Apple DVD STUDIO PRO 4 Installing Your Software

Installing Your Software

The following information is intended to get you up and running as quickly as possible
and covers these topics:

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About the Contents of Your DVD Studio Pro Box (p. 2)

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About Onscreen Help (p. 3)

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Upgrading Mac OS X and QuickTime (p. 4)

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Installing DVD Studio Pro on a Mac OS X v10.3 (Panther) System (p. 5)

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Installing DVD Studio Pro on a Mac OS X v10.4 (Tiger) System (p. 8)

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Registering DVD Studio Pro (p. 10)

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Contacting AppleCare Support (p. 11)

Be sure to also review the
DVD Studio Pro 4 installation disc. For the latest information on DVD Studio Pro,
go to the DVD Studio Pro website at http://www.apple.com/dvdstudiopro.

Before You Install DVD Studio Pro 4

document on the

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About the Contents of Your DVD Studio Pro Box

Your DVD Studio Pro box contains software and documentation to enhance your video
and audio production experience.

DVD Studio Pro 4 Installation Disc

This disc contains the files necessary to install DVD Studio Pro 4 and Compressor 2. It
also contains the following files and folders:

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Before You Install DVD Studio Pro 4:

things to do before you install the applications and their accompanying utilities. Be
sure to read this before installing DVD Studio Pro 4.

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DVD Studio Pro 4 Installer icon:

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Install DVD Studio Pro Content icon:

process for DVD Studio Pro templates and transitions if you chose not to install them
when you installed DVD Studio Pro.

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Documentation folder:
Compressor
Manual

with links to additional PDFs, such as New Features, and links to various related
Apple websites.

Also included in the Documentation folder is a PDF version of this

Software

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Extras folder:

system that you use when configuring a distributed encoding network. See the
Distributed Processing Setup link on the
information on installing and configuring Apple Qmaster.

The Extras folder also contains an Install DVD Studio Pro Content icon. You can
double-click this to begin the installation process for DVD Studio Pro templates and
transitions if you chose not to install them when you installed DVD Studio Pro.

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Template Intro Movies folder:

several movies to be used with the Apple templates that come with DVD Studio Pro.

folder that contains the

PDF documentation. Each of these PDF documents contains a homepage

document.

Contains the Installers for the Apple Qmaster distributed processing

Contains the

This document provides system requirements and

Double-click this icon to begin the installation process.

You can double-click this to begin the installation

DVD Studio Pro User Manual
Compressor User Manual

Compressor User Manual

Includes documentation and NTSC and PAL versions of

PDF document and a

and

Apple Qmaster User

Installing Your

homepage for

Printed Documentation

This box contains the
information on the DVD creation process, planning your project, preparing assets, and
using DVD Studio Pro.

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DVD Studio Pro 4 User Manual.

This document provides

About Onscreen Help

Onscreen help (available in the Help menu) allows you to access information onscreen
while you’re working in DVD Studio Pro and Compressor. Onscreen user manuals are
available here, as well as links to other documentation and related Apple websites.

Onscreen User Manuals

Onscreen user manuals for DVD Studio Pro and Compressor can be accessed from each
application’s Help menu.

To access the onscreen user manual for an application:

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In the application, choose the application’s user manual from the Help menu.

Late-Breaking News

Both DVD Studio Pro and Compressor have a Late-Breaking News document that
contains information about issues with third-party hardware and software and other
known issues. This information can be accessed from the Help menu.

Note:

You must be connected to the Internet in order to download the Late-Breaking

News document.

To access Late-Breaking News for an application:

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In the application, choose Help > Late-Breaking News.

A PDF file of the current version of that application’s Late-Breaking News document is
downloaded to your hard disk and opened in Preview.

New Features

Both DVD Studio Pro and Compressor have a New Features document describing
features that have been added or enhanced since the last version. This information is
found in the New Features section of onscreen help.

To access the New Features document for an application:

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In the application, choose Help > New Features.

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Upgrading Mac OS X and QuickTime

You can install DVD Studio Pro 4 on computers using either Mac OS X v10.3 (Panther) or
Mac OS X v10.4 (Tiger). Before you install DVD Studio Pro, update your system software
to make sure that you have the latest version of Panther or Tiger. You also need to
upgrade to the latest version of QuickTime. QuickTime is an industry standard for
working with digital video and is required for DVD Studio Pro.

Note:

For minimum software requirements, see the

document on the DVD Studio Pro installation disc.

To update your system software:

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Choose Apple menu > Software Update.

A dialog appears showing new or updated software available for your computer.

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If necessary, follow the onscreen instructions to update Mac OS X and QuickTime to the
latest versions.

Note:

If you haven’t updated your system software or QuickTime in a while, you may
have to go through this process more than once to install the most recent versions of
Mac OS X and QuickTime.

Before You Install DVD Studio Pro 4

Important:

unlocks the extended multimedia capabilities of QuickTime Pro 7.

Installing DVD Studio Pro 4 and entering the serial number automatically

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