I want Front Row!

can someone just upload the edited files needed.

I have front row with the remote thingie on my portable MacBook, never use it, Kids stuff, playthingie totally not needed on a Mac Pro anyway... just my point of view

Those directions worked great! The Front Row works very well on these Mac Pros. I definitely think this should have been enabled from the get-go.

I just looked at my loaded extensions and appleHIDMouse.kext and frontrowpass.kext didn't load.

Does the apple HID mouse require you to have a apple mouse?

wow! it's working for me too!
thanks a lot Edward!!!

Mac Pro Users:

Edward's instructions DON'T work with wireless mouses!!

Here are the final instructions that are posted at:
http://www.frontrowonmacpro.com

Enjoy!

Welcome to the detailed guide for enabling Front Row on your Mac Pro.

Remember:
The process described in the guide provided is not supported nor condoned by Apple Computer, Inc.
Although no problems have been found, frontrowonmacpro.com is not responsible for damage.
This website (”frontrowonmacpro.com”) is not authorized by, nor affiliated with Apple Computer, Inc.

Necessary Software:
- PlistEdit Pro Trial or Full ( http://homepage.mac.com/bwebster/plisteditpro.html)

1. Using the Finder, navigate to /System/Library/Extensions.
2. Locate AppleHIDMouse.kext and drag it onto your desktop. As it is protected, it doesn’t get moved; just copied.
3. Once it is on your desktop, right click on it and make a duplicate, just in case something goes horribly wrong and you have to manually restore your system later.
4. Right click on AppleHIDMouse.kext on your desktop and in the pop-up menu, select Show Package Contents.
5. A Finder window will open showing a Contents folder.
6. Double-click it.
7. You’ll see two folders and two property list files.
8. Right-click on Info.plist.
9. Open with PlistEdit Pro (or Property List Editor)
10. In the property list, click on the arrow to the left of Root.
11. A tree of properties will appear.
12. Click on the arrow to the left of IOKitPersonalities.
13. Click on the arrow to the left of M19-0a
14. Click on the first property that appears, whatever it is.
15. Press New Sibling, in the upper left of the window.
16. A new model string will be inserted and rename it to HIDRemoteControl.
17. Locate the new HIDRemoteControl line (it’s in alphabetical order).
18. Change the type from String to Boolean.
19. Change the Boolean value to Yes.
20. Go back to IOKitPersonalities
21. Click on the arrow to the left of M19-1
22. Click on the first property that appears, whatever it is.
23. Press New Sibling, in the upper left of the window.
24. A new model string will be inserted and rename it to HIDRemoteControl.
25. Locate the new HIDRemoteControl line (it’s in alphabetical order).
26. Change the type from String to Boolean.
27. Change the Boolean value to Yes.
28. Click on the arrow to the left of M6.
29. Click on the first property that appears, whatever it is.
30. Press New Sibling, in the upper left of the window.
31. A new model string will be inserted and rename it to HIDRemoteControl.
32. Locate the new HIDRemoteControl line (it’s in alphabetical order).
33. Change the type from String to Boolean.
34. Change the Boolean value to Yes.
35. Click on the arrow to the left of M6-events.
36. Click on the first property that appears, whatever it is.
37. Press New Sibling, in the upper left of the window.
38. A new model string will be inserted and rename it to HIDRemoteControl.
39. Locate the new HIDRemoteControl line (it’s in alphabetical order).
40. Change the type from String to Boolean.
41. Change the Boolean value to Yes.
42. Press Command-S to save the changes in the property list.
43. Close all programs.
44. Now, for the really 'dangerous' part. Move/drag the just edited AppleHIDMouse.kext from your desktop to /System/Library/Extensions. You will be prompted for authorizing the file replacement and probably for your password (one with administrative privileges).
45. Go to your Applications folder and open Utilities.
46. Open Terminal.
47. Enter “sudo chown -R root:wheel /System/Library/Extensions/AppleHIDMouse.kext” without the quotation marks.
48. Enter a password with administrator privileges.
49. Quit Terminal
50. Navigate to /System/Library/
51. Delete cache files: /System/Library/Extensions.kextcache & /System/Library/Extensions.mkext
52. Open Disk Utility in the Utilities folder.
53. Reboot.
54. The boot-up process will take a little longer than usual, since the change is detected and a cache needs to be rebuilt. (This is a one time occurrence.)
55. Login if necessary.
56. Press Command-Escape.
57. Front Row!




Mac Pro Quad 2.66, 3 GB, 1.5 TB, X1900 XT, APE/BT, ACD 30" Mac OS X (10.4.8)

So how is the second set of instructions different from the first?

The instructions I submitted are different and way better.

Because, if you look at steps 28-41, this is not included in the above set. (these steps enable Bluetooth HID recognition and support for enabling Front Row ith Bluetooth mice)

Also the disk permissions and omitting of redundant and incorrect steps make this set of instructions better in all ways.

Well those instructions look exactly the same. I managed to get mine working by not using these instructions but the ones from the link right before in instructions.

sammyo021, didn't work for me mate, Could it be because I have already applied Edwards instruction? I also noticed that you have one less terminal command than Edward does, any possibility that it is needed? I'm also using a BT Mighty Mouse
thanks anyway

Ok Guys I have tried every option listed here and yet none of them worked for me.

Turns out that because I don't use my mighty mouse but my logitech G7 (a much better mouse all round) it just doesn't work. That is until I plugged in (albeit at the same time) my mighty mouse and then voila it works.

However I do not want the mighty mouse plugged in constantly how do I find out which is the driver for the keyboard? Since this is always going to be plugged in this is a better option.

I also discovered something else. I use USB Overdrive http://www.usboverdrive.com/USBOverdrive/News.html since there was no decent driver for my mouse and the mighty mouse drivers are too restrictive. However this doesn't allow Front Row to work with the modified AppleHIDMouse driver.

Any suggestions anyone ?

Cheers
GingerNinja

Ah, I use SteerMouse with my BTMM, that's prbably why I have no luck either

I've done something stupid and trashed my IOUSBHIDDriver.kext file from Safe Mode after trying to fix a botched attempt at installing Front Row (I followed the instructions here: http://discussions.apple.com/thread.jspa?messageID=3484472&#3484472)
Now I don't even have keyboard or mouse control in Safe Mode, so I can't go back in and restore the file 😟 I figured I'd be ok because I saw a file called IOUSBHIDDriverSafeMode.kext or something similar. Is there any way I can get back in and restore things? I'm obviously in over my head here 😉 I managed to get the DVD into the drive by pushing down the drive cover and pressing the eject button on the drive with a plastic knife, so I can boot from the DVD, but I don't know what to do from there.

Thanks

Bryan

Seriously found the easiest fix in the world for this!

For my MacBook Pro, all I did was install the frontrow.pkg from my MBP install disk 1.

System > Installation > Packages

Finder > Go > Go To Folder > .packages

Scrolled down and double click on frontrow.pkg

Followed installation instructions and restarted my machine.

I know nothing about macs but with a little forum review, I deduced that this may work, gave it a try, and Voilà!, it worked!

Hope that helps!

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