I've purchased an iLife 11 with iDVD since my iMac didn't come with it. I was reading herehttps://discussions.apple.com/docs/DOC-3673 that the only way to get the themes from iDVD 1-4 is to start out with the iDVD bundled with iLife 09. How do I get to them from the iDVD that came with iLife 11?
iMac, OS X Mountain Lion (10.8.1)
You can't. All you can get are the themes from iDVD 5-7. The following is the orignal post about that:
If you have to purchase an iLife disc in order to obtain the iDVD application remember that the iLife 11 disc only provides themes from iDVD 5-7. The Software Update no longer installs the earlier themes nor do any of the iDVD 7 updaters available from the Apple Downloads website contain them.
Currently the only sure fire way to get all themes is to start with the iLife 09 disc:
This shows the iDVD contents in the iLife 09 disc via Pacifist:
You then can upgrade from iDVD 7.0.3 to iDVD 7.1.2 via the updaters at the Apple Downloads webpage.
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Ok, so for now I installed iDVD from iLife 11 and then downloaded the updates 7.0.1, 7.0.4, 7.1.1 and 7.1.2. When I tried updating with 0.1 and 0.4 I got a message saying that my iDVD was already a newer version. I could run the 1.1 and 1.2 updates.
Did I miss something or do I actually now have the latest version of iDVD with all the themes I can get (using iLife 11)? I seem to have only themes from iDVD 6 and 7.
I plan on getting a cheap iLife 09 to get the rest of the themes. Will I be able to then install ONLY the iDVD 1-4 themes?
See my reply to your other post.
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The Software Update no longer installs the earlier themes nor do any of the iDVD 7 updaters available from the Apple Downloads website contain them.
Sometimes when I start an iDVD project my older themes go missing! I have found if I just go back to an older iDVD project that the missing themes get found. I wonder where the themes go when they are missing.
I've read many questions about “missing themes” why do so many people lose them?
Also, if one has the older themes (that I always use because they are simpler) those themes are not erased when someone updates iDVD. True?
The themes may actually still be whre they should be but perhaps the application has broken the link to them. If you get a missing theme again use the iDVD/Advnaced preference pane to set the link to the theme folders and see if that will jump start themes for that project.
OK, this is wild. I just reopened iDVD and all the greyed-out themes are now available. When I checked in "Library - Application Support - iDVD - Installed Themes" it shows folders and the theme files for iDVD 1-6 (no 7 which is odd because 7 themes are an option in the iDVD program).
I didn't install these themes from iLife 09, yet they seem to all be there.
What's going on?
I also noticed that in the iDVD preferences - Advanced the program is supposed to "look for my themes in these folders" /Library/Application Support/iDVD/Themes
It does not say "Installed Themes" which is the folder I actually have. In fact I have no folder in my Library that is labeled just "Themes"
😕
Looks like we have a gift horse in the building. 🙂
Old Toad wrote:
Looks like we have a gift horse in the building. 🙂
So I guess just be thankful for small miracles? 😁 It might drive me nuts for awhile not knowing how this happened, but I'm also afraid to tinker with the folders and program for fear that the themes might disappear just as suddenly as they appeared!
iDVD Themes
