How to install front row on mavericks ??

🙂😁 Yes, Front Row works great with Mavrick 10.9.2

Copy these files from a snow-leopard installation (e.g. your backup) to the appropriate folders in Mavrick 10.9.2:

/System/Library/CoreServices/Front Row.app

/System/Library/PrivateFrameworks/BackRow.framework

/System/Library/PrivateFrameworks/iPhotoAccess.framework

Confirm the copy process by typing in your password when required. You can then change the icon Apple Script to Front Row's icon.

Open Apple Script Editor and type in:

#launch Front Row

tell application "/System/Library/CoreServices/Front Row.app"

launch

end tell

tell application "System Events"

key code 53

end tell

Hello there.

I just switched form Leopard to Maverick and trying to put Front Row back to my MiniMac.

I have created a new script as advised but when I launch it from desktop it says:

Can anyone advise how to solve it?

Thanks

I wouldn't of thought it would take a lot of effort for them to continue it though as it just federates iTunes/iPhoto like AppleTV does

For me, Apple TV has replaced Front Row although I probably used it more when it was on my Mac.

Sigh, those were the days. 🙂

One reason might be that Apple is not supporting Front Row anymore because they want to sell Apple TV.

Another reason is that Front Row was an 32 bit application and based on QuickTime.

Apple replaced QuickTime with "AV Foundation" for 64 bit applications - and "AV Foundation" can only read / play MPEG4 and H264 movies. You can see this problem if you try to open movies like AVI or DivX (or MOVs which contain other video formats as MPEG4 and H264) with the "QuickTime Player" on Mavericks - it must convert the movie before displaying it.

So even if Apple would think about a new 64 bit Front Row, then you would probably not be satisfied because it would be impossible to play many movies without conversion.

Thank you sooooo much EllyAlly!!!! I just installed the XBMC and I love it! I tried Plex before and I wasn't too thrilled about it but I am really happy with your recommendation of XBMC; so thank you!!!! 🙂😁😝

And this seems to be a never ending story. For some people it works, for some not... Already discussed in "hundreds" of forum discussions here.

After you might get it working, the next step in other discussions is the compatibility to the iTunes library... and...

It might - and this is what we just want to say - it might be an idea to accept that "Front Row" is dead.

If you accept that and stop dreaming of "good old times": take a look at http://alternativeto.net/software/front-row/?platform=mac.

As some people posted here (and in other discussions): there are alternatives.

Make an alias of your music and movies folder from itunes. Works 100%

🙂😁 Yes, Front Row works great with Mavrick 10.9.2

Open Apple Script Editor and type in:

tell application "/System/Library/CoreServices/Front Row.app"

launch

end tell

tell application "System Events"

key code 53

end tell

Save script as application.

Can you give us and other people a little help?

If you say "Make an alias of your music and movies folder from itunes" - what does that mean?

How can we make an alias of a "... music and movies folder from itunes"?

May be a "step by step" hint would help.

And how does this fix the problem with the iTunes library compatiblity?

1: open iTunes folder,

2: then make an alias of the movie folder,

3: place that in your USER movie folder.

4: you can also make an alias of your iTunes folder.

Thank you for your step by step instruction.

MacTechProX wrote:

1: open iTunes folder,

Just to be precise: it means the iTunes folder in the user's music folder, and it should be opened by the Finder.

2: then make an alias of the movie folder

3: place that in your USER movie folder.

Just to be precise: the movie folder can be found inside the "iTunes Media" folder.

This gives access to the movies added to iTunes, but not to the iTunes library itself.

Of course this is helpful, but something different: in iTunes the movies can be organzied in playlists.

This structure is lost in Front Row now.

Same for the music but even worse: in iTunes the music library and the playlists show the music entries. In the iTunes folder this music is organzied in (sub)folders which do not correspond to the playlists.

Again this structure is lost in Front Row now.

Please do not misunderstand: your instruction is helpful. And it gives access to the iTunes media.

But all playlists are lost - and this is what we said: the next step in other discussions is the compatibility to the iTunes library.

And there are alternatives which give access to the iTunes library and playlists...

how can i get the right files in the right places, from a snow leopard install dvd? i can view the dvd through pacifist or by showing the contents, but i've searched for front row on the dvd and i get lots of hits...

thanx for the tips =D

There are a number of suggested alternatives to Front Row here. I doubt any of them will do what FR did - let me watch movies that I have in iTunes on another computer on my home network. Anyone have any experience with that?

To be clear, I'm on my laptop, my movies are on my iMac. I want to watch a movie on my laptop using Front Row or a capable alternative. Based on all the talk about creating aliases (alii?) I'm betting nothing else will do it. I just tried XBMC and it had no clue about iTunes on my local computer, let alone on another computer.

Thanks!

You'd probably like to downgrade the OS, for me Snow Leopard is better than other versions in so many ways that I choose not to upgrade it, so I'm still using it on an iMac 24' and enjoy every minute of it... of course I have a latest version on a macbook pro but that's another story...

You don't. Front Row was withdrawn by Apple with the advent of Lion.

The reason is simple: Front Row is not compatible with OS 10.7 onwards and cannot be made so. Instead Apple now offer Apple TV.