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Run Aperture 1.1 on 12" PowerBook Apps
If you had Aperture running on a 12" PowerBook using one of the methods available (such as this hint), and you upgraded to 1.1, then you must have noticed that Aperture stopped working, complaining about graphics card incompatibility. If you resolved that problem, perhaps using this method, then you run across another problem: Aperture now says that it requires computers with screens greater than 1280x864.
This should solve the problem in Aperture 1.1:

1. I'm assuming that you have Aperture 1.0 installed.
2. Upgrade Aperture to version 1.1 using Software Update.
3. Make a backup copy of Aperture.
4. Open Aperture.app/Contents/MacOS/Aperture in a hex editor.
5. Edit the following offsets: (format is offset: original –> hacked)
0×93b8: 40 9E 00 88 -> 48 00 00 88
0×9454: 40 9E 00 88 -> 48 00 00 88
0×94f0: 40 9E 00 E0 -> 48 00 00 E0

6. Save the file and run Aperture.

I first wrote up this method here; some of the comments to this article might be useful.

[kirkmc adds: I haven't tested this; I don't use Aperture, and don't have a 12" PowerBook.]
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Run Aperture 1.1 on 12" PowerBook
Authored by: rspeed on Apr 27, '06 10:35:16AM

Heh. Well.

I'm using the latest 12" iBook. It ran 1.0 and 1.0.1 just fine without any hacks but the 1.1 update killed it due to the resolution. My temporary solution was to enable spanning, plug in an external display set to a high enough resolution, launch Aperture, unplug the display and then pray that I don't accidentally quit Aperture (I have 1.5 GB of RAM, so leaving it open isn't a big issue since it uses very little CPU while hidden and idle).

After trying this hack it says "The installed graphics card does not meet the minimum requirements for Aperture." which is funny since it didn't complain about that before. I'm assuming that the problem is that one of the modifications is for changing the required video card so that 12" PowerBooks (which actually have slower video cards and lower RAM ceilings than the current iBooks) will work. I'll make another comment if I get it to work.



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Run Aperture 1.1 on 12" PowerBook
Authored by: rspeed on Apr 27, '06 10:38:58AM

Okay, I take that back. It seems I screwed up somehow since a second attempt fixed the issue.



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Run Aperture 1.1 on 12" PowerBook
Authored by: gmehl on Apr 30, '06 08:32:58AM

Works like a charm on a 1ghz 12" powerbook with 1.25G RAM. The speed of the 1.1 update is noticably improved. Bravo!

Great work.



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