Partitioners Beware
I just installed iLife ‘04, and it didn’t work. I think the problem is my partitioned hard drive. I’m going to consider my options for a bit, and keep and eye on the GarageBand fan sites and other blogs for a while, see if anyone else is having a problem.
The thing is, I expected a bit of a problem, since my Application partition only had about 5 gig free. And iLife+JamPack have a total disk space requirement of over 7 gigs. The GarageBand readme explains that the loops and software instruments are stored in /Library/Application Support/GarageBand. This is even worse, since that’s on my boot partition which is even smaller. I tried creating a GarageBand folder on my Users partition (plenty of space) and symlinking to it from /Library/Application Support, but the installer saw right through that, removed the symlink, and installed the stuff right where it wanted. Unfortunately, it didn’t install the App (or any of the iApps), just the libraries.
And on top of it all, the only reason I’m home to play with any of this is a touch of the stomach flu. Insult, meet Injury. You two should really hit it off together.
Sigh.
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