hi - i just wanted to let others know this workaround i discovered.
I still have a Mac with OSX 10.6.8 Snow Leopard which came with iDVD v7.1 (and the rest of the iLife package) pre-installed on the internal drive.
I just drag copied (standard click and drag) the iDVD.app from the Applications folder to a USB drive. I also drag copied the iDVD Getting Started.app from the Library->Documentation->Applications->iDVD folder.
I then drag copied these 2 files to the same locations on my other Mac running OSX 10.7.2 Lion. I then double-clicked the iDVD v7.1 on this Mac and got an error message (as expected). So I then downloaded the iDVD7.1.2Update.dmg from the Apple website http://support.apple.com/kb/DL1414?viewlocale=us_US&locale=us_US
I then ran the updater - and to my amazement - it updated my old version (which I just drag copied from my older Mac, as explained above), and I am now running iDVD v7.1.2 (still the latest version as further support has been discontinued by Apple) on OSX 10.7.2 Lion!
I hope this helps someone else somewhere...
Update: btw, a similar drag copy method also worked for getting iWeb v3.0.4 onto my OSX 10.7.2 Lion mac...
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Just found the following link which shows a slightly different way of doing this - and also your old Desktop Pictures onto a newer Mac.
http://www.cultofmac.com/109832/restore-missing-os-x-features-on-new-macs-video-how-to/
(same thing on YouTube: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=my12sf_2TFI&feature=player_embedded)
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I still have a Mac with OSX 10.6.8 Snow Leopard which came with iDVD v7.1 (and the rest of the iLife package) pre-installed on the internal drive.
I just drag copied (standard click and drag) the iDVD.app from the Applications folder to a USB drive. I also drag copied the iDVD Getting Started.app from the Library->Documentation->Applications->iDVD folder.
I then drag copied these 2 files to the same locations on my other Mac running OSX 10.7.2 Lion. I then double-clicked the iDVD v7.1 on this Mac and got an error message (as expected). So I then downloaded the iDVD7.1.2Update.dmg from the Apple website http://support.apple.com/kb/DL1414?viewlocale=us_US&locale=us_US
I then ran the updater - and to my amazement - it updated my old version (which I just drag copied from my older Mac, as explained above), and I am now running iDVD v7.1.2 (still the latest version as further support has been discontinued by Apple) on OSX 10.7.2 Lion!
I hope this helps someone else somewhere...
Update: btw, a similar drag copy method also worked for getting iWeb v3.0.4 onto my OSX 10.7.2 Lion mac...
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Just found the following link which shows a slightly different way of doing this - and also your old Desktop Pictures onto a newer Mac.
http://www.cultofmac.com/109832/restore-missing-os-x-features-on-new-macs-video-how-to/
(same thing on YouTube: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=my12sf_2TFI&feature=player_embedded)
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