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Matt OS X · Nov 15, 2005, 06:13 PM

When you enter apple store, you see all of the mac screen are played in a short movie clips (like iPod nano tv commerical) until you touch the mouse, the clip disappears and the mac screen is awake.

I couldn't do the same thing with the same programs on my iMac G5 20" even though I have the programs called "Apple Demo" (See image below). That's what the apple store use this kind of application.

I tried to set up just like the apple store's.. but couldn't.. I even put "AppleDemoStartup_OSX" in my System Preference>Accounts>Login items. Still didn't work..

Help?

Big Mac · Nov 15, 2005, 06:22 PM

And you tried launching AppleDemoStartup by double clicking it?

Matt OS X · Nov 15, 2005, 06:25 PM

Originally Posted by Big Mac

And you tried launching AppleDemoStartup by double clicking it?

Yes, I double-clicked on it.. nothing happened...

TETENAL · Nov 15, 2005, 06:30 PM

Originally Posted by Matt OS X

When you enter apple store, you see all of the mac screen are played in a short movie clips (like iPod nano tv commerical) until you touch the mouse, the clip disappears and the mac screen is awake.

Sounds like a screensaver.

A Versiontracker search revealed this:

http://www.versiontracker.com/dyn/moreinfo/macosx/26161

I didn't try the software myself.

Matt OS X · Nov 15, 2005, 06:31 PM

Originally Posted by TETENAL

Sounds like a screensaver.

A Versiontracker search revealed this:

http://www.versiontracker.com/dyn/moreinfo/macosx/26161

I didn't try the software myself.

Yes and no..

Yes it's like screensaver method...with "Demo Viewer" app.

No, it's not like the link you just gave me.

Matt OS X · Nov 15, 2005, 10:46 PM

Anyone?

Matt OS X · Nov 18, 2005, 02:07 AM

*Bump* Anyone???

jamil5454 · Nov 18, 2005, 03:50 AM

It shouldn't be hard to make a custom Screen Saver that plays a video full screen.

Then again, maybe Apple only wants the demo to play on their in-store machines. Maybe they have some sort of protection against regulars running the demo on home machines.

Remember, stealing software off a demo machine is still stealing and is highly punishable.

Cadaver · Nov 18, 2005, 11:43 PM

Are there components that you might have missed? What's in the InstallLog file? That might lend a clue.

Matt OS X · Nov 19, 2005, 07:46 AM

Originally Posted by Cadaver

Are there components that you might have missed? What's in the InstallLog file? That might lend a clue.

How could you tell? I have no clue about it. Help me?

Cadaver · Nov 19, 2005, 09:50 PM

Originally Posted by Matt OS X

How could you tell? I have no clue about it. Help me?

Um... open the InstallLog.txt file with a text editor and see what's in it.

Matt OS X · Nov 20, 2005, 05:53 PM

Originally Posted by Cadaver

Um... open the InstallLog.txt file with a text editor and see what's in it.

I have no clue, it says:

Starting post_install shell script
/Volumes/Eminem_silhouettes_SS-retail_AL Installer/Apple_Demo.pkg
Removing obsolete *.mov and *.txt files, and previous versions of the movie data
csh: rm: No match.
csh: rm: No match.
csh: rm: No match.
csh: rm: No match.
Launching Apple demo post-install application
failed to resolve one of the sources (-43)
failed to resolve one of the sources (-43)
chmod: /Library/Apple_Demo/Apple_Movie/movies/Feature.mov: No such file or directory
chmod: /Library/Apple_Demo/Apple_Movie/movies/Feature.txt: No such file or directory
chmod: /Library/Apple_Demo/Apple_Movie/movies/Feature.pct: No such file or directory
Starting Post-Install app

Copying Apple_Demo_Assets folder

Copying DiskImageToMount folder

Copying LaunchBehind folder

Returned from Apple demo post-install application

Cadaver · Nov 21, 2005, 01:01 AM

Looks like you're missing the actual movie file(s) this little app is dependent on.

AppleOptionFour · Jan 19, 2006, 01:01 AM

AppleDemoStartup_OSX runs in the background. Also when it starts up, which is after a few minutes, it will close all open programs except for Safari.

vinitlee · Sep 23, 2006, 07:23 PM

The installLog.txt file is simply, as it name denotes, a log of its installation.
So, really, the only thing we are missing are the three directories (?) which are cited at the bottom:

Apple_Demo_Assets
DiskImageToMount
LaunchBehind

Once these are aquired, the Demo should run.

By the way, by editing the plist file in AppleDemoStartup_OSX, one can change various settings of the app, including whether or not all apps should be closed, whether to show a "View Demo" button, and the time before the appearance of the video.

Hopefully more updates to come.

Graymalkin · Sep 23, 2006, 09:42 PM

Hey guys will you help me with some software I stole too?

Cadaver · Sep 23, 2006, 10:02 PM

Did you really needed to resurrect an 8 month old thread?