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Front Row 1.0.1 Released

Apple released a .01 update to their Front Row Application that ships with the newest iMac G5s.

The Front Row Update delivers overall improved reliability and compatibility for browsing music, photos, and videos on your iMac.


The update appears to only offer stability improvements and no major new features. The newest update reportedly includes checks to make sure that the user is running on the iMac G5, which is presently the only supported configuration. Front Row is only available by purchasing the new iMac G5 with built in iSight.

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81 months ago
I just noticed this in my Software Update box. Cool - it says I only need to log out!

Downloading now, wrecklessly, since this iMac is going back anyway.
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81 months ago

I just noticed this in my Software Update box. Cool - it says I only need to log out!

Downloading now, wrecklessly, since this iMac is going back anyway.


EDIT: DeTIals of update? (got to learn to spell correctly first time!)

Why is your iMac going back?
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81 months ago
Doesn't seem to fix the most obvious flaw - it still appears to hang when those software agreement boxes come up. Then it hangs becuase my new iMac is not authorised. Why not at least do something intelligent like go back to the application?

The menu button or escape does nothing - I have to press command-alt-escape. Now admitedly some people who have things to see or hear (because they used the Transfer function) will probably know about that key combination but otherwise it's going to be a pretty unfriendly introduction to Front Row.

I wonder what this update does do? Pause for first time seems the same (3 seconds) and for subsequent times (1.5 seconds).
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81 months ago
This iMac buzzes. Apple say it shouldn't. Third's a charm they say.

http://forums.macrumors.com/showthread.php?t=160855

(I'm not sure if that's how to do a link)
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81 months ago

This iMac buzzes. Apple say it shouldn't. Third's a charm they say.

http://forums.macrumors.com/showthread.php?t=160855

(I'm not sure if that's how to do a link)


Nasty - good luck with the replacement.
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81 months ago
.. still just a bleedin' slow as before, so I wouldn't worry too much about the 'update'!
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81 months ago

.. still just a bleedin' slow as before, so I wouldn't worry too much about the 'update'!


whts the update all about?
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81 months ago
does front row run slowly on the imac g5s? (i've never used it)
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81 months ago

does front row run slowly on the imac g5s? (i've never used it)

It is not so bad, on my machine, as long as the programs (iPhoto, iTunes, iMovie/DVD) are open before hitting the front row menu button on the remote...although, when I select music playlists that are kinda big, front row hangs up a bit (4-7 seconds).
My solution...shorter playlists and slideshows for Front Row.
My movies play great...that is, the movies I have edited and produced...I can't see myself paying for the little bit of video content that Apple provides through iTunes.
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81 months ago
Check VersionTracker for the update. All the info you need is there. Check the one dude's post.
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