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Sweener88

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Apr 27, 2006
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Hi,
For some reason front row isnt working. My remote still works with itunes but nothing happens when i hit menu. Iv tried the shortcut :apple: + esc with still no luck. Any ideas?:confused:
 
I'm guessing you already tried restarting?
Try typing:

killall Front Row

in Termal... though this should naturally happen by restarting your computer.
Did you install anything weird since the last time you saw Front Row working?
 
I used to get a problem like that as well, I don't use FR that much, sometimes when it fails to launch when you press the 'Menu' button, just open up Apps>Utilities>Activity Monitor and check to see if FrontRow has crashed, or is using an unusual amount of RAM (on mine when it crashes it uses about 300megs+).
If it has crashed (not responsing) just click on the stop icon in the Activity Monitor, and force quit it.
 
It took a few force/quit operations via Activity Monitor but Front Row has, mysteriously, started working again. Thanks for the tip.
 
front row crashes for me too when i try to access movies. i think it has to do with one of the updates i recently downloaded
 
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