Didn't ATV4Mac do that? Now we need one for the iOS A4 based ATV.
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Mac OS X Lion - Front Row
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Didn't ATV4Mac do that? Now we need one for the iOS A4 based ATV.
EDIT: 100th reply!
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Just my 2-cents on Apple supporting iTunes 10.4 (and 10.5) with Front Row: It's probably not going to happen.
Apple did the same thing with iTunes 7 and Front Row 1.3. Whenever iTunes 7 launched, it broke support for Front Row 1.3 and Apple never applied and update to fix it, leaving Macs running the original Front Row (à la OS X Tiger [which, while it seems old now, at the time was only a generation behind]) broken.
Apple is probably done with Front Row and has reassigned those developers to new projects unrelated to an OS X media framework. Apple never really supports "hobby" projects once they have been depreciated or replaced.
Apple did the same thing with iTunes 7 and Front Row 1.3. Whenever iTunes 7 launched, it broke support for Front Row 1.3 and Apple never applied and update to fix it, leaving Macs running the original Front Row (à la OS X Tiger [which, while it seems old now, at the time was only a generation behind]) broken.
Apple is probably done with Front Row and has reassigned those developers to new projects unrelated to an OS X media framework. Apple never really supports "hobby" projects once they have been depreciated or replaced.
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And to add to this, support is kinda wonky under Snow Leopard and Front Row (sometimes it works, other times it doesn't). Hopefully (as others have pointed out) Apple will be quick to remedy this iTunes/Front Row update for Snow Leopard users. Both AnonMac50 and myself will update apps accordingly.
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I'll miss it, mostly because I enjoyed watching the movie trailers they provided (I honestly wouldn't have known about half the movies I've seen if it weren't for Front Row!). And yes, I know of Apple's trailer website.
For what it's worth
Here's my two pence ( English 🙂 )
I'm a little annoyed at Apple's lack of FR support for Lion, moreover for the new iTunes, but only a little.
Thanks to the great work of others who have posted above, FR is working near perfectly with Lion, and I really appreciate this.
As others have mentioned, the reason FR is a good app is due to its simplicity.
I use an alias to point FR to my movies folder, and using Perian all of my films and TV shows play - this works in Lion.
The disappointment is that I can't play my music, but that's a minor one as iTunes is fine for that, especially when combined with iPad/iPhone remote etc. In fact scrolling through FR lists for music was a bit of a pain anyway.
My main annoyance is that Apple are supposedly bringing iOS utiities to the Mac to make the OS more user friendly, yet they're sacrificing some of this simplicity by killing FR.
I for one don't have the money to spend on an AppleTV, which would need my media server running anyway due to its lack of hard drive.
I can deal with all of this 🙂
What I can't deal with is when posters love the sound of their own voice so much that they crowd a thread with useless and insulting posts. Chill out!
Thanks again to the useful posters above, especially for the compiled installer of FR on Lion 😀
Here's my two pence ( English 🙂 )
I'm a little annoyed at Apple's lack of FR support for Lion, moreover for the new iTunes, but only a little.
Thanks to the great work of others who have posted above, FR is working near perfectly with Lion, and I really appreciate this.
As others have mentioned, the reason FR is a good app is due to its simplicity.
I use an alias to point FR to my movies folder, and using Perian all of my films and TV shows play - this works in Lion.
The disappointment is that I can't play my music, but that's a minor one as iTunes is fine for that, especially when combined with iPad/iPhone remote etc. In fact scrolling through FR lists for music was a bit of a pain anyway.
My main annoyance is that Apple are supposedly bringing iOS utiities to the Mac to make the OS more user friendly, yet they're sacrificing some of this simplicity by killing FR.
I for one don't have the money to spend on an AppleTV, which would need my media server running anyway due to its lack of hard drive.
I can deal with all of this 🙂
What I can't deal with is when posters love the sound of their own voice so much that they crowd a thread with useless and insulting posts. Chill out!
Thanks again to the useful posters above, especially for the compiled installer of FR on Lion 😀
I for one am glad its gone...was a PITA to use my Macbook Pro and my Apple TV while in the same room without my laptop going into FR everytime i hit menu button.
pcmxa
macrumors regular
Unless you use the remote with your MBP, you can go the security settings in system preferences and disable the MBP remote sensor. I don't have an ATV but you can also pair a remote and computer so that they only work together. I know this might not work for you, but thought I would mention it.
YES!!!
I was just saying that to someone today.
The only time I see front row is when I mean to press cmd+opt+esc and don't press opt....It always gets me too...I'm like, wtf, why is it frozen..then it fades to black and I know what I did!