Help! movie rental no good on slow mac! can I transfer to my macbook?
hi --
I downloaded Juno on my old Mac -- G4. It has stalled throughout 20 mins of it. Is there any way I can transfer this movie to my work Macbook Pro? I don't know why I didn't just download it on that in the 1st place. If I can do it, please let me know the best way. Burn a dvd? I tried already and there was an error burning. Not sure if it's my G4 or what. It's the 1st time. Firewire? Please help. I have 22 hours left to see it....thanks very much!!
You can't burn a DVD as the movies have copy protection on them.
If you can transfer the file to the MacBook Pro and add it to the iTunes Library, it may play if you are logged into your iTunes Store account on the MacBook Pro, but I am not sure if rentals are tied to the computer you rented them on.
If you have an iPod that can play video then you should be able to transfer the movie to there to watch it.
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A number of people have reported similar issues recently, many appear to have found a discrepancy of some kind in their account settings and making changes to these settings or simply resetting them has resolved the matter.
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http://support.apple.com/kb/HT1848
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Click iTunes Store near the top of the iTunes window.
Click the Purchased link at the right of the iTunes Store homepage (below Quick Links).
In the page that appears, select a category.
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