What is the application that checks to see if new software is compatible?

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What is the application that checks to see if new software is compatible?

I am trying to load iLife 05 on a mac g3 500 mghz. I have OS 10.4.11 installed on it. then I updated it through Software update. I think this is where I made my mistake. It does not have a DVD drive so i used target disk mode. Now when I tried to load iLife 05 on it, it will not let me. It checks to see if it can be loaded and then says it can't. There must be some kind of application or extension that does this. I want to know how to turn it off. I have loaded iLife on other slower iMacs the same way, but I think this was before this software check was put on. It must have been added in a OS update. I am using a powerbook G4 1.66 mghz to transfer files.

iMac G3, Mac OS X (10.4.11), problems loading iLife using target disk mode

Posted on Jun 7, 2009 4:27 AM

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Answer 1

Camelot

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Jun 7, 2009 11:08 AM in response to Blake Seitz

There must be some kind of application or extension that does this

No, there isn't.

The system requirement checks are stored within the installer package itself - it knows what it needs (or, more correctly, what the developer says it needs) in order to install.

The checks are performed by the installer, calling the low-level system code that identifies the system configuration. AFAIK there's no way you can override this data (e.g. to say that your machine is actually a different model, or has a different configuration).

My recommendation is to either use the online installer, or get an external DVD drive you can connect to the G3.

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BDAqua

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Jun 7, 2009 11:25 AM in response to Blake Seitz

Hi Blake,

You can use the PB G4 as a DVD drive, by putting the iLife disk in it, boot the PB into FWTDM, wait for the iLife DVD to show up on the G3.

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Blake Seitz Author

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Jun 7, 2009 6:28 PM in response to Camelot

where would I find an on-line installer? I'm not sure what you mean. i am using the DVD drive in my Power Book to install this through target disk mode. What difference would an external DVD drive do? I have installed this applications on 350 and 400 mhz iMacs. I really think that this software check feature is something that came along with an update of 0S 10.4.11.

Thanks for replying

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Blake Seitz Author

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Jun 7, 2009 6:32 PM in response to BDAqua

Hi- thanks for replying. what you suggested to do is what I did. It is just that when I came to choose the imac to install iLife on, there was a red exclamation point by it and said that I could only install this on my PB hard drive. I have 15 gb available memory on the imac hard disk and have 1 gb of ram installed and working.

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BDAqua

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Jun 7, 2009 7:33 PM in response to Blake Seitz

Which one had the floating FW symbol on the Screen?

Did you try it the other way?

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Blake Seitz Author

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Jun 8, 2009 7:53 AM in response to BDAqua

The Power Book had the icon of the imac hard drive. I didn't try it the other way. I will and see if that makes a difference

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K Shaffer

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Jun 8, 2009 8:01 AM in response to Blake Seitz

Another thing to try, if the discs are readable by the candidate Mac,
is to get and use CharleSoft utility, Pacifist. You can read disc installer
sets and choose to see what, if any, applications or content could be
used in another computer.

This can be problematic and it is best to just have the correct discs
and be able to run an installer for the software as intended. That said,
it is sometimes possible to use Pacifist to install from a different set
of software installer discs, since it will recompile the packages on
the desktop of the computer the software would be installed on. It
takes parts off the installer disc media, so it would ask for them to
get all the parts prior to building a package the machine could use.

And if you are using software intended for another computer, it can't
be shared. If the software is in place, in use, in another Mac, the
same one can't legally be used in two at the same time. But, if the
software set has been superseded by a newer OS X and that set
is idling, of no use, then the single-user license may be seen as
not broken if you (the primary owner) decide to experiment some.
But since I am not a part of Apple, Inc nor do I represent Apple
Legal, you can take my opines as a grain of salt. Their rules apply.

In any event...
Good luck & happy computing! 🙂

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Blake Seitz Author

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Jun 8, 2009 4:57 PM in response to K Shaffer

Thanks for all of the information. perhaps the sharing software could be the issue. I was able to install OS 10.4 with the firewire, but it would not accept the iLife. In the meantime, I went and found some other imacs at my school that have a DVD drive. Even though they only have 400 mhz processors instead of the 500 mhz that the non-DVD drives had, they took OS 10.4 and iLife 05 with no problem. I just have to go in and do some tweaking on the Garageband preferences to make it run smoother. It seems that the customer service at Apple has gotten worse, especially on "vintage" machines. When you work for the public schools, they don't have the money to buy new computers and have to make do with what they have.

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