How to get iDVD

My computer crashed a few months back and I lost everything. My external hard drive also crashed. Sad day for my movies and pictures! Were able to save some but noticed that I did not have iLife any more. I rebought iMovie and iPhoto on the app store but I cannot seem to find how to buy iDVD. I make a movie for my kids every year for them to keep. Need to finish 2011. Any suggestion how to get it?

Reinstall iDVD from the Applications DVD that came with your Mac.
If you no longer have it or your Mac shipped with Lion with no Applications DVD then buy iLife and install iDVD: http://www.amazon.com/Apple-MC623Z-A-iLife-VERSION/dp/B003XKRZES/
iDVD is no longer available directly from Apple.

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If iDVD was not preinstalled on your Mac you'll have to obtain it by purchasing a copy of the iLife 09 disk from a 3rd party retailier like Amazon.com: ilife 09: Software or eBay.com. Why, because iDVD (and iWeb) was discontinued by Apple over a year ago.
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Currently the only sure fire way to get all themes is to start with the iLife 09 disc:
This shows the iDVD contents in the iLife 09 disc via Pacifist:
You then can upgrade from iDVD 7.0.3 to iDVD 7.1.2 via the updaters at the Apple Downloads webpage.
Export the slideshow out of iPhoto as a QT movie file via the Export button in the lower toolbar. Select Size = Medium or Large.
Open iDVD, select a theme and drag the exported QT movie file into the open iDVD window being careful to avoid any drop zones.
Follow this workflow to help assure the best qualty video DVD:
Once you have the project as you want it save it as a disk image via the File ➙ Save as Disk Image menu option. This will separate the encoding process from the burn process.
To check the encoding mount the disk image, launch DVD Player and play it. If it plays OK with DVD Player the encoding is good.
Then burn to disk with Disk Utility or Toast at the slowest speed available (2x-4x) to assure the best burn quality. Always use top quality media: Verbatim, Maxell or Taiyo Yuden DVD-R are the most recommended in these forums.
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the files you see for (free) download are just updates, they need an existing copy of the app on your drive...
Part II of my answer in Part II of your posting...

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Just bought a new Macbook air 11" running on Os X 10.7.2 and a superdrive so i could burn DVD's.... but no iDVD!
I have it now and it works perfectly....after a little research.
This is where i started, very helpful:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=my12sf_2TFI
You will need to find a mac (yours/family/friends) that do have iDVD. Enable "file sharing" in system preferences on your mac and the mac with iDVD....this will help if you've got problems doing that:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qUThAcIBWfQ
So i did everything as per the first youtube clip however i encountered some problems:
1) couldnt find Library and thus application support. Found it was a hidden folder (press shift/command/g to get "go to folder" and type ~/Library and its all in there)
2) still could not transfer themes
So what i did was download some free themes from www.dvdthemepak.com/
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Click on the grey themes below those that are available and iDVD autamatically updates them.
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Very long winded i know, but saves buying iLife and handing over more unnecessary $$$ to the very same people that removed iDVD in the first place.
Stickin it to the man!!!

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If there is drag whatever's in the bin out and try again.
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You have to buy the whole package from apple.com.
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iDVD is no longer developed or shipped by Apple. You can purchase an iLife 11 disk (if you can find one) or purchase an alternative DVD authoring app.
SInce 10.7 should you need to re-install you do so via the Recovery partition and/or the App Store.
http://reviews.cnet.com/8301-13727_7-20083166-263/managing-the-os-x-10.7-lion-re store-drive/

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The current Apple thinking is that the entire world has access to fast broadband and wants to distribute home movies to friends and relatives via download (iCloud) rather than mailing them a DVD. The fact that in reality not all users do, has so far had no effect on this policy. If you scream and shout loudly enough down the phone Apple may send you a free copy of iDVD. That worked for some, but is now said to have been withdrawn by Apple. Also, you can complain bitterly here, perhaps suggesting that Apple could have provided a choice between using iCloud and burning DVDs:
http://www.apple.com/feedback/
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