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#1
January 14th, 2004, 08:58 PM
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| Garage Band Install Question I know its not released until Friday, but maybe someone here got a copy early or may know the answer... Ok, so GarageBand needs a DVD player to install. So does iDVD. Now, I once installed iDVD on a PowerMac without a DVD drive, it would start, but say a DVD drive was needed and stop. That was by moving the installer. Do you think it would be possible to do that or to boot a non-DVD Mac into FireWire Target Disk Mode, connected to a SuperDrive equipped TiBook and install the software that way? I want to set up one of my additional machines in an attempt to show some people how great the software and OS is, but no one's taking my laptop!   |
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#2
January 14th, 2004, 10:31 PM
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| The reason Garage Band needs a DVD player to install is, the software doesn't fit on a CDROM, it comes on a DVD disc. Previously iDVD required a superdrive to be installed to run, this is no longer true. With iDVD 4 you are now able to work on iDVD projects and save them on a non-superdrive machine so that you can later transfer them to a superdrive equipped machine to burn. Brian
__________________ UNIX is simple and coherent, but it takes a true genius (or a programmer at any rate) to understand and appreciate its simplicity -- Dennis Ritchie |
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#3
January 15th, 2004, 05:49 AM
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| The total iLife pack is supposed to come in at a hefty 4gb of space (which is on a DVD disc). Waaaaay more than a normal CD can hold. Therefore the DVD drive would be required since the media is DVD.
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#4
January 15th, 2004, 12:16 PM
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| iTunes, iPhoto and iMovie will ship on CDs and GarageBand and iDVD will ship on DVDs, all in the same package. FireWire target disk mode would probably work -- I don't see why it wouldn't.
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January 15th, 2004, 12:18 PM
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| I think I'm not quite coming through clearly. I understand that its a large install and needs to be on DVD media, what I'm asking is, could I load the DVD into my TiBook with SuperDrive and connect my DVD-less Quicksilver to the TiBook in FireWire Target Disk Mode and install it that way? Thanks for the replies though! |
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January 15th, 2004, 12:21 PM
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| Quote:
__________________ Power Macintosh G4/500MHz "Yikes!" 10.4.11 Server • 1024MB • 3 x 120GB + 320GB • DVR-111D • 2 x Radeon 7000 PCI • 2 x 17" CRT MacBook 2.0GHz Core 2 Duo - White 10.5.5 • 2048MB • 80GB • CD-RW/DVD-ROM iPod Photo 60GB • iPod nano 1GB • AT&T DSL 6Mb/768k http://www.jeffhoppe.com |
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#7
January 15th, 2004, 12:33 PM
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| You could also just share the files over the network. Copy them to the HD of your powerbook, then share the folder. Brian
__________________ UNIX is simple and coherent, but it takes a true genius (or a programmer at any rate) to understand and appreciate its simplicity -- Dennis Ritchie |
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#8
January 15th, 2004, 12:36 PM
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| Nice, good work answering the question while I post it!  Thanks, we'll give it a shot! I'd really hate to have to buy a DVD drive to do this. |
