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10.4: Install Front Row 1.3 on older Macs
Authored by: c0nsigliere on Jan 10, '09 03:48:59PM
Tremendous! Thanks a lot.
I had to tweak a little more to get things running, though:
1. the correct link to front row is here
2. At first, I couldn't install it to my hard drive in spite of this hint, because front row was not yet installed (and this download from apple is labelled as an update). The solution was analogue to what is described above: in the same file, a couple of lines beneath, there is the following code:

// must have Front Row
if(!system.files.bundleAtPath(my.target.mountpoint + "/System/Library/CoreServices/Front Row.app")) {
my.result.message = system.localizedStringWithFormat('ERROR_FR');
my.result.type = 'Fatal'; return false;
}

// must have Front Row prior to or equal to 1.3.1 (hasBundle function uses non-inclusive max-value)
if(!hasBundle(my.target.mountpoint + "/System/Library/CoreServices/Front Row.app","0","1.3.2")) {
my.result.message = system.localizedStringWithFormat('ERROR_VERSION');
my.result.type = 'Fatal'; return false;
}

At least, they made it obvious ;)
I deleted this (including the bracket), and - that was it! Another way to arbitrarily lock us down, of course.
Also, from what I read, Front Row does not start unless you make Tiger believe you have an IR receiver. Just follow this hint. Oh, and finally, I had to go to my system preferences, mouse&keyboard pane, to set the keyboard shortcut for front row (it was greyed out).

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