Recently Reinstalled; No iLife?!

I recently reinstalled OSX due to a problem with Pro Tools and GarageBand. Upon reinstallation I realized that iLife was no longer installed on my computer. It had come with it installed, so I figured it was on the OSX install disc. I looked through both discs, and nothing. There was no iLife install disc supplied with the computer. I don't want to have to pay 80 dollars for something I already had. Is there a way to download it and install it again?

The second disc is iLife. You probably choose only to install the OS. You can re-install it again and make sure that all the iLife applications are checked in the install list. I think there is an "option" button right before the install for you to choose what to install on it.

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It has always been very basic to always maintain a backup copy of your computer for just such an occasion. Use your backup copy to put everything back.
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Hi GlynIC,
What exactly is happening when you try to update.
How are you trying to update it, using patch or doing a check for update from application itself.

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Hello Coldwater Card,
Please try the following steps and let us know if this fix your issue :
Operating system hosts files map host names to IP addresses. An incorrectly configured hosts file can affect your computer's ability to connect to Adobe's activation servers.
Follow these steps to see if there is a problem with your hosts file and to reset it if necessary.
Click this link.
If you see two Adobe logos, then you have access to the activation servers. Try activating or starting your software.
Still have problems? Go to the next step.
Start an internet browser, such as Firefox or Internet Explorer, and go to:
CS5.5: https://activate.adobe.com/test
CS6 and later: https://lm.licenses.adobe.com/gdf/status.jsp
If you see a test successful message (see screenshots below), then you have access to the activation servers. Try activating or starting your software.
CS5.5: Test successful
CS6 and later: Test successful
Still have problems? Proceed to Step 3. Reset the hosts file.
Reset the hosts file:
NOTE: You may have to disable you security software to modify your hosts file.
Windows
Choose Start > Run, type %systemroot% \system32\drivers\etc, and then press Enter.
Right-click the hosts file and select Open. Select Notepad for the application to open the hosts file.
Back up the hosts file: Choose File > Save As, save the file ashosts.backup, and then click OK.
Search the hosts file for entries that reference activate.adobe.com (for example, 127.0.0.1 activate.adobe.com) and delete these entries.
Save and close the file.
Mac OS
Log in as an administrator to edit the hosts file in Mac OS.
In a Finder window, choose Go > Go To Folder.
Type /etc.
Select the hosts file and open it.
Back up the hosts file: Choose File > Save As, save the file ashosts.backup, and then click OK.
Search the hosts file for entries that reference activate.adobe.com (for example, 127.0.0.1 activate.adobe.com) and delete these entries.
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Option 1
Back Up and try rebuild the library: hold down the command and option (or alt) keys while launching iPhoto. Use the resulting dialogue to rebuild. Choose to Rebuild iPhoto Library Database from automatic backup.
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TD

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any solutions

What is happening when you try? Error messages? What do they say? How are you re-installing? From a DVD? Backup?
Which version are you trying to re-install?
Please detail ALL you have done so far in the way of troubleshooting? Need this info to avoid the been there done that scenarios.

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It may think it's a new computer.
Sync Your iOS Device with a New Computer Without Losing Data
http://www.howtogeek.com/104298/sync-your-ios-device-with-a-new-computer-without -losing-data/
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https://discussions.apple.com/docs/DOC-3141
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Reinstall Preloaded iLife Apps?

I just bought a brand new Retina 5K iMac. I attempted to migrate all my apps over from my old computer, but my Adobe CC apps and Microsoft Office Suite didn't migrate, just all the junky odds and ends apps I've accumulated over the years. So since I have to go through the hassle of manually installing my major apps, I think I'd like to start from scratch, reformat the hard drive, and reinstall Yosemite on a nice, clean drive. But if I do that, will I be able to reinstall the iLife apps that came preloaded (iPhoto, Garage Band, iMovie, etc.)?

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Recently reinstalled Acrobat 9 pro. Got serial number from adobe. Now keep getting the message upgrade. No 9 in dropdown. Then tells me to enter serial or only have 22 days left. Reinstalled 3 times.

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Sorry that you got such a hassle. Try this. I don't have Acrobat 9 per se, but I have the TCS2 and found the following.
Run Regedit (all the serious warning apply here. Look but don't touch).
Under HKEY_LOCAL_MACHNINE->SOFTWARE->Adobe->Repair->Adobe Acrobat->9.0->IOD Look under the entry under SERIAL.
Maybe it works maybe it doesn't. But it might help.
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Recent Reinstall causing interesting Issue. Can anyone give me and answer??

Firstly here's my basic machine profile:
iBook G4
1.33Ghz Processor
512MB RAM (256 Wired, 256 In spare DIMM slot)
60GB HD (7200Rpm)
Mac OS X Tiger
External Display
I've recently had to reinstall my system due to a system wide error created by the classic desktop.
This error was causing my Automator actions to freeze my computer, the machine was also freezing randomly during different parts of the user login process (this happened on all accounts.
Initially I did an Archive and Install, I wanted to keep my user setting and files. This would work for about an hour and then certain things would hang the system, specifically:
(from what I tried) Opening windows too quickly (as the desktop was logging in). I was trying to get to Disk Utility.
Using Menus (trying to get to System Preferences).
I had been using the machine quite merrily for over a year, then one night I was running old software in Classic, this froze the machine.
I restarted the machine, Logged in (the machine still worked); I opened Classic preferences and clicked rebuild desktop (it says that this may fix software that's not running well in clasic.), this froze thye machine.
I restarted and this is when everthing went HAYWIRE!!!
That is how the machine came to be as it was.
After following the assistance from Apple's phone support I rebooted the machine holding shift, this gave me "Safe Boot" and I was able to save my work. The tech support also told me that my problem sounded like a system wide issue and that I should back up my data and zero-out the disk. This worked.
I reinstalled Tiger and got the most recent updates from Apple. The Machine is running beautifully now.
now.
The issue I bring forth is that I was using a system hack called "Screen Spanning Doctor", a hack that give iBook and iMac users the ability to turn off screen mirroring, It helped me greatly.
Now this should have been a software hack should it not? Because after reinstalling the system (from a Tiger DVD), the feature to span screens has remained... I don't understand how this is possible though
All comments are welcome, I hope someone can answer this strange issue for me.
regards,
Pete.
iBook G4; 60GB Hard Drive, 512MB RAM, Airport Extreme + iPod Nano (1GB Black) Mac OS X (10.4.6) iWork & iLife '06, Adobe CS2, Final Cut Pro. Anything and Everything!!!

Hi Peter...
Try reading MacFixIt about tips of reinstalling OS after a system-wide failure:
http://www.macfixit.com/
One tip about Archive & Install is to uncheck "preserving (old) users internet settings" etc, that may bring any corrupted or unstable system files over, the key here is to start from a fresh new stable OS.
Did you also inadvertently migrate over the hack that you have mentioned? If it is software based, it should not be functioning when you perform the A&I method.
Since you have back up all your important data, your "last resort", and probably the "best garanteed way" of ensuring a new stable fresh OS, is to erase, reformat the drive and install from scratch.
Cheers

I am unable to import new photos in iPhoto 11. Perhaps I should just reinstall from iLife disk? Will it affect my photos in any way?

Hello,
I have iPhoto 11 installed on my MacBook. I am now unable to import new photos using USB or by plugging the camera directly into the laptop. Never had that probem before with this camera. Perhaps just reinstall iPhoto from the iLife disk?

Hello Terence,
Okay I will try reformating the camera's card. However all is well when I export photos to my iMac at home or onto my iPad.
If your suggestion does not work should I try reinstalling iPhoto from the iLife disk? If so, how do I go about doing that or is there a website somewhere explaining this?
Regards,
Tom

Why can't I reinstall my iLife suite of apps on my Mac Mini after having reinstalled Snow Leopard OSX?

Unfortunately my Mac Mini I use for audio production work and web design got slower and slower until one day it just gave up! I blame the internet for this, as before I started using the internet on this computer it was fine, nice and fast without any problems.
I tried reinstalling just the OSX but that didn't work, so I ended up erasing the disk with a full 35-pass option which failed itself after the eleventh pass, but it had still done what I wanted and completely erased the hardisk, so I wasn't bothered. However, now in Utilities, it wasn't finding any hardisk!!! I powered off and thankfully this time the disk was showing and so I tried installing the OSX again and this time it worked!
Next it was time to reinstall iLife that had come with the Mac Mini. No chance! Same error message every time to contact the software manufacturer!!! I've read on the communities that after 2012 this version of iLife apparently doesn't work. Is this true? If so then Apple is ripping customers off. Why should we have to keep upgrading all the time? As the old saying goes, "if it ain't broken, don't fix it!" If this is true that iLife won't work after 2012 then basically Apple is saying that its products are so crap that they won't work after a few years!! Surely not. I've also read in the communities that one person had to pay another $18 out for an iLife suite that works, what crap! Whatever came with the computer should work with the computer and not be limited to just a few years life and we shouldn't have to pay out for another disc when the original has be kept securely in its original packaging! I have an old Windows XP PC which is still going strong today and up until a year ago I had an old Windows 3.1 PC which was still working 22 years after purchase and I still had occasional tasks to carry out on it at DOS level!!
So I'm beginning to wonder whether I should go back to PCs if Apple computers have such a limited lifespan.
I look forward to your comments.

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LowLuster wrote:
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