TiVo offered up a little more Valentine’s Day love for us yesterday when they released TiVo Desktop 1.9.2 for OSX. So I went ahead and installed the brand-spanking new software. No new features as far as I can tell, but both Panther and Tiger are now listed as being fully supported. The good news: TiVo obviously has some Mac expertise on staff. The bad… if TiVoToGo for Mac were anywhere need ready to ship, I don’t think this package would have been released as an obvious stop-gap. The update doesn’t support Intel-based Macs, but I’m giving TiVo a pass on this one since Apple delivered 6 months early and few people have them in their possession.
Update: Bob Poniatowski, of TiVo Product Marketing, is hopeful an Intel-compatible TiVo Desktop will be available in 6-8 weeks. Additionally, Mac hacker Dennis Wilkinson has uncovered TiVoToGo-related code within 1.9.2. Makes ya wonder if Mac TTG is only 8 weeks out…
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When you say the update doesn't support Intel-based Macs, do you mean the software simply isn't a Universal Binary and thus doesn't run natively on the Intel hardware, but works fine thanks to Rosetta emulation? Or seriously doesn't run at all?
Oh... Java 1.4.1 required. Since Java 1.4.1 runs in native Intel (whereas 1.3.x runs in Rosetta), and Java in Rosetta can't use native Intel libraries and vice versa, that might be a showstopper.
I'll test it. My guess is that the Java 1.4.1 requirement breaks it, since they are undoubtedly providing Java libraries compiled for PowerPC, and Intel Java can't use 'em.
Tested. Fails to open with a message that says the preferences pane can't be used on this computer, and to contact the developer for a newer version.