"Please install iLife '08 before installing iMovie HD 6"

Quite awhile ago(A couple of months) I experienced hard drive troubles and had to go to the Apple store to get a new one. I had iLife '08 on there before I got a new had drive, and iMovie 6 worked fine. But now when I try to reinstall iMovie 6, it gives me the message "Please install iLife ’08 before installing iMovie HD 6"
Is there a way to redownload iLife?

Do you still have the OS disks that came with your Mac? If it originally came with iLife 08, they are on one of the disks.

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Message: PLEASE INSTALL iLIFE 08 BEFORE INSTALLING iMOVIE HD 6 ... huh?

My two year old Macbook's hard drive completely croaked two months ago and I got a brand new one installed under my warranty. Now I have OS X 10.4.11. It came loaded with iPhoto 08, iMovie 08, iDVD 08, GarageBand, and iWeb 08... so I assume that means I have iLife 08.
Well on iMovie 08 I can't work on any of my movie projects I had backed up. I tried to install iMovie 6 that I downloaded but can't install it: the message says to install iLife 08 first. Any ideas? When I got my Macbook out of the Apple shop with it's shiny new hard drive I got no disks whatsoever.
And, may I just say a heartfelt THANK YOU, THANK YOU to Apple for pushing us a giant step backwards with your iMovie 08 dud. Thanks, Apple!

it solidly refuses to recognize my iLife 08 suite.
You mean with regard to installing iLife HD 06?
Which I assume you are downloading here:
http://support.apple.com/downloads/iMovieHD6
Do you still have the disks that came with the computer originally? It might be worth trying to reinstall iMovie HD 6 that way because it's not going to care if iMovie '08 is present or not.
Matt

IMovie 08 Requirements. Can't install iMovie 08! Please help!

I have a G5 Dual 2.0 Ghz PPC with 2gb of memory.
I am trying to install iLife 08.
The requirements say:
iLife ’08 requirements
Hardware: Mac computer with an Intel, PowerPC G5, or PowerPC G4 processor
• iMovie requires a Mac computer with an Intel processor, a Power Mac G5 (dual 2.0GHz or faster), or an iMac G5 (1.9GHz or faster)
• iDVD requires 733MHz or faster processor
512MB of RAM; 1GB recommended; high-definition video requires at least 1GB of RAM
I have the minimum.
Why can't I install iMovie if i have the minimum requirements?
Please help! I bought iLife 08 just to run the new iMovie. Don't tell me i have to purchase a new computer now?!?
Thanks!

As Ben says, solved, it is.
Here's my little saga:
Upon detaching the 24" from the ATI 9200 and restarting, the installation, including iMovie, went without a hitch. Again, this is with the 9200 still seated comfortably in its PCI slot.
After reattaching the display and restarting, iMovie '08 would not even launch. I was greeted with a small dialog box:
"*Quartz Extreme Required*
iMovie requires a graphics card that is compatible with Quartz Extreme. One or more of your graphics cards does not support Quartz Extreme."
The only button was Quit. As a comparison, I then launched iMovie '06. I was greeted with this:
"*Your computer contains a graphics card which may not support iMovie.*
iMovie requires a “Quartz Extreme Compatible” graphics card. Certain iMovie features such as Themes, Ken Burns Photos, and Video FX may not work properly with your graphics card."
In this instance, however, my options were "Quit" and "Launch iMovie." Selecting "Launch iMovie" allowed me to use the application, but without the Quartz animations.
Definitely a "kinder, gentler" iMovie.
Whenever I wish to use either version of iMovie, I'll have to unplug the third display, and restart before I can get down to business.
Two things of interest to me are:
1) What would happen if I had unplugged the third display and restarted, launched iMovie (either version, but '08 especially), and then hot-attached the third display to the 9200? I'm curious to see what would happen. Naturally, attaching and un-attaching displays to a running Mac is not recommended, but it's been fairly common practice in the Mac repair shops at which I've worked. *I definitely do not recommend it, as you may end up frying something.*
That being said, I'm still curious to see if iMovie would still run properly, freeze, or quit.
2) Remember a few generations of Mac OS X back there was a little software hack called "PCI Extreme?" It's purpose was to fool an application into thinking you were Quartz enabled. There were many caveats, most notably that it could not perform magic on older cards, but many folks had success with it in Jaguar and Panther. Now, it seems, a few Tiger users are playing with it. The developer’s notes mention the following:
"Unfortunately, because Apple hardcoded the setting into CoreGraphics, I'm not aware of a way to enable both AGP and PCI graphics quartz acceleration at the same time. If you know a way, please let me know."
Therein, as the Bard tells us, lies the rub. Still, this avenue remains interesting. If I knew the first thing about coding, I'd delve into this to see if there was a method by which an application like iMovie would at least "ignore" the 9200 (as in this particular case) and just let the X850 XT do its thing.
For the adventurous among you, PCI Extreme is still available and does, to some extent, function in Tiger. You can get a it at http://www.macupdate.com/info.php/id/8979#descContainer_link
I agree that this issue is solved insofar as the boundaries of the initial question posted by Marc. It's the geeky can of worms that follows that will nag at me for a while.
This is ironic, as I use iMovie so infrequently I shouldn’t be concerned by this, especially seeing as there is a work-around if at least one of your installed cards is, indeed, capable of baring the brunt.
The biggest lingering issue, to me, is why can't we have a better, more powerful PCI option than the 9200? I suppose the answer is; "There is. It's called a Mac Pro."
This has been a fun one. Good work, everyone!
As always, I remain your humble crooner.
crooner

Cant install iMovie 6 owning iLife 08'?!

Hi, I own a Macbook purchased few months ago, just before the new line came out... :P.
On it I found pre-installed iLife 08' including therefore iMovie. I needed some features that were lacking on imovie 08', and seraching aroud this forum i found out that iMovie 6(having those features) was available for download to users owning iLife 08'. Excellent.
From this post (on which i also left a comment):
http://discussions.apple.com/message.jspa?messageID=8745892#8745892
I Found the link and downloaded it.
I tryed to install it but it said: "the installation cannot continue as I need iLife 08' installed".
Can anyone help with this?
Thanks.
Ps: i am not sure if this post will count as "double-post" having left a comment on the that link i just gave. If so I am sorry, I thought that being the question marked as solved it was closed.

Thnx all!
I have done as suggested and all went fine!
Fortunatly i had already downloaded iLife06 HD before they removed the link from the site ;P
Firewire... I know some people really like it and am sure they have all the good reason in the world to do that. But so far, I have never used it in my all life.
Thanks all again!

How do i install iMovie 6 onto my new imac with iLife 8?

I have a new imac with iLife 8 installed with Leopard.
I can't get used to the new iMovie 8 and want to instal iMovie 6 (which i am used to and find great).
Can anyone recommend how i can do this?
I don't want to change the other iLife apps, only iMovie 6.
Also the new imac is not at home and not connected to the internet, is there anyway i can do this without being online? can i download a DMG on a different mac and instal on the new one?
Thanks very much
Dave

Dieop wrote:
.. is there any risk involved?
no.
follow advice given here http://support.apple.com/kb/HT2281
basicly: think twice before setting any checkboxes and hitting any 'install' button
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Installing iMovie when I didn't install it before...?

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Please help!

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Do you take me as a joker ?
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Install iMovie HD 6 on intel machine with iLife '09

I recently bought a new intel iMac with iLife '09 preinstalled. On my old PowerMac G5, I had iLife '08 installed as well as the free iMovie HD 6 for iLife '08 folks who didn't like the new iMovie. I prefer HD 6 so would like to continue using it. In order to install iMovie HD 6, I need to have iLife '08 installed in its entirety. Is this going to mess up my already-installed iLife '09? iMovie is the only app for which I want to use an older version.

iMovie 06.03 and iMovie 06.04 are believed to be the same program. Except in one area. iMovie 06.04 "looks" to see if you have iLife 08.
If you have iMovie 06.03 you should be able to just copy it onto your new Mac.
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Can't install iMovie HD 6 even though i have iLife '08

i have iLife '08, yet i cannot install iMovie HD 6 (i downloaded it from the support site). What could be wrong?

If iMovie 08 is not installed, you cannot install iMovie HD6 from the free download.
I don't think that this is correct. My iMac has the PowerPC chip, and therefore IMovie 08 could not be installed. Installation of the rest of the iLife 08 suite was completed without a problem. Once that was done, I learned (I forgot how) that I could get a free download of iMovie HD 6. The only difficulty that I encountered was what I described in my previous post, which was not finding the new program in the dock.

Can't install iMovie, please help!

whenever i sync my ipod 4G it appears a sign on my screen that says "error at installing iMovie", i bought the app on app store on my computer, nothing should be wrong. anyone help?

Hi
I have the same problem with my iPod Touch. But in iPad there is something wrong too. Everytime I go to the appstore, I see "Install" button for iMovie. It shoudn't be there because I updated the iMovie to the last version, you know...
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Do you have to install iMovie 08 along with the rest of iLife 08?

iLife 08 will apparently work on a PowerPC G4 (which is what I have), but iMovie 08 requires a G5. Can I choose to download the rest of iLife 08 without downloading iMovie 08, or is it an "all-or-nothing" deal?

Thanks for the speedy response! I have just one more question (that I was actually leading up to with the other one). Once I load what I can of iLife 08, can I still download iMovie 06 HD even if I don't have iMovie 08? And if so, will iMovie 06 work with iDVD 08?
Thanks again!

Cannot install iMovie HD 6

I've searched Discussions and could not find anyone with a similar problem that was resolved so I'm starting this post.
I've tried downloading iMovie HD 6 (v 6.0.4) and I get the error message "iMovie HD cannot be installed on this system. Please install iLife '08 before installing iMovie HD 06."
iLife '08 came pre-installed on my iMac. I've used iMovie 7 from iLife '08 and want to try iMovie HD 6, which a lot of people say has more functionality. Any ideas on how I can get the install to work?
I'm running Mac OS X 10.5.5. Space is not an issue, I have approximately 400 gb free on my hard drive.

I found the Receipts folder.
Here is what I found related to iLife'08.
iDVD_702.pkg
iLifeMediaBrowser.pkg
iMovie_711.pkg
iMovie_712.pkg
iMovie_714.pkg
iPhoto_711.pkg
iPhoto_712.pkg
iPhoto_713.pkg
iPhoto_714.pkg
iWeb_203.pkg
iWeb_204.pkg
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Installed iMovie 7.1 projects won't play/event clips will play-no volume

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http://www.apple.com/support/downloads/ilifesupport81.html
Where it says this about iLife Support 8.1:
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Having Trouble Installing iMovie 6 with iMovie 08

A few weeks ago, I had to take my computer into the Apple Store with some issues. They did archive & install but none of my applications were saved, so the only thing left on my HD was pre-installed applications. iLife '08 was there (and I've used all the programs multiple times) but I needed to reinstall iMovie 6. When I opened the pkg file, it tells me "Please install iLife '08 before installing iMovie HD 6."
Does anyone have any ideas why this could be happening?

Welcome to discussions!
Another user had the same problem. he wrote:
+"This last suggestion of trashing the iLife'08 applications and receipts and then performing a reinstall worked. I was able to download iMovie HD 6. Not sure why the preinstalled iLife'08 was not being recognized but the reinstall did work.+
+For those following the thread from the beginning, doing an Archive & Install did fix my new User issue. Now when creating a new User, they have the same hard drive space as everyone else. I did try and download iMovie HD 6 after this step but before the trashing of the preinstalled iLife'08 (as described in the paragraph above) and that did not work.+
+Thank you to everyone that contributed; very much appreciated."+
Read the entire thread here:
http://discussions.apple.com/thread.jspa?threadID=1766964&start=25&tstart=90
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Installing IMovie HD6 onto new macs

Hi im looking for some help with installing iMovie HD6 for new macs with iLife 08.
I installed the application from the apple sire, but when i try to install it once its on my desktop i just get an error message saying "The following disk images failed to mount" and then below it says iMovieHD6.dmg not recognised.
I have literally no idea what to do, im only into about a month of my life with macs so im not that great with them, but i do knoe that the new iMovie is terrible, and the old one is really good!
Please if anyone can help please do im really stuck.
Thanks so much.
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