IDVD wont open on Macbook Pro. 'loading themes' bar only.
Everytime i try to open iDVD, i select 'start new project' and the 'loading themes' bar appears and nothing else happens. I have never been able to get into the actual program properly.
When i was installing all the new updates when i first receieved my macbook, the computer crashed half way through so this might have caused the problem?
Either way, I trashed the program and then reinstalled i DVD from the original install disk and opened it (6.0.0) and i had the same problem. I then downloaded the software update (6.0.1) and again no difference...the rest of the iLife apps work perfectly.
please help! thanks
Macbook Pro 2ghz, 2gb ram Mac OS X (10.4.5)
no..still no difference after deleting those files. loading themes bar still wont go away! im going to do a system restart anyway and wipe off the hard drive because i copied all the files from my old 12 inch powerbook originally and i think the computer is clogged up and it def could be a lot faster. hopefully iDvd will work after that, too!
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