GarageBand 3: Rewire fails on Intel Mac

I tried to connect GarageBand 3.0.2 and Reason 3.0.5 via ReWire. No success. Transport and sync is working and Reason says that it is in ReWire Slave Mode. So far everything seems to be OK. Unfortunately, there is no audio output from Reason.
This happens only with GarageBand. Rewiring Reason and Live 5.2 is working fine on my MacBook.
Any ideas?
Thomas

I hope you're able to find a solution to this problem because I'm having the exact same issue. Please let me know if you've solved it since posting.

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Hi T,
http://www.apple.com/support/downloads/logicexpressupdate721.html
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It's impossible to create Enhanced Podcasts on Intel Macs. Please read.

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Pathetic. If you, like me, are an Intel Mac user who'd like to create Enhanced Podcasts, provide some feedback to Apple: http://www.apple.com/feedback/garageband.html
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Simply put, there's no way to author enhanced podcasts if you're using an Intel Mac.
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certain
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ahess24 wrote:
> I'm just wondering if anyone else has had issues playing
.mpg files in
> authorware on an Intel Mac? When I try to play them I
get and error about
> 'unable to load external movie driver'. These videos
work find on non-Intel
> macs and they even play fine in QuickTime on the Intel
macs but when they are
> played through authorware I get the error.
>
> Appreciate any suggestions
>
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Hi
I have been unable to migrate files from my old G4 destop to my new Intel Mac mini. I wonder if anyone could help.
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Exactly which model G4 tower do you have? The
PCI-graphics G4 towers do not support FireWire Target
Disk Mode.
If FWTDM works, have you replaced the hard drive that
came with the G4? Technically, Apple claims FWTDM
will only work with the OEM (original) hard drive
that came with the G4 tower. If you've replaced it or
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When I use the Traget mode I do see my "old" drive (both partitions) on my desktop so it suggests firewire is working.
Won't take everything across including applications, library etc.
Will let you know how I get on.
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A Bootable Backup for an Intel Mac
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Well... If you are using CCC, the only way to use it to restore would be to start up from the bootable backup and run CCC from there. Unlike Disk Utility, CCC can clone the disk being used for startup; Disk Utility want the "source" disk to not be "busy." On the other hand, if you are using Disk Utility from the Mac OS Installation Disk, the backup does not need to be bootable. The backup can even be a disk image, which has the advantage of not occupying the entire external drive.
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