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moonmonkey · 07:38 AM

As you all know it can now access shared photo's music and video but what was not mentioned is that performance is greatly improved, even on old systems that aren't supported (that was nice of Apple).

It now runs like a dream (absolutely no stuttering) on my stock 1st gen. Mac mini, feels a lot more refined.

Links:
Download Front Row 1.2.1 http://www.apple.com/support/downloads/frontrow121.html
Download enabler for non supported Machines http://www.andrewescobar.com/frontrow

Edit: My specs are: First Mac Mini 1.42 Ghz 1 gig Ram with 32 Meg Video Ram video in 1280 x 1024

I WAS the One · Mar 2, 2006, 08:02 AM

you gotta be kidding...
if front row isn't on your Mac, then your advise is wrong, and it is an illegal move also, so, stop telling everybody that steal is good, because it isn't.

moonmonkey · 08:19 AM

Originally Posted by I WAS the One

you gotta be kidding...
if front row isn't on your Mac, then your advise is wrong, and it is an illegal move also, so, stop telling everybody that steal is good, because it isn't.

Jesus, what are you taking about, its freely downloadable you kn0b, did you get rejected from the police or something?
Read the Terms and conditions when you install it.

moonmonkey · Mar 2, 2006, 08:13 AM

Double Post

msuper69 · Mar 2, 2006, 10:17 AM

Originally Posted by moonmonkey

Jesus, what are you taking about, its freely downloadable you kn0b, did you get rejected from the police or something?
Read the Terms and conditions when you install it.

Please provide a link to the page on Apple's web site where it is available for download.

Thanks!

jlemons · Mar 2, 2006, 10:22 AM

It is at the top of the page.

msuper69 · Mar 2, 2006, 10:29 AM

Originally Posted by jlemons

It is at the top of the page.

I don't see any Front Row link at www.apple.com. Why not include the actual link instead of saying it's at the top of the page?

P.S. The link the OP provides is for an update, not a full install.

Apple doesn't offer Front Row as a standalone full install. It only comes with a new Mac.

jlemons · Mar 2, 2006, 10:42 AM

Gosh, I am so sorry. I thought you wanted the update that is at the top of the page.

B Gallagher · Mar 2, 2006, 10:58 AM

There seems to have been a lot of issues with that Enabler. I had to reinstall 10.4.5, as I lost all the applets (time, spotlight, etc) up in the top right corner.
Stay clear until it's no longer a beta.

Stradlater · Mar 2, 2006, 11:07 AM

Originally Posted by I WAS the One

you gotta be kidding...
if front row isn't on your Mac, then your advise is wrong, and it is an illegal move also, so, stop telling everybody that steal is good, because it isn't.

Are you crazy?

JellyBeen · Mar 2, 2006, 11:09 AM

Originally Posted by msuper69

I don't see any Front Row link at www.apple.com. Why not include the actual link instead of saying it's at the top of the page?

P.S. The link the OP provides is for an update, not a full install.

Apple doesn't offer Front Row as a standalone full install. It only comes with a new Mac.

Get to know your facts before you talk, it IS a full installer.

moonmonkey · Mar 2, 2006, 08:11 PM

As well as embarrassing yourself, your sig is oversized.
Please read the forum rules.

awaspaas · Mar 2, 2006, 09:22 PM

The enabler is unsupported by Apple but it certainly isn't illegal. Some of you need to remove the oversized obstruction from your backside. Good grief.

Eug Wanker · Mar 2, 2006, 09:28 PM

Originally Posted by B Gallagher

There seems to have been a lot of issues with that Enabler. I had to reinstall 10.4.5, as I lost all the applets (time, spotlight, etc) up in the top right corner.
Stay clear until it's no longer a beta.

Ouch.

I had no problems with the previous enabler. Has anyone else had problems with the new enabler?

AmericanPsych0 · Mar 2, 2006, 09:36 PM

I noticed a major increase in performance on my 1.83 GHz MBP, as well.

moonmonkey · Mar 2, 2006, 09:51 PM

Originally Posted by Eug Wanker

Ouch.

I had no problems with the previous enabler. Has anyone else had problems with the new enabler?

Nope, worked perfectly on my two machines, seems pretty solid to me.

I WAS the One · Mar 2, 2006, 10:00 PM

Originally Posted by moonmonkey

As well as embarrassing yourself, your sig is oversized.
Please read the forum rules.

yeah, I guess my sig's size, it is as bad as trying to install a software on a UNsupported Mac.
but hey! maybe it isn't illegal as everybody says, but it sure not approved by Apple, so, whats wrong with this picture?

rparke1 · Mar 2, 2006, 10:23 PM

isnt it illegal on the macnn forums to have such a bad sig? it looks so elementry and a hurried copy and paste job. my two cents ®
edit: btw, before you say anything about my sig. mine is awesome

®

edit two: btw, frontrow works on my 1ghz tipb too

imitchellg5 · Mar 2, 2006, 10:25 PM

Works on my iMac.

Philip J. Fry · Mar 2, 2006, 11:10 PM

Originally Posted by I WAS the One

yeah, I guess my sig's size, it is as bad as trying to install a software on a UNsupported Mac.
but hey! maybe it isn't illegal as everybody says, but it sure not approved by Apple, so, whats wrong with this picture?

Neither is theming, so is SS or any of the themes illegal?

I WAS the One · Mar 3, 2006, 12:17 AM

Originally Posted by Philip J. Fry

Neither is theming, so is SS or any of the themes illegal?

HA! c'mon!

if you buy SS and download it legally, then it's OK. I bet that with a license paid, you will be getting support for it. but for frontrow, Apple is not selling that software, so the plan is to provide it inside new Macs only, answer this, why you will need a third party software to install Front Row? easy, because it wasn't made for your Mac... Duh! but hey! next time I will shut my mouth, ignore my impulses and just read, that way people don't get mad at me. I'm not "Pope Benedict 18" you know... I just saying.... Damn!

draggerman11 · Mar 3, 2006, 12:36 AM

Originally Posted by B Gallagher

There seems to have been a lot of issues with that Enabler. I had to reinstall 10.4.5, as I lost all the applets (time, spotlight, etc) up in the top right corner.
Stay clear until it's no longer a beta.

I had that problem too, but I reinstalled the enabler and the front row update, and it worked, giving me back the icons at the top right. I freaked for a few minutes.

Eug Wanker · Mar 3, 2006, 03:27 AM

DO NOT INSTALL THIS ENABLER.

Like the others, I lost the little menu bar icons on my iBook, but they wouldn't come back after a restart or a reinstall of the enabler/update.

I finally had to reinstall the 10.4.5 combo update too. What a frackin' waste of time.

That said, I had installed it on my Cube first, and it worked there. I had to install it twice though for some reason. So, even there I had problems.

Wait until it goes non-beta. I guess I should have listened to B Gallagher in the first place.

I WAS the One · Mar 3, 2006, 08:07 AM

Originally Posted by Eug Wanker

DO NOT INSTALL THIS ENABLER.

Like the others, I lost the little menu bar icons on my iBook, but they wouldn't come back after a restart or a reinstall of the enabler/update.

see? everyone with that problem, please go call Apple and ask for help... He He He....

I mean Eug, Thanx for your advise, man, really apreciated here, I am on your side, I don't want that everybody make the same mistake here... so don't bother to install that software, man.

Eug Wanker · Mar 3, 2006, 08:36 AM

Originally Posted by I WAS the One

see? everyone with that problem, please go call Apple and ask for help... He He He....

I mean Eug, Thanx for your advise, man, really apreciated here, I am on your side, I don't want that everybody make the same mistake here... so don't bother to install that software, man.

Don't drag me into your strange little argument. As soon as the enabler is non-buggy, I am installing it.

cybergoober · 02:48 PM

http://whenderson.blogspot.com/2006/...n-any-mac.html

FWIW I had Front Row installed already, and all I had to do was download the Front Row Updater from Apple and install it using Pacifist. No need to re-enable.

B Gallagher · Mar 3, 2006, 01:09 PM

When I tried it the fist time, as you'll see in my earlier post, it didn't work at all.
However, since I managed to get 10.4.5 back up to what it was before I tried to install Front Row, I thought what the hell, no harm in giving it another try.

And this time it worked like a charm. No problems whatsoever. So give it a shot.

cybergoober · Mar 3, 2006, 07:07 PM

http://voice.firefallpro.com/2006/03...back-your.html

I WAS the One · Mar 3, 2006, 07:07 PM

Originally Posted by Eug Wanker

Don't drag me into your strange little argument. As soon as the enabler is non-buggy, I am installing it.

Sorry...
I didn't want you to feel that way... do whatever you want, bro! I am not your father... Forget all this s*** and get over it!

B Gallagher · Mar 3, 2006, 08:13 PM

Originally Posted by cybergoober

http://voice.firefallpro.com/2006/03...back-your.html

That link, and this one, along with the main link, are all worth a read before you try anything. Just to make sure you know what you're doing.

moonmonkey · Mar 4, 2006, 12:57 AM

I mean Eug, Thanx for your advise, man, really apreciated here, I am on your side, I don't want that everybody make the same mistake here... so don't bother to install that software, man.

LOL, the entire history of the thread is still above your post, so pretending that you had everyones interest at heart is really dumb.

kman42 · Mar 4, 2006, 07:14 PM

Lost my icons too. I'll reinstall 10.4.5 later and try again. Maybe the security update?

kman

kman42 · Mar 5, 2006, 12:29 AM

I reinstalled 10.4.5, then the enabler. My icons are back, but it doesn't seem to work. Front Row is now listed in the Keyboard Shortcuts of Sys Prefs, but when I press cmd-esc, the menu icons disappear for a few seconds and then come back, but nothing happens. I'm running on a PM G5/1.8.

kman

Eug Wanker · Mar 5, 2006, 12:43 AM

This beta release is waaay too buggy.

Here's hoping for a quick update.

Troll · Mar 5, 2006, 05:34 AM

I keep getting server unavailable when I try to access the movie trailers through Front Row. Works fine through iTunes but not through Front Row. Seems a lot of people have had this problem. Anyone have a solution? I'm using this on a MacBook Pro so it's not a hacked version.

dazzla · Mar 5, 2006, 05:59 AM

What annoys me is they haven't added a preference to choose which monitor you want Front Row displayed on. So damn annoying.

neverwind · Mar 5, 2006, 09:50 AM

This is one of the funniest threads this year... ROTFL...

kman42 · Mar 5, 2006, 10:17 AM

Another restart fixed things. I haven't played with FR extensively and from the reviews of previous versions I'm glad I waited until this version. It is incredibly cool! The interface was quick and responsive on my PM G5/1.8 and everything worked as expected. The movie trailers feature is beautiful, filling my 19" screen with widescreen video almost instantly and playing through without a hitch. How come it doesn't work that well from the iTMS? I've read about all of the server not responding errors, but I haven't seen any yet.

kman

iREZ · Mar 12, 2006, 01:29 AM

why isnt the page loading any longer?

megabunny · Mar 12, 2006, 02:07 AM

apple told that guy to stop it.

iREZ · Mar 12, 2006, 03:15 AM

ohhh...anybody have the enabler and willing to email it?

Recontech · Mar 12, 2006, 03:20 AM

Why doesn't apple give us apple hardware owners front row?

-Q- · 05:56 PM

Originally Posted by iREZ

ohhh...anybody have the enabler and willing to email it?

There are still [url=apple.com[/url]...

Horsepoo!!! · Mar 12, 2006, 01:47 PM

Originally Posted by -Q-

There are still ...

I suggest you remove that...Apple explicitly said they won't tolerate this kind of behavior. Maybe the mods here will allow this kind of behavior but it would clearly go against their own rules.

Other rules:

No piracy. Threads that share software or media illegally, explain how to pirate, solicit information on how to pirate, etc. will be removed.

I don't know what it is with people around here but seems like they like to pick and choose what they believe to be legal.

Eug Wanker · Mar 12, 2006, 02:10 PM

Originally Posted by cybergoober

http://whenderson.blogspot.com/2006/...n-any-mac.html

FWIW I had Front Row installed already, and all I had to do was download the Front Row Updater from Apple and install it using Pacifist. No need to re-enable.

Does this avoid the menu bug?

AliP · Apr 9, 2006, 12:32 PM

Managed to install the update and it certainly makes frontrow a little "snappier" on my G5 iMac (Rev A).
The movie trailers link still doen't work for me though.
My two pence worth on the is it stealing debate, Apple makes the update available for anyone to download, someone else writes a piece of software that enables it to run on older macs such as mine. If i enjoy using it maybe i will update my iMac a little earlier than planned (i emphasise maybe) as i enjoy the benefits of frontrow, thus keeping the pennies coming in for Apple. Also i may purchase sailing clicker which keeps someone else happy. I haven't stole anything or downloaded pirated software and potentially the only thing that may get damaged is my mac if there was a nasty bug in the software.
KRO
Ali P

jasong · Apr 9, 2006, 03:27 PM

Yeah, I robbed my bank and then spent the money at a bunch of stores, so really I am just supporting the economy.

Eug Wanker · May 3, 2006, 07:28 AM

Front Row Enabler 1.2.1 is back. Dunno if it corrects the bugs though.

FireWire · May 3, 2006, 07:47 AM

Originally Posted by I WAS the One

you gotta be kidding...
if front row isn't on your Mac, then your advise is wrong, and it is an illegal move also, so, stop telling everybody that steal is good, because it isn't.

I didn't read this thread earlier, but I absolutely wanted to say this:

SHUT THE F*** UP!!

thank you

UNTeMac · May 3, 2006, 02:35 PM

Originally Posted by Eug Wanker

Front Row Enabler 1.2.1 is back. Dunno if it corrects the bugs though.

So far I can't even get it to work with the instructions he has on his website and now his website is down. (probably because of all the hits)