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Change iPhoto/FrontRow default music revisited Apps
I have seen a lot of stuff here related to changing the default music (Minuet in G) on iPhoto and Front Row, but to be honest, I have had little success getting them to work. So I have come up with my own hack:
  1. Open Finder
  2. Select the Applications folder
  3. Highlight iPhoto, Control-clik on it and select Show Package Contents from the pop-up menu.
  4. Once the Contents folder opens in another window, navigate to Resources » Music folder.
  5. Delete everything from that folder, and insert your favourite MP3 into the folder. This will become the new default. Alternatively, instead of deleting everything, you can also rename your favourite MP3 to something like 1.mp3 and drop it in there, as it will always default to the first track in the list.
I tried to get this to work with a playlist with no success. If anyone does please manage, please let me know.

[robg adds: "Back in the day," changing the music for a slideshow with the iPhoto Library selected would change the default music for all new playlists, as explained in this hint. However, now that iPhoto creates a special album for each slideshow, this is no longer the case. This recent hint seems to offer a solution for the non-music settings, but it didn't work as described on my test machine. The above solution definitely works, although it's a relatively aggressive way to solve the problem.]
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Change iPhoto/FrontRow default music revisited
Authored by: missmaris on May 16, '07 08:32:28AM

I did this myself a while ago because that song drove me crazy. Then my computer crashed and I forgot where the file was once I got it back.
Thank you for reminding me!

This is a hint everyone can use..



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Change iPhoto/FrontRow default music revisited
Authored by: theauharem on May 16, '07 09:27:32AM

I don't get it. Changing the slideshow music is easily done without hacking anything. Load iPhoto, have Library selected (or whatever slideshow you need/want), press play in the button bar at bottom, a window pops up with a music tab, select music and off you go. The music settings chosen this way also spill over into Front Row. Why hack?



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Change iPhoto/FrontRow default music revisited
Authored by: hooverm on May 30, '07 06:07:06PM

What would be the result if I removed the contents and failed to replace the mp3 file?
I'm not a fan of any default tune as it eventually drives me buggy...
I'd like to either remove it, or replace it with a file of zero size.

Has anyone tried this??



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Change iPhoto/FrontRow default music revisited
Authored by: dansat on Jun 18, '07 04:19:21PM

I am a very new PC to Mac convert but it seems that you could edit a nice 10-20 minute mp3 file of your music and save the file with the proper name. That slide show feature in I-photo is really great.

Dan



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