new mac user

Hi everyone, after a lifetime using pc's and being frustrated with losing lots of recorded music I've decided to go to the apple side. I have nothing special, just a G5, but I'm excited to test it out. I've used many programs including cakewalk, cubase, audacity..but I've ordered garageband (ilife09) which from what I've read works good with osx5.6

I look forward to talking and sharing ideas with everyone

Jay

Congrats! Regarding ilife09 with a G5...the version of iMovieHD with ilife09 won't install/work - but you should be able to get iMovieHD 6 to download from Apple. Also, you probably know this, but you need to have at least 10.5.6 (Leopard) to run iLife 09.

Hope you enjoy the system!

So as to avoid losing any work, I'd suggest an external hard drive and a program to handle backing up. Since you're running an OS too old to use Time Machine, you might look at SuperDuper or Carbon Copy Cloner to handle the job. Both are excellent.

Thanks for the info! ;-)

Zero said:

Congrats! Regarding ilife09 with a G5...the version of iMovieHD with ilife09 won't install/work - but you should be able to get iMovieHD 6 to download from Apple.

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That's the updater for iMovie 6, not the full version. I'm pretty sure Apple no longer makes iMovie 6 HD available for download.

You're going to LOVE the world of Mac. I made the switch 4 months ago. No issues at all. I've thoroughly enjoyed the learning process. And I continue to learn every day. I love my iMac!

I have had my macbook pro now for something like 6 months now and i love mine, i repair windows machines as a part time job and i am shocked that over the christmas period i had a number of machines that need to have windows reinstalled as they were not working properly out of the box. I have not had one issue with my MBP, they are fantastic. I love apple products!!

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