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iDVD ‘08 won’t start

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Turns out that the older iDVD themes aren’t compatible with the new iDVD and since I had every version of iDVD it was causing iDVD to just show a splash screen an then shutdown. In order to fix the issue you need to clear out the old themes and then trash an application support folder in your user directory.

Step 1) Delete all old themes. Themes are located in your system’s library folder-

/Library/Application Support/iDVD/Themes

Only theme folders iDVD 1, iDVD 2, and iDVD 4 need to be deleted.

Step 2) Delete the ‘Installed Themes’ directory here,

username/library/application support/idvd

Step 3) Start iDVD.

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Todd T 11 months ago 1 point
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This worked for me Thanks.... i almost gave up

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Tim W 11 months ago 1 point
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Thanks! Worked Great!!

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Raph 11 months ago 1 point
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Awesome.

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acidburn 11 months ago 1 point
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Thanks! As good as new!

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Aloha Linda 11 months ago 1 point
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Thanks a million. I was pulling my hair out! Works great.

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Eric 10 months ago 1 point
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I've tried reinstalling Ilife'06 to get my iDVD or iMovie to work...but, alas-When I try to use the fix you've described, there is no submenu below library/application support/iDVD...

Any ideas? anyone? Thanks. Eric

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Dominic sollitto 9 months ago 1 point
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I tried deleting all old themes; however i am still having trouble. The idvd icon when pressed will bounce as if it is opening yet nothing happens. I tried reinstalling ilife 08 after I deleted the themes and still no progress. Right now i have no themes and an idvd that still does not work. If there are anymore tricks i can try to get this working i'd appreciate any feed back.

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Connor 9 months ago 1 point
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Um, I got a new mac, and like you said, iDVD always quits! so I went to delete those folders and, I only HAVE themes 5 and sox. On the apple website it told me to download iDVD 7.0.1, and i did. Now it doesnt "quit" right away, but it doesnt do anything else either. no window comes up or anything, so I have to force quit. what is going on?

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Xaxa 8 months ago 1 point
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I have MacBook with Tiger and same troubles as Connor. Could someone help us.

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Eric 8 months ago 1 point
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Thanks for all the suggestions- In the end, I had to COMPLETELY REMOVE the iMovie app and then reinstall it...simple. The key was in removing the app from the HD. Beware, other iLife components did stumble a bit after the fix. "REPAIR DISK PERMISSIONS" seemed to fix it up.

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