"Issue: iDVD '08 may unexpectedly quit when opened for the first time, after installation.

Solution
Have your iLife '08 installation disc nearby before performing the following steps.

1) Erase the following folders from your hard drive:

• /Library/Application Support/iDVD/Themes/iDVD 1
• /Library/Application Support/iDVD/Themes/iDVD 2
• /Library/Application Support/iDVD/Themes/iDVD 3
• /Library/Application Support/iDVD/Themes/iDVD 4

2) Erase the following folder from your home directory:

• ~/Library/Application Support/iDVD/Installed Themes
  
  Note: The tilde (~) represents your home directory.

3) Reopen iDVD '08.

To Reinstall Themes 1-4:
  1) Open iDVD '08 and open a project.
  2) Click Themes.
  3) From the Themes drop-down menu, choose Old Themes.
  4) Select any of the faded-out theme thumbnails.
  5) Follow the on-screen instructions to install all of the themes originally erased via Software Update or the iLife '08 installation process"

" Mike, AMUG has posted a review of the Addonics ADSA3GPX8-4EM 4 (external) port PCI-Express SATA II Host Adapter. The ADSA3GPX8-4EM does not provide Mac boot capability but it works great with port multiplier and direct connect enclosures. Host adapter cards that utilize the Intel serial to parallel PCI bridge interface (that supports the SiI-3124 controller) tend to run warm. Addonics has addressed this issue by utilizing a fan/heat sink design.
Performance results are provided for 5, 10, 12, 14, 16 and 20 drive RAID configurations.
Have a great weekend, TEAM AMUG "

"Hi Mike, i bought the new (aluminum) apple keyboard from the online store. it shipped in less than 3 days. very fast service, as always. i've got a Powermac dual g5 at 2.5 Ghz, 3 GB of ram, 2 harddisks, m-audio 5.1 and other stuff.
I've plugged the keyboard to my mac and it worked with basic features. i've download via software upgrade the 1.1 keyboard software that was installed troubleless.
But i've got a big problem: as i go to preferences panel -> keyboard , i am not able to change the shortcuts, because the form does not come up.... very strange.
I've tried reinstalling manually the software (32 mb!!!) but with no help. Same problem with other users of the mac, and permissions repairment was useless. i've read that many other people has this problem. any tips??
(Are you running 10.4.10? (required for the keyboard software per apple d/l page). Tried rebooting a few times? clearing caches, disconnect/reconnect keyboard with OS running? Disconnect/remove any 3rd party addons (if nothing else helps))
oh sure.. 10.4.10.. sorry for not having told it before.. with all upgrades installed. i've tried to plug the keyboard to an usb hub or directly to my powermac's usb port, but with no results :(
i hope they will release a 1.2 software soon...

(Was there a CD in the box with 1.0 software to try?)
no, there was no cd inside package.... and i tried to reboot many times and unplug and replug the keyboard with os running, but no result. now i'm gonna look for 1.0 software (not sure it exists for download) and install it.. after that, i'll run onyx for manteinance..
As you can see in the screen shot attached (none was actually sent-Mike), the shortcut tab is selected, but the form does not show.. Now i'm going to try to reinstall 10.4.10 combo.. let's see what it happens..
(later Friday he wrote)
in the meanwhile i've installed the keyboard on my macbook pro, and i got the same issue, and surfing on italian newsgroup, i've read that other had the same problem.. they say it's an "european" problem...
regards, Eugenio"

Several other readers that bought the new AL keyboard replied to this post:

" Dual G5 2.0 Rev A. (running 10.4.10) New Al keyboard. I installed the drivers from the Apple website and all of the special functions work except for the Dashboard and Expose keys. Nothing happens when I press either one.
(I asked David to make sure that those functions were not already mapped to other keys.-Mike)

Things I have tried:
Edit mappings in System Preferences
Rebuilt permissions
Reinstalled the updater several times
Trashed the HID preferences
Zapped PRAM

Like the new keyboard very much, just can't get those 2 buttons working!
Several folks on the Apple message board are having the same issue and no one seems to have figured it out. It seems that even the same model and OS versions are yielding different results. No pattern as of yet.
-David F. "

Another similar story:

" I ordered an Aluminum KeyBoard the day they were announce from the Apple Store and it arrived today. I had already installed Apple Keyboard 1.1 software on my PowerMac G5 Dual 2.0Ghz machine. (running 10.4.10) The EXPOSE and DASHBOARD keys do not work. Neither do the brightness keys but I am using a Samsung LCD and not an APPLE LCD. There are already multiple discussions on the Apple Support boards with other folks having the same problem Hopefully Apple posts Keyboard software v1.2 soon to resolve the issue.

The Keyboard is a work of art and I like it. I had it delivered to work today and promptly showed it off to my coworkers by plugging it into my Windows XP computer at work. It recognized it as an Apple Keyboard and worked perfectly.
-Dan "

Several others reported the same thing (won't repeat those here to save space) - but this mail noted at least one mac that seemed to be OK:

" I have the new Al keyboard. It is beautiful and it feels great. All of the special keys work except for the Expose and Dashboard keys.
The brightness keys ONLY work if the USB cable from my Mac Pro to my 30-inch Cinema Display is connected.

ALL of the keys work when I connect the keyboard to an eMac G4, so it's probably a software configuration problem on my Mac Pro. (I also asked him to check if the other macs had existing mappings to other keys for Expose/Dashboard. Just a guess.-Mike)

I have all of the software updates on both computers. I spent a few hours with tech support and tried all of the usual troubleshooting and we pretty much eliminated the possibility of a hardware failure in the keyboard. I am not willing to go through the pain of reinstalling my OS and all of my Applications to solve this problem, though, so I am just going to program those functions to my F16 thru F19 keys and live with the problem.
Strangely enough, I had a similar problem awhile ago where Quicken Automatic Updates was causing some sort of conflict with some modifier keys in a few games like Redline and Pangea Arcade. But that does not seem to be the culprit here.
-Philip C. "

If anyone spots an update or has a fix, let me know Thanks.

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