Used TiVo Desktop for Mac? Share your experience and help other users.
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By TiVo
Used TiVo Desktop for Mac? Share your experience and help other users.
Full Specifications
- GENERAL
- Release
- Latest update
- Version
- 1.95
- OPERATING SYSTEMS
- Platform
- Mac
- Operating System
- Mac OS X
- POPULARITY
- Total Downloads
- 12,205
- Downloads Last Week
- 2
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User Reviews
3.2/5
22 User Votes
Worthless on a Mac
sfdyoung- Pros
- It's free It has a cool-looking logo
- Cons
- Doesn't work Doesn't work Doesn't work
- Summary
- Piece of junk
Not the same as the PC version of TiVo Desktop
cloudster- Pros
- If you want to share your photos or music to your TiVo, this'll do it.
- Cons
- This program will not let you download programs to your Mac, you're still going to have to buy Toast for that or do it via FTP.
- Summary
- I was overjoyed seeing that they now had an app for Mac. Unfortunately I didn't read the description closely enough, all it will do for you is let you share music and photos on your tv via your TiVo. I don't want to do that, so this app is worthless to me. Neither do I want to cough up the $$$ to by Toast, so it looks like I'll be digging in to Sourceforge to see what alternatives there are.
works for me
tndonline87- Pros
- does exactly what it is supposed to do. It allows me to play my music and view photos on the TV. Great for this holiday's family gathering!
- Cons
- difficult to skip to next song when playing music
- Summary
Quick and easy in Snow Leopard
- Pros
- Clear listing of available programs. Easy to migrate to computer.
- Cons
- Installation required a non-obvious setting in Toast Titanium 10.4.
- Summary
- The new program simplifies the downloading of programs.
Not ready for any computer
bastonivineyards- Pros
- None that I can think of
- Cons
- Won't even run on my 8 core with Snow. Just double click it and nothing. Console says it is trying to open some file but permssions are not allowed.
- Summary
- Won't run, don't bother. Sad TIVO is so involved with other things they can't even test run the MAC software.
Not ready for release
darkridedp- Pros
- There ARE no pros.
- Cons
- Cannot shut down computer if 1.9.4 is installed on a machine with Tiger. This buggy code prevents shutdown unless one manually STOPS the preference pane before attempting to shut down the computer.
- Summary
- Fix the code, then release. It offers nothing except headache over 1.9.3
No problems here.
egarc- Pros
- Cons
- Summary
- This review was originally posted on VersionTracker.com.<br />Tiger + Series 2 Tivo. It installed perfectly and it doesn't include instructions because it's so darn easy to use. First, check the boxes for share music and share photos then click Start. My Tivo recognized it immediately. Interestingly, I was streaming CreamyRadio.com from iTunes, shut my laptop and the internet radio station kept playing. Granted, we're still waiting for Tivo2Go but this works as advertised.
PC Only Crap
ddscott57- Pros
- Cons
- Summary
- This review was originally posted on VersionTracker.com.<br />Okay, okay... so Tivo USED to have a current MacOSX version of their desktop. Well, now they don't... and apparently refuse to get it together for Tiger users. I wish I hadn't buoght a lifetime agreement with Tivo. With all their success, one would think they would offer better support for Mac. They are crap.
TiVo sucks
iggryhounds- Pros
- Cons
- Summary
- This review was originally posted on VersionTracker.com.<br />This product doesn't work with clean installations of OS X 10.4 tiger or 10.4.3. Just tested it. I won't buy another TiVo they have had 9 months to fix this problem. Plus their 2.2 version has been out for PC since Aug. There are other PVR's that do a better job of supporting macs.
Confirmed, it's working better than ever with 10.4.2
VersionTrackerUserOpinion- Pros
- Cons
- Summary
- This review was originally posted on VersionTracker.com.<br />I'm surprised TiVo didn't notify known Mac users that 10.4.2 allows TiVo Desktop to work again. It's working better than ever...much faster than before and so far no glitches with iTunes or iPhoto. As of this writing, I have the latest versions of everything including QuickTime 7.0.3 and iTunes 6. I'm crossing my fingers that things don't break again with 10.4.3! One thing that I did encounter was that the installer gave a "installation failed" message, but the software *did* install just fine.