iDVD 3.0.1 on Non-Superdrive Macs!

Jeff Carlson's avatar Jeff Carlson on July 24, 2003

When Apple released its iDVD 3.0.1 Update recently, they quietly added a potentially very cool feature: any G4 or G5-based Mac can use iDVD 3! (Of course, you can’t burn a DVD, but you can at least work on a project, then copy the project to a Mac with a Superdrive.) Previously, you had to own a Superdrive-equipped model to even install it. I’m going to dig out my copy of iLife to see if it will run on my 400 MHz PowerBook G4 Titanium right now.

Update: Unfortunately, I can’t just install iDVD 3, because the installer checks to see if a Superdrive is present. The solution, according to an article at XLR8yourmac.com, is to clone the iDVD 3 folder from a Superdrive-equipped Mac.

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Author, photographer, and late-nighter Jeff Carlson writes for outlets such as Popular Photography, DPReview, Creative Pro, and others, and is a contributing editor for TidBITS. He is the author of Take Control of Your Digital Photos; The Photographer's Guide to Luminar AI, Take Control of Apple Watch, and Take Control of Your Digital Storage, among many other titles.