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## Automatic notice to thread opener: If you post this kind of message into the News Category again, your Account will be disabled How do you safely update iTunes/QuickTime/Frontrow Relased to day on a AMD? Anyone with a guide to easily do…

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@helfire Published 2008-01-16
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How do you safely update iTunes/QuickTime/Frontrow Relased to day on a AMD? Anyone with a guide to easily do this would be much appreciated. I'm assuming you need to do something with encrypted binaries/cpuids, but I just got my Leo on AMD installed yesterday so I'm still pretty new at this.

Also, just wondering, if rev2 will have these updates prepackaged on the install dvd?

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Author Update #1 @helfire 2008-01-23

you need 2 copies of osx.5 just to patch with marvins utility? Could you boot from cd and run it off a USB key? I dont have time/HD space to install 2 copies

The instructions are still vague on how to use this utility.

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9 technical responses curated from 14 original dispatches

Field Note #1 @naquaada 2008-01-16

iTunes and Quicktime packages are always on the DVD. They only have to be replaced with the actual versions. The main problem is to get these versions work on Hackintoshs, especially AMD.

Field Note #2 @roisoft 2008-01-16

The best way for the updates is a second partition with a working install of leopard..this way you can try the apple updates using the Marvin utility to decrypt & patch binaries. I have done it and it works.

Quicktime, Itunes & frontrow works like a charm…

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Field Note #3 @Casemon 2008-01-18

roisoft; your updated itunes, does that include importing artwork from MP3 files? crashes everytime here.

Field Note #4 @roisoft 2008-01-18

I don´t have this problem on my system, I have done the new updates of Apple (itunes 7.6, quicktime 7.4) and my system is working very well, only I have noticed that I have problems with the subtitles in quicktime. You can try to use onyx , cleaning all the audio caches...

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Field Note #5 @Casemon 2008-01-20

Hmm... I just updated quicktime and itunes (and FrontRow) and iTunes now crashes whenever it tries to show album art (whether browsing or playing).

Did you do anything special to get it all working? Marvin's utility or anything else?

Field Note #6 @Casemon 2008-01-21

Now to just figure out how to do it; I've found Marvin's Utility to be... confusing at best.

Field Note #7 @jshanh 2008-01-22

Yes, How did one use marvins utility? Sorry for the noob question but do I download the updates, then use marvins utility to search for the binaries and cupids then patch them? or do you install the updates then run marvins utility? Josh

Field Note #8 @roisoft 2008-01-23

first, you must do the updates from apple, and then "patch all the binaries" from the second working install.

Field Note #9 @sue0110 2008-01-23

ill tell u what i did.. to begin with had an complete backup of the leopard installation using time machine..

~installed the latest quick time (downloaded from the apple website) ,
~replaced all the files in ~/library/quicktime with the ones from before the installation.
~garageband which was reporting it needs a latest version of QT to start .started all rite!

solved the issue for me .. not sure if the main files which are updated themselves are being replaced ...

Corroborated & Participated: @DoiX @roisoft @jshanh
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@roisoftCore Contributor42008-01-16 → 2008-01-23
@CasemonCore Contributor32008-01-18 → 2008-01-21
@helfirePrimary Author22008-01-16 → 2008-01-23
@jshanhContributor22008-01-22 → 2008-01-23
@DoiXContributor12008-01-16
@naquaadaContributor12008-01-16
@sue0110Contributor12008-01-23