I want Front Row!

This has no doubt been covered before but i really can't understand why Apple haven't unlocked Front Row on the Mac Pros.

It could still run from the keyboard and 3rd party remotes can run it as well, so why not leave it on?

Does anybody know how to get it running?

 Mac Pro 2.66ghz  iPod 20gb/40gb Photo  512mb Shuffle , Mac OS X (10.4.8),  ATi X1900 XT  2GB Of Ram  B/Tooth  Airport  160GB x 2  250GB  80GB 

Posted on Oct 30, 2006 12:14 PM

52 replies

Jan 18, 2007 7:14 PM in response to MacRock

Unfortunately this does not work on the MacPro. The code will only run on computers that have the infra red sensor (like your MacBook Pro) but not on our MacPro computers.

Mar 26, 2007 5:02 AM in response to JoshD

Anyone know if these tutorials work for 10.4.9 ? Installing the update seems to have overwritten the changes made by doing it the 1st time.

Mar 26, 2007 6:26 AM in response to BryanH

If you booted from the DVD there's little you can do other than install a new system (perhaps onto another drive) and then boot from that drive and copy the file to your original system. If you only have one drive you will need to do an archive and install and then update to 10.4.9 again (assuming you've already done that).

Mar 26, 2007 10:53 PM in response to William Robinson

... Oops... Wrong thread... 😀

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Apr 5, 2007 6:04 PM in response to Tesselator

OK, update here. These tuts work just fine in 10.4.9 same
as they did in 10.4.8

I now have my FrontRow back in MacPro... 🙂

Apr 21, 2007 4:04 PM in response to Tesselator

Regarding enabling Front Row on a Mac Pro (only Mac Pro, not others) how about the solution shown here:
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/AppleRemote#Compatibility_with_otherMacs

Would that work? Would it allow Front Row to open on a Mac Pro?

Also, I'm wondering if one of these would work at all:
http://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B000FBK3RE

I'm thinking that it might not since the OS might not recognise that it has a working IR remote attached. Can anyone confirm this?

Thanks

Mac Pro - Two 3.0GHz Quad-Core Intel Xeon 5300 series Mac OS X (10.4.9)

Apr 24, 2007 10:15 PM in response to Anonymoustache

I don't think I'll bother with any of the stuff in my last post because I've just found a few new things.

First I found iTheater which is kinda like Front Row, lets me use the Wii remote and is open source. I was quite pumped about that but soon after discovered Remote Buddy which is even better because it works even better with the Wii remote and actually lets me use Front Row! On a Mac Pro!

I highly recommend it, particularly because the Wii remote is cheaper than an Apple remote, doesn't require a fiddly IR sensor setup, doesn't need line of sight or a short distance because it's bluetooth, has more buttons, etc...

iTheater - http://www.itheaterproject.com/

Remote Buddy - http://www.apple.com/downloads/macosx/productivity_tools/remotebuddy.html

Mac Pro - Two 3.0GHz Quad-Core Intel Xeon 5300 series Mac OS X (10.4.9)

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I want Front Row!