Copying photo & music libraries backwards

Hi -
my problem, is how can I copy my Photo & Music libraries from my iMac running OSX 10.5.6 and iPhoto 7.1.5 "backwards" to a G4 Powerbook running OSX 10.4.6 and iPhoto 5?
Connecting the two via Firewire copies the libraries OK, but the Powerbook cannot "see" them. Similarly, I cannot copy the newer versions of iPhoto & iTunes to the Powerbook.
Regards... Chas
Sussex

Chas
You can’t. No early version of iPhoto can open a later version’s Library. So iPhoto 5 cannot open an iPhoto 7 library, though v7 can open a v5 one.
The OS version doesn’t matter.
You’ll need to update the Library on the Powerbook.
You cannot copy the applications over. Apart from possible licensing issues, you need to install iPhoto from an Installer disk.
You can download a later version of iTunes from http://www.apple.com/itunes/
Regards
TD
Message was edited by: Terence Devlin

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