Locked Project - iDVD

[harrispeter]

I have just copied a DVD project from my G5 Powermac to G4 iBook over my Airport network. The project does not open on the iBook (I think because the project was made on iDVD v6.03, and the iBook runs, or at least ran an earlier version.) I am trying to upgrade to 6.03 but so far to no effect.

Now the project will no longer open on the G5 as it puts up the following message -

Project locked by other user

The project wotton is locked by the user alexrice (user ID 501): 2007-10-15 14:31:14 +0100.

The project can't be opened at this time. -

I have quit iDVD on the iBook and shut it down.

The user id 'alexrice' is the previous owner of the iBook. Due to pressure of work, and some useful software still on the iBook, I had not got around to reformatting the harddrive and giving it a new identity.

How can I regain control of my project on the G5?

Most grateful for any help. PeterH

[dmmurphy]

Hello Peter,
Did you ever resolve this problem? I am having the same difficulty on my MacBook after upgrading to it from an older IMac.
DMM

[DVDshrink4mac]

Hey, not sure if you're still looking for a solution, but I hope this link helps:

http://discussions.apple.com/thread.jspa?threadID=1340106&tstart=390

Basically the article says:

"1. Locate the icon for your iDVD project. Ctrl-Click on the icon and select "Show Package Contents" from the drop-down menu. This will bring up a finder window showing you the contents of the iDVD project.
2. In your project, open the "Contents" folder.
3. In the "Contents" folder, open the "Resources" folder.
4. In the "Resources" folder, delete the file named "project.lock.""

Good luck ;)

[erraticity]

Thx!

[kkay2000]

Thanks. That Ctrl-Click on project icon and deleting the project.lock file did the trick!

You see, I use multiple computers to work on a project and it gets real frustrating at not being able to continue with a different machine.

[billchase2]

Thanks for the tip! Just ran into the same issue. Appreciate it!