI am an idiot. But at least there are more of me. The password is directly below the download link. entitled dmg password.
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March 26th, 2008 at 10:19 amIs there also an Uninstaller?
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March 26th, 2008 at 10:57 amTo uninstall: Delete /System/Library/CoreServices/Front Row.app, then run Apple’s Software Update and install Front Row.app.
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March 26th, 2008 at 1:42 pmHi, I’m getting this error when I go to install:
ERROR: ATV4mac Installer returned 5
What am I doing wrong?
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March 26th, 2008 at 3:12 pm@Alastair: did you drag the ATV4mac Installer into your Applications folder ? It cannot be run straight from the dmg.
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March 26th, 2008 at 3:24 pmYup, I’m running the installer from my apps folder.
Here’s the full error message:2008-03-26 15:21:51.385 atv4mac-gui[1175] *** NSTask: Task create for path /Applications/ATV4mac Installer.app/Contents/Resources/atv4mac-gui.app/Contents/Resources/b_atv4mac failed: 8, “Exec format error”.
ERROR: ATV4mac Installer returned 5
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March 26th, 2008 at 3:35 pmAre you running a PowerPC mac? Intel macs are only supported.
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March 26th, 2008 at 3:36 pmJust thought of something, is this intel only? Would explain why it’s not installing.
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March 26th, 2008 at 3:39 pmSnap. Yeah, I’m still rockin’ out my ppc. That’s a shame, thanks for the help.
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March 26th, 2008 at 4:42 pmWill you release a version that works on ppc??
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54. Joe Hair Says:
March 26th, 2008 at 5:07 pmIt’s not working for me on my intel Mac Mini. Here’s the install log. Any ideas what’s wrong?
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Do not copy/paste logs results here.
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March 26th, 2008 at 5:48 pmYeah the it’s not working on mine either (on a macbook)
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March 26th, 2008 at 7:22 pmWhich is the changelog from 1.4?
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March 26th, 2008 at 7:49 pmPatrick: Read the goddamn README ^^
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March 26th, 2008 at 8:24 pmDoesn’t work for me on fresh Tiger install with all updates to 10..4.11
The new Front Row.app will not launch. Gives me “Malformed Mach-O file” - the binary is not in a valid format. Something going wrong with the installer
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March 26th, 2008 at 8:33 pmThose who are having problems, please redownload the files, I did a few bugfixes.
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March 26th, 2008 at 8:37 pmMacgeek,
Shouldn’t you change the version to 1.4.1 due to these recent fixes ?
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March 26th, 2008 at 8:38 pmnevermind …
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62. roloc Says:
March 26th, 2008 at 8:51 pmTrying to install on 10.4.11, but keep getting this error message:
ERROR: ATV4mac Installer returned 5
I have front row working, and xcode 2.5
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March 26th, 2008 at 8:57 pm1.4.1 seems to fix the plugin install errors, but not the others. See http://pastebin.ca/958631 for an updated logfile. Thanks for trying!
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March 26th, 2008 at 9:10 pmStill failing - http://pastebin.ca/958652
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65. DocTauri Says:
March 26th, 2008 at 10:14 pmI’m getting the same error as tomtomtom
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66. crazymac Says:
March 26th, 2008 at 10:19 pmMacgeek,
need help.i try to input the dmg password : macgeekblong.com(is thats correct?) but why always fail.
thanks,
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March 26th, 2008 at 10:34 pmcrazymac, password is macgeekblog.com not macgeekblong.com. Stop smoking weed !
Btw how did you get to my blog, rofl -
March 26th, 2008 at 10:39 pmI’m so waiting for you to find a way to make it work on leopard
could be a reason to come back to 10.4 :phowever i love time machine WAY too much to do that ^^
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March 26th, 2008 at 10:50 pmmuse69, resize your main partition and create a second 10GB partition for holding Tiger. Then you can dual boot Leopard and Tiger with refit. Hope Apple will allow virtualization of their OS soon.
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March 26th, 2008 at 11:38 pmSo has anyone figured out the proper alignment of the stars to get the 1.4.1 installer to work?
Thanks for the work!
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March 27th, 2008 at 2:20 amThanks for the hard work macgeek. I love the prospect, but can’t seem to get it to work on my Intel Mini. Having the same issues as Joe Hair: Keep getting “No such file or directory for FrontRow.app and all frappliances…
Any suggestions?
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72. Seb Says:
March 27th, 2008 at 3:31 amHi, i have a feeling that your installer may be a bit wrong.
i think your installer is moving the 5 files one directory too far, for example:
instead of moving “Front Row.app” to …/Core Services/
it moves it to inside the existing “Front Row.app” so it goes:
…/Core Services/Front Row.app/Front Row.app/
and does this with the 4 frameworks aswell.
hope this helps
(though i tried manually moving the files and repairing the permissions but i couldn’t get it to work
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73. Daniel Says:
March 27th, 2008 at 4:59 amhas anyone figured out how to get this to work cause it just ain’t happening for me
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March 27th, 2008 at 8:08 amget the same error as tomtomtom
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March 27th, 2008 at 8:09 ammy spec:
mac.nub 10.4.10 based hack
updated itunes and quicktime to latest version
used 1.4.1 installerthanks macgeek
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March 27th, 2008 at 8:45 amPlease post your execution log to pastebin.ca and provide the link here. Thank you.
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March 27th, 2008 at 9:21 amhere is the log:
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78. Jason Says:
March 27th, 2008 at 12:22 pmInstall seems to run through ok, but doesn’t actually copy anything. Front row is still the same (v1.3.1).
G4 Powerbook. 10.4.11
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March 27th, 2008 at 1:57 pmYea, upgrade to an intel MacBook as PPC isn’t supported.
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March 27th, 2008 at 1:58 pmOk, so has anyone actually gotten 1.4.1 to work? I haven’t seen any reports of that… Perhaps we can figure out what’s different.
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March 27th, 2008 at 4:15 pmDocTauri, wait for my 1.4.2 release, it will be out in a couple of hours
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March 27th, 2008 at 4:25 pmGreat, thanks for the update, and for all of your hard work!
Doc
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March 27th, 2008 at 7:07 pmI will wait for the next installer as the Intelmac book is not flying yet. Thanks for the hard work thought!
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March 27th, 2008 at 7:10 pmStrange it seems the installer has gone back to 1.4 did you remove 1.4.1?
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85. Steve Huffman Says:
March 27th, 2008 at 8:08 pmI downloaded xcode 2.5 to install and I got a checksum error. Any advice.
I have tiger 10.48
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March 27th, 2008 at 8:59 pmI just did a fresh install of 10.4.11 with all updates, installed Xcode 2.5 and ATV4mac 1.4 (at lest it looks like 1.4 even tough the link says 1.4.4) but every time i click on FrontRow (which is version 2.o) it just does not do anything… (intel mac mini 1.5 single)
Is there anything im doing wrong?
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March 27th, 2008 at 8:59 pmCorrection - it says 1.4.1
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March 28th, 2008 at 12:40 amRealise that this is full of people struggling to install the damn thing but…is there no hope in getting it on PPC? I understand that Leopard support will more or less come from Apple but I don’t see them moving AppleTV to PPC?!
Here’s hoping that 10.5.3 updates frontrow to the new interface, after all, that’s what happened with it under Leopard! -
March 28th, 2008 at 2:21 amDoesn’t work. Installed Tiger, Front Row from the DVD didnt install, Xcode Installed OK, but after Install of ATV4Mac Finished, i rebooted, and tried to open FR but nothing!!!!!!!! Come On…!!!!!
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March 28th, 2008 at 2:50 amI tried what I believe is the new version (Looks like you changed the BugFix to a MinorFix) but the install still did not work. http://pastebin.ca/960436
Hey allbrokeup, be patient…
Don’t pressure someone thats doing all the work…Thanks again for the effort macgeek, I wish I knew where to start, I’m sure this project is not the easiest!
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March 28th, 2008 at 10:35 amNew Version 1.4.2 is OUT !
Delete the old version from /Applications before dragging the new one!
Report issues as usual via pastebin.ca
Thanks!
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March 28th, 2008 at 11:25 amGot install to work and front row will not start… here is text from install http://pastebin.ca/960444
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March 28th, 2008 at 11:33 amSteve, please download the latest version 1.4.2 nad try again.
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94. Steve Huffman Says:
March 28th, 2008 at 11:54 amI installed 1.4.2 and front app will still not start… Here is text.. ignore last post (as it was 1.4.1)
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March 28th, 2008 at 12:01 pmSteve, the log you copy/pasted here is not from the latest version. It’s from 1.4.1. With 1.4.2, you should see a progress bar while downloading. Also if you rerun installer, it will not redownload but use the already downloaded files.
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March 28th, 2008 at 12:17 pmthe app still not start,yeah we see progress bar in new installer
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March 28th, 2008 at 12:40 pmThank you for the logs. There is definitively a problem with gdb. Binary decryption is not working on certain installations. If you have that error in the execution: http://pastebin.ca/960729, wait for version 1.4.3. Thanks.
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March 28th, 2008 at 12:45 pmKeep up with the good work, and don’t let some of these guys push you ! Congratulations for the effort anyway.
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March 28th, 2008 at 1:33 pmPaulo thanks for your support. The n00bs invasion has started! N00bs: just read the instructions provided! Or ask your questions on the forum: http://www.hackint0sh.org/forum/showthread.php?t=33985
Stop bugging me in stupid chat sessions asking stupid questions that are answered in the instructions! RTFM!
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March 28th, 2008 at 1:50 pmSorry, same problem w/1.4.2 as I had w/1.4.1
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March 28th, 2008 at 2:50 pmGreat job. Keep it up…
Although isnt working for me yet:
http://pastebin.ca/960868heres my log. Hope it help
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March 28th, 2008 at 2:53 pmMacgeek,
I’m guessing it is working for you … what is the config you have ?
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March 28th, 2008 at 4:59 pmPaulo, I have no clue what is going on, the gdb method just worked for me and my beta testers… Now it’s not even working for me anymore. I have to find a workaround to decrypt binaries other than with gdb… I might have an idea, please stay tuned.
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104. Matt Says:
March 28th, 2008 at 7:27 pmWell, I did something really stupid. Since the installer in the DMG was named “… Installer”, I assumed that the instruction to move it to the Applications directory was a mistake. Why would you put an installer in the Applications directory? Instead, I double-clicked the installer.
Now my Mac is bricked. It won’t boot.
I take full responsibility for this, but it would be nice if (in the case of idiots like me), when the program runs, it doesn’t do such bad things to an OS if it isn’t running in the correct directory.
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March 28th, 2008 at 11:57 pmSo has ANYONE gotten any of these versions to work?
Are there instructions somewhere that show what the installer is attempting to automate so I can go ahead and manually modify the Take 2 binary?
Thanks!
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March 29th, 2008 at 12:00 amFYI: A new version of the AppleTV OS came out about 2 hours ago…
http://mesu.apple.com/data/OS/061-4375.20080328.gt5er/2Z694-5387-25.dmg
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March 29th, 2008 at 9:42 pmHi macgeek.
First off I should say that I’m not very good at this sort of stuff but I thought I’d just try and help anyway, so…
I’ve been looking at exactly what the installer is doing to find out where it’s going wrong and I’ve noticed a few of things:1. The first patch it tries to apply (to the AppleTV.framework) is supposed to just change disk0s4
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March 29th, 2008 at 9:43 pmhmm.. it deleted most of my comment, ill try emailing you.
Seb
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March 29th, 2008 at 10:17 pmExcelent work, congratulations and thank you.
How to connect ATV4mac with the itunes library in the same machine on which this ATV4mac installed?.
Another question
The first run from the remote, not the next.
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March 29th, 2008 at 10:31 pm@Patrick
Did you manage to get it to work! -HOW!!
There’s instruction to pair with itunes on the same machine here - they were for Apple TV version 1 but should work with “take 2″
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March 29th, 2008 at 10:31 pmsorry forgot the link
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March 30th, 2008 at 1:58 amGood news!!! Version 1.4.3 is out and it solves all the known issues! Go grab it right now( Delete your old installer from /Applications before dropping the new one. Do not run the installer from the dmg, drag it into your /Applications folder. Thank you seb for clearing my mind! ATV4mac is reborn!
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March 30th, 2008 at 3:24 amIt did’t work
I replace the string BRFullscreenRenderer to BRWindowRenderer but not work, frontrow dead
I replace the modified Front Row binary for backup and works but not alt tab.
atv4mac starts from the key menu of the remote, but if I go out and want to return to execute atv again does not start from the remote.
Once again, sorry for my English
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March 30th, 2008 at 3:37 amPatrick, drop /System/Library/CoreServices/Front Row.app into your dock, then run it from there with your mouse. Then you can use the remote as usual.
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March 30th, 2008 at 3:04 amBut in not possible run always Front Row from the remote?, only with mouse?.
When I initiate session Front Row works from the remote, but if go out of Front Row and execute it again does not work with remote, only with mouse
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March 30th, 2008 at 3:12 amOk, so I installed the new ATV4Mac and everything seemed good… booted up, loaded up, browsed around the menus… then I tried to rent a movie. It started downloading, but every time I try to watch I get this error: “Your Apple TV is not authorized to play this content.”
Has anyone else tried renting a movie with it yet?
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March 30th, 2008 at 3:27 am@macgek its perfect and work like charm
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March 30th, 2008 at 3:33 amAnother great problem, when I navigate upon the menu the volume goes down and up.
This happens when front row it executed for the second time, the first time works perfectly.
It seems that something makes opened that does that it works badly as soon as it is closed and returns to open.
I test it in mac mini CD 1.83 with Tiger updated.
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March 30th, 2008 at 3:53 amPatrick, look for rcd.app and move it to your home directory (basically disabling it). After reboot, +/- won’t control volume anymore.
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March 30th, 2008 at 3:53 amWoohoo! Thanks so much for the hard work. 1.4.3 finally worked for me and I’m watching it now! Next I’ll see how it works w/Take 2.0.1…
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121. Daniel Says:
March 30th, 2008 at 4:00 amHi,
I think the new Apple TV update may be stopping the installer from working. The app won’t run even when I go into the CoreServices folder and run frontrow.app manually.Now I can’t uninstall it neither, as even after I deleted frontrow.app, the software updater doesn’t detect it’s missing, and downloading the FrontRow installer from Apple either thinks my mac doesn’t have frontrow, or that the frontrow in my mac does not need updating. Any ideas how I can get the Apple TV to work/get my previous frontrow back? I’m on Mac OS X 10.4.11
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March 30th, 2008 at 4:44 amrcd.app solved the problem of the volume, thank you very much!!.
Only remains execute atv4mac from the menu key of the remote and use the library of itunes of the same machine.
Thanks again for your help.
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March 30th, 2008 at 5:03 amFYI: Installer says successful with Take2.0.1, but app won’t launch.
Doc
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124. locklin Says:
March 30th, 2008 at 5:44 amAfter install ATV won´t launch.
BTW this is my installation log:
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125. Oscar Says:
March 30th, 2008 at 10:08 amHi, How do I go back to my original (Apple) FrontRow application? I am using Tiger.
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March 30th, 2008 at 10:10 amfirst macgeek, thanks for this
installtion of 1.4.3 succeeded without errors
after rebooting and starting front row via dock a blank screen ( black ) appears and nothing else happens.here is the log:
http://pastebin.ca/963207system:
mac.nub 10.4.10
2GB RAM
NVidia 7300 GT 256MB RAM (nvinject)
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March 30th, 2008 at 10:57 am@locklin: Update your Quicktime to the latest version via Software Update then re-run the ATV4mac Installer.
@everyone: Do not update ATV to version 2.0.1, it won’t work of course!! It requires patching!! Wait for ATV4mac new installer for 2.0.1.
Those who still got issues, re-run the ATV4mac installer, pastebin the execution log, also pastebin the console.log from Console.app.
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128. Millet Says:
March 30th, 2008 at 11:14 amGot it working on a MacMini, and while the software works fine, many of my DiVX files won’t play as they would in Front Row.
So here’s the next stage: What’s the best way to UNINSTALL atv4mac and get FrontRow back up?
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March 30th, 2008 at 11:24 am@Daniel: Simply re-run ATVmac installer and you’ll have a working version again.
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March 30th, 2008 at 11:39 am@Millet: ATV can run divx files! I will add support to those video formats from the installer.
Or you can do it yourself by installing this on your mac mini: http://www.perian.org/
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March 30th, 2008 at 12:28 pmhas somebody got it to run on a hack ?
if yes, which tiger distro (jas, uphuck, xxx, mac.nub, kalyway etc.)
which gpu driver ( nvinject, natit, titan etc. )thanks
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March 30th, 2008 at 12:58 pmDoes anyonek know of a way to “lock in” the resolution setting? I have to do the menu+ trick every time I launch, and would like to be able to tell Take 2 to default to a different setting.
Is there some parameter that you can call FrontRow from the command line with that might do it?
Thanks!
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March 30th, 2008 at 1:22 pmWorks like a charm on my hack now (v1.3.4)!!!. Im using my own 10.4.11 distro (XxX. rev2). The volume issues (going up and down with the arrow keys) doesnt happen while runnin’ atv, thats great!
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March 30th, 2008 at 1:56 pmThis works great! but does anyone know where the synced files are stored?
And another question: when i try to switch resolutions (Pressing ‘menu’ and ‘+’ for more than 6 seconds) i only get one option: 410p, is there any way (maybe by editing a plist file) that i can switch the resolution to normal pal? (720×576)?
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March 30th, 2008 at 2:11 pmCongrats !!! What do you mean by “2.0.1″ ? Is this the actual AppleTV OS, or a new release of ATV4Mac ?
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March 30th, 2008 at 2:21 pmThis is great, it works on my imac dual intel imac 24″.
Thank you so much. Any ideas on how to retain control of your local itunes library?
fantastic work.
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137. pyrr Says:
March 30th, 2008 at 2:27 pmWorks like a champ, looks like the only issue i have is i can’t launch it from the remote and the Volume button adjusts the volume while moving the menu. But other than that it works fine.
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March 30th, 2008 at 4:06 pmSo has anyone figured out how to get rentals to work yet? And great job man this thing rocks!!!!!!!!!!!
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March 30th, 2008 at 4:27 pmOk I have tried to rent and it gets 100% done and then gives me error code 42117
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140. Jay Dylan Tyler Says:
March 30th, 2008 at 4:39 pmI can’t seem to get YouTube to work on here for some reason? Just says there was a problem connecting - am I missing something simple?
Thanks
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March 30th, 2008 at 4:39 pm@blackCH -> is rev 2.0 already available ?
the last one if found was ppf2 released a few days ago.anyway i will try with rev1 ppf2 as soon as my download is finished.
which gpu are u using and which driver ( natit, nvinject etc. ) ?
could you integrate atv4mac into your distro ?
would be really greatthanks
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142. Dave Says:
March 30th, 2008 at 6:34 pmFirst off, great job macgeek! The 1.4.3 version worked like a charm.
However, I have a question and I hope someone here would be able to point me in the right direction. Since installing ATV4mac my ppc apps don’t launch. From the console logs I was able to determine that it was the patched quartzCore framework that was causing the crashes. I was able to restore the framework and this fixed the problems but prevents ATV4mac from working.
It seems that the hacked Mach-O binary in the QuartzCore framework only supports the i386 architecture. Is there a way to patch the universal binary and keep both architectures in the framework?
thanks
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143. zaf Says:
March 30th, 2008 at 7:40 pmI just tried to install ATV4mac on my PPC PowerBook G4 and now I cannot log in. The machine seems to display the “Starting Mac OS X” window and doesn’t prompt me for the login dialog.
I tried booting from the Install CD and removing the FrontRow app from the CoreServices folder but it didn’t help either.
How can I remove it and get my PowerBook to let me log-in again?
Thanks.
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March 30th, 2008 at 7:54 pmzaf you need to restore your frameworks:
/System/Library/PrivateFrameworks/BackRow.framework
/System/Library/PrivateFrameworks/iPhotoAccess.framework
/System/Library/Frameworks/QuartzCore.frameworkATV4mac is not compatible with PPC.
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March 30th, 2008 at 8:17 pmThat worked like a charm. I just replaced the QuartzCore.framework with the one from the install DVD and removed the AppleTV, BackRow and iPhotoAccess private frameworks.
A quick suggestion: If possible please add a platform check in the installer so that this kind of mishaps could be prevented. Alternatively, as part of the install process, make a backup of any “original” frameworks when over-writing so that they could be restored if needed.
Thanks for your help.
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146. santhosh Says:
March 30th, 2008 at 9:11 pmhi i installed this on my XxX 10.4.11, only clicking front row app. i just get a black screen with white apple. on pressing keyboard arrow i get the sound and nothing happens. i have to press the power button to shutdown and back to tiger. otherwise i cant exit it. help me
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147. blybug Says:
March 30th, 2008 at 9:17 pmsame problem as cyberduck under 1.4.3…installs without any errors, after reboot and running Front Row just get black screen…so close…
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March 30th, 2008 at 9:32 pmmine is not just blank. its theATV starting screnn where it stops and i can hear the button sounds on pressing arrows
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March 30th, 2008 at 11:52 pmwhen reverting to AppleTV 1.0 on my mac mini, got the same black screen until I deleted the System/Library/PrivateFrameworks/AppleTV.framework, then all was back to normal.
Is it possible that AppleTV.framework is the culprit for black-screen ATV4mac Take2 installs as well??
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March 31st, 2008 at 2:11 amI’ve got the same problem with error 42177 trying to watch rentals. Has anyone rented and watched a movie successfully with atv4mac? Just wondering… that’s the main reason I want this… renting with a mouse and keyboard sucks… I want to do it all with the remote on my mac mini media center.
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March 31st, 2008 at 3:01 amJoe I was looking it up and it looks like it has to do with some type of firmware updates here is the url I found http://wiki.awkwardtv.org/wiki/Talk:Take_2_Safe_Update
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March 31st, 2008 at 9:36 amSeems HD rentals does not work due to some DRM protection added by apple in the HDMI interface. Any could confirm if regular rentals work?
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March 31st, 2008 at 9:51 amHow to Uninstall:
1. Delete /System/Library/CoreServices/Front Row.app
The /System folder is hidden, but you can access via Finder->go->Go to folder and entering /System/Library/CoreServices/2. Insert the OS X installation DVD and search for “front row”. frontrow.pkg should be found. Run this file. A restart will be required.
3. Run software update to bring front row up to date.
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March 31st, 2008 at 9:54 amhallo
after a long time i have a running ATV2 on my macbook. After a few attempts I deleted my original frontrow.app and started the install app. => hurray! When i start ATV whit a second monitor active, i get only a grey picture on the primary screen, and a black one on the secondary. Out i can hear the clicks from the remote. Maybe this can help anyone… (also a) DANIEL -
March 31st, 2008 at 11:37 amHurray - finally got it working on my hack
i switched the distro to XxX 10.4.11 rev 1.0 with both ppf1 and ppf2 applied.
Then i updated the complete system and not just itunes/qt and installed xcode and atv4mac 1.4.3.thanks macgeek for atv4mac and blackch for XxX.
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March 31st, 2008 at 11:53 amThanks for your support cyberduck!
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157. Jake Bondurant Says:
March 31st, 2008 at 4:38 pmWill there be away to get around need HDMI out from my macbook to watch HD movies rented from itunes?
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March 31st, 2008 at 4:52 pmNeither regular nor HD rentals are working for me.
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March 31st, 2008 at 4:57 pmIt let me rent the movie but then I would not let me watch it is said I need to connect to HDCP? I think. or composite to watch the movie. And I just have it hooked up with VGA. *Sadness*
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March 31st, 2008 at 5:55 pmHas anyone who has it connected via DVI to a plasma tried renting a HD movie?
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161. Adam Says:
March 31st, 2008 at 6:00 pmI get the same problems as santhosh (30.03.2008 @ 22:11 CET). It appears to work, I get the white apple on a black screen until I have to hold the power button in to shut down. I let it sit on the blank screen for a long time on on attempt and it looked like it went to a screensaver (pictures of flowers moving up the screen) but nothing else. I’m running it on a macbookpro with latest Tiger.
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March 31st, 2008 at 6:46 pmhey guys, is it me or do you need a password to get into the dmg-file? in case it’s not me: what’s the password?
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163. Jan Says:
March 31st, 2008 at 7:03 pmDoes ATV4mac run on OsX Tiger Server?
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March 31st, 2008 at 8:50 pmThanks so much for this!
Can anybody confirm if they have YouTube working? Mine won’t connect.
Also, can anybody get iTunes purchased music authorised on it?
Again, thanks for all your work - will be donating once these niggles are fixed!
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165. TVRabble Says:
March 31st, 2008 at 9:01 pmhellomcfly: The password is shown under the Download link.
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March 31st, 2008 at 10:02 pmHow do i restore frameworks?
These ones:
/System/Library/PrivateFrameworks/BackRow.framework
/System/Library/PrivateFrameworks/iPhotoAccess.framework
/System/Library/Frameworks/QuartzCore.frameworkfrom the leopard dvd..
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March 31st, 2008 at 10:14 pmWhere does the apple tv app store the video files?
I Want to watch divx/avi files so i need to put them in that folder!
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March 31st, 2008 at 11:28 pmI can confirm YouTube works on my mini, attached via DVI to a Panasonic plasma.
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169. bruce Says:
April 1st, 2008 at 12:04 amAnyone know how to get atv4mac to read the local itunes library?
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April 1st, 2008 at 12:06 ammacgeek, you add Leopard support and work out the rental kinks and I will for sure donate! I’ve been waiting fruitlessly for apple to update frontroww to include rentals.
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April 1st, 2008 at 12:23 amBruce, I have the same question. There is a solution for the old version (Back Row on mac) here: http://www.hackint0sh.org/forum/showthread.php?p=3654. It does not work for atv4mac though. I would buy atv4mac if I could get it to connect to itunes on the same computer (mac mini) and also be able to rent HD content. Being able to launch it via the apple remote would be a nice bonus too.
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April 1st, 2008 at 12:35 amdave and/or macgeek:
i too am having the same trouble with ppc apps and would like to know how to restore the quartzcore framework file. Can this simply be dragged and dropped into the appropriate folder from the tiger install disk? that won’t screw up the os with different versions of files in the system will it? -
April 1st, 2008 at 12:41 am@jon:
I replaced quartzCore framework right from the Tiger install DVD into /System/Library/Frameworks without a problem and this allowed the PPC apps to launch again. However, this broke ATV4mac. So for now, I guess we have to choose between the 2.
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April 1st, 2008 at 12:52 amthanks for your response dave
im still having troubles restoring the file though- it seems my permissions didn’t allow me to swap out the files so i changed these to allow me to read and write. But after this, it said the file was in use so i could not modify it. Any ideas? -
April 1st, 2008 at 1:11 am@jon
you may have to delete the framework folder on the HD first, and then try adding the one from the install DVD. Finder should ask you to authenticate and I think that will work.
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April 1st, 2008 at 1:14 am@dave
thank you so much - that worked
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April 1st, 2008 at 1:38 am1.4.3 works great.
I waiting to connect with iTunes library in same machine.
Again, excelent work and thank you.
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April 1st, 2008 at 2:38 amWhen trying to install, I get
“ATV4mac Installer v1.4.3
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April 1st, 2008 at 3:16 amDOESN’T WORK!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
I have downloaded each Release, gone onto Tiger…Installed ATV installer, went to open up Front Row…But it wont work. I opened up the Binary Exec in the MacOS Folder, and it said the Frameworks were Missing. I have Xcode 2.2.1 (Shouldnt need 2.5 as it is a 900+ MB Download), Tiger 10.4.11. Can someone please tell me what is wrong here!
I dont mean to put pressure but I am wasting bandwidth trying this.
allbrokeup.
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April 1st, 2008 at 3:41 amworking perfect…authorized and downloaded music haven’t tried movies yet…will soon…thanks and I will donate thank for the hard work!
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April 1st, 2008 at 3:49 amWhere do install plug ins to?
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182. axersta1 Says:
April 1st, 2008 at 3:56 amI can only get one run from the Apple remote and after exiting it reduces the system volume.
Also, it would be great if you could pair the ATV with the itunes lib on the computer.
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183. SPARCS Says:
April 1st, 2008 at 6:38 amsame as axersta1 etal
but the .3 release was MUCH better… good work
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April 1st, 2008 at 8:09 amis there a way to make it work with remote buddy ?
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April 1st, 2008 at 11:08 amThose who are still having issues:
1. Intel mac only, no ppc
2. Tiger 10.4.8+ only, no Leopard
3. Update Tiger via Software Update
4. Be sure QuickTime is updated
5. Be sure you have Tiger 10.4.11
6. Run ATV4mac Installer
7. Save execution log in text file
8. Reboot after ATV4mac InstallerTo run Apple TV:
9. Press menu on remote or…
10. Press Apple+Esc on keyboard or…
11. Run /System/Library/CoreServices/Front Row.app
12. Check console.log in /Application/Utilities/Console.app
13. Paste everything related to Front Row to http://pastebin.ca
14. Paste execution log from ATV4mac Installer to http://pastebin.ca
15. Post links to your pastebin.ca logs hereNo Tiger? => Resize your main partition and add a new one
Install Tiger on the new partition, Dual boot Tiger/Leo with refit
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April 1st, 2008 at 1:15 pmraaaaaaaaa first only tiger , then only intel …
i’m cursed
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April 1st, 2008 at 4:45 pmSorry If I’m being stupid but how do I delete the keyboard shortcut changes - having the volume change I move between cells in excel is getting annoying! everytime
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April 1st, 2008 at 11:07 pmAmazing! Nice work Macgeek!
Just got it working on my Dell GX280 after lots of failures w/ different osx86 builds. Fyi, i have a cheapo geforce 6200le to get qe/ci working, a pci ethernet card, and 1gb ram. i have leo 10.5.1 installed already and repartitioned the drive to install tiger.
maybe this will help some cheap bastard w/ a hackintosh like myself:
- used the XxX 10.4.11 build on the 2nd partition
- installed the default settings and added the sound card driver for the gx280, all network drivers, nvinject 0.1.3, and front row (needed?)
- performed all mac updates exce
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