I don‘t have a DVD drive to install iLife ‘06 or my computer doesn‘t recognize the iLife ‘06 Install Disc

If you have a Mac with a G4 processor that has a CD drive and no DVD drive, you won't be able to install iLife '06 because the computer won't recognize the iLife '06 Install DVD disc. This can include certain model eMac computers and early model PowerBook G4 computers.

Unlike previous versions of iLife, there is no iLife '06 Install CD. There is only an iLife '06 Install DVD. Make sure that your computer meets the minimum requirements for installing iLife '06. If you have another computer with a DVD drive and if all requirements are met except the DVD drive, you can do one of the following:

Option 1

Use target disk mode for the install.

1. Insert the iLife '06 Install DVD into the computer with the DVD drive.
2. Shut down both computers.
3. Restart the computer with a DVD drive in target disk mode.
4. Connect the computer with the DVD drive to the computer with the CD drive using a FireWire cable.
5. Turn on the computer with the CD drive.
6. When that computer starts up, the second computer's hard drive will appear on the first computer's desktop and the iLife '06 Install DVD will also show up on the desktop. Now you can install iLife '06 on the computer with the CD drive.

Option 2

Copy to a network or external drive to install.

Use another computer with a DVD drive, and drag iLife '06 Install DVD to any of the following with at least 10 GB of free disk space:

• A network file server
• An external hard drive
• An iPod in Macintosh format

When the copy is complete, you can install iLife '06 from the volume above on the computer without a DVD drive.

Option 3

Connect and install using file sharing.

1. Insert the disc on another computer on your network and turn on file sharing.
2. From the computer with the CD drive, connect over the network to the computer with the DVD drive select the iLife '06 Install Disc as the volume to mount.
3. Install iLife '06 from the server volume.

If your computers aren't already connected to a network, see this document for information on creating a small network.