Apple Releases iLife '09 and iWork '09 Updates [Archive]

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Mar 26, 2009, 05:10 PM

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Apple today issued a number of minor updates for its iLife '09 and iWork '09 application suites.

- iWork 9.0.1 (http://support.apple.com/downloads/iWork_09_9_0_1) weighs in at 42.75 MB and is recommended for all iWork '09 users.

- iLife Support 9.0.2 (http://support.apple.com/downloads/iLife_Support_9_0_2) "improves overall stability and addresses a number of other minor issues." The 3.97 MB download is recommended for all Aperture, iLife 09, and iWork 09 users.

- iPhoto 8.0.2 (http://support.apple.com/downloads/iPhoto_8_0_2_Update) weighs in at 87.86 MB and "improves overall stability and addresses minor issues in a number of areas, including Faces, Places, photo sharing, and slideshows."

- iMovie 8.0.1 (http://support.apple.com/downloads/iMovie_8_0_1) weighs in at 24.53 MB and addresses several unspecified stability and usability issues.

- iWeb 3.0.1 (http://support.apple.com/downloads/iWeb_3_0_1) is a 14.23 MB download that "addresses issues when publishing to an FTP server and other minor issues."

Article Link: Apple Releases iLife '09 and iWork '09 Updates (http://www.macrumors.com/2009/03/26/apple-releases-ilife-09-and-iwork-09-updates/)

Blaine

Mar 26, 2009, 05:13 PM

Yey for updates :o

Stike

Mar 26, 2009, 05:21 PM

Yey for updates :o

Yay for detailed descriptions :rolleyes:

pit29

Mar 26, 2009, 05:26 PM

I like not having "issues" anymore :D

roger6106

Mar 26, 2009, 05:31 PM

Yay, this fixed some annoying problems I was having. I can now remove keyword shortcuts. When hovering the pointer over a person in faces the pictures seem to be in order now, although the order is still incorrect in events.

Edit: They finally made a way to manage locations without having to choose "new place" (which has been renamed to "find on map"). The location manage is under "window", "manage my places".

Edit 2: The name bubbles now have the arrow off-center if the face is near the edge of the photo. Previously it would point beside the person.

kbmb

Mar 26, 2009, 05:44 PM

Oh joy.....a restart! :mad:

-Kevin

tiguk

Mar 26, 2009, 05:50 PM

iPhoto "Places" now supports multi-touch so you can zoom in on a pin drop. :cool:

aprilfools

Mar 26, 2009, 05:59 PM

So. Looks like Apple has some new updates today for iLife and iWork 09. Once upon a time I was an update freak. Couldn't update fast enough. But now I have grown much older and wiser. Apple updates usually have a negative impact on me as a Tiger user. After updating, things that once worked fine, no longer work correctly. Apple updates don't seem to be "stability" improvements anymore. The updates usually have something to do with integration of something else Apple product related that I don't own or have any interest in using. I'm not gonna update my iLife or iWork 09 this time around. I'm going to go with the ol'e "if it ain't broke don't fix it" thing... This way things will still work and I don't have to buy a bunch of other Apple monopolized products. If I was Apple I would concentrate on quality not on how to make everything smaller. But than again I could careless about all the kids that want micro sized everything.

acurafan

Mar 26, 2009, 06:01 PM

Oh joy.....a restart! :mad:

-Kevin
i thought only windows needs restarts. :D

ethical

Mar 26, 2009, 06:05 PM

Oh joy.....a restart! :mad:

-Kevin

my thinking exactly :( !!

wetrix

Mar 26, 2009, 06:07 PM

i thought only windows needs restarts. :D

That's what I thought when I switched to Mac, but it is just a lie. On a positive note you don't have annoying bubbles popping up all the time telling you to restart.

Looking forward to trying out the iPhoto updates.

crisss1205

Mar 26, 2009, 06:28 PM

acurafan

Mar 26, 2009, 06:35 PM

That's what I thought when I switched to Mac, but it is just a lie. On a positive note you don't have annoying bubbles popping up all the time telling you to restart.

...
hehe, on a negative note, you're inundated with annoying "attach the power cable! attach the power cable!" before/during the update :p

theBigD23

Mar 26, 2009, 07:25 PM

I still have the weird up and down arrows when setting up a slideshow in iPhoto.

Very minor, but there on two computers. :)

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derryquinn

Mar 26, 2009, 08:22 PM

abhimat.gautam

Mar 26, 2009, 08:35 PM

Is Dat Sum Marble???

I hope not.

cmcbridejr

Mar 26, 2009, 08:45 PM

Is Dat Sum Marble???

You can change the look of iPhoto. This has been a feature for a while.

Chundles

Mar 26, 2009, 08:47 PM

I still can't draw a line from Sydney to L.A. across the pacific, it seems no planes travel east...

I've reported this bug so many times and still nothing. I can't make one of these new fangled travel books until it's fixed.

viperguy

Mar 26, 2009, 10:43 PM

Updating right now..
Even apple`s update page is very generic about this set of updates... maybe that`s why it`s a page 2 rumor

minik

Mar 26, 2009, 10:50 PM

Is it me or my iMac (24-inch, Early 2008) screen is brighter after the update?

notjustjay

Mar 26, 2009, 11:45 PM

That's what I thought when I switched to Mac, but it is just a lie. On a positive note you don't have annoying bubbles popping up all the time telling you to restart.

I know this is off-topic for this thread, but THAT DRIVES ME NUTS!

At my workplace we run XP and the security updates are pushed to us. I get a little bubble that pops up and says "A security update will be automatically installed in 23 hours and 59 minutes." Uh, ok.... I click it and it goes away, and I get back to working until.... POP! "A security update will be automatically installed in 23 hours and 58 minutes." Yaargh!

Back on topic: I do find it a bit comical when Apple pushes multi-megabyte updates (sometimes quite large) with only "minor bug fixes and improvements". :rolleyes:

SFStateStudent

Mar 26, 2009, 11:53 PM

Took me three times to get the iPhoto '09 udate to install successfully. Beyond that everything works out just perfectly........:cool::cool::cool::cool::cool::cool::cool::cool::cool::cool:

Cougarcat

Mar 26, 2009, 11:54 PM

I still have the weird up and down arrows when setting up a slideshow in iPhoto.

Very minor, but there on two computers. :)

I bet you've used the terminal command to set double arrows to both ends, right? Change it in Appearance and it should go away.

Stevamundo

Mar 27, 2009, 12:50 AM

Is it me or my iMac (24-inch, Early 2008) screen is brighter after the update?

This AND your Safari is probably “snappier” now! :p

theBigD23

Mar 27, 2009, 01:07 AM

I bet you've used the terminal command to set double arrows to both ends, right? Change it in Appearance and it should go away.

hmm, i only changed the top and bottom arrows in Appearance, never through Terminal. I used Terminal once when I first got my Mac, screwed up, and haven't really used it since. :) When I set the arrows to bottom only, it works fine. This only occurs when I use top and bottom.

johny5

Mar 27, 2009, 03:59 AM

Feels like I am running a windows machine again.

After this update it broke EYETV on my macpro with a Miglia tuner and on my macbook with an elgato diversity tuner!
After loading EYETV, 3 seconds later the stream dies and there is no signal strength.

hmmmm thanks apple for the "update". Any idea how I uninstall this?

bristleworm

Mar 27, 2009, 04:01 AM

The updates installed just fine on my MBP (2008), but after the first reboot my screen had those striping issues for the first time ever. After a second restart those were gone however...

I only wish that one of the next iPhoto updates adds the possibility to show all photos with detected faces that have not yet been named. I really miss that!

Oh-es-Ten

Mar 27, 2009, 04:45 AM

Does anyone know if the iWork update fixes the issue of Quicklook for iWork 09 files. I find that some iWork 09 files under Quicklook display a folder listing instead of the file itself.

Re-installing iWork 09 initially fixed the problem, but it was not long before it regressed again.

Otaviano

Mar 27, 2009, 05:20 AM

For some strange reason the update is not coming up in Software Update. I got a message in iWork saying there was an update available clicked the link which lead to Software Update but there nothing came up.

Lordedmond

Mar 27, 2009, 06:04 AM

Did not Apple not update the I series just before the released 10.5.6 ?

Ori

Mar 27, 2009, 06:44 AM

I think this is a achang but now instead of saying "Unknown"on a face it says "unnamed".

EDIT: Now when you name a "unnamed" person and you start typing a name it drags in possibilities from Address Book.

EDIT 2X: WTF you cant view Faces on Facebook albums??

I hope they removed Facebook auto tagging. Worst thing ever. If someone changed a tag on facebook it would mess up my whole Face tags on all my albums! At least make it an option.

boer

Mar 27, 2009, 08:42 AM

Feels like I am running a windows machine again.

After this update it broke EYETV on my macpro with a Miglia tuner and on my macbook with an elgato diversity tuner!
After loading EYETV, 3 seconds later the stream dies and there is no signal strength.

An iLife update killed your USB TV tuners? With all due respect, this sounds rather far fetched. Have you considered something else would be the matter?

MrCrowbar

Mar 27, 2009, 09:11 AM

An iLife update killed your USB TV tuners? With all due respect, this sounds rather far fetched. Have you considered something else would be the matter?

Current Macs with the Nvidia chipset boards (all unibody laptops) have slightly different power outputs on the USB ports. Some USB powered hard drives and specifically some eyeTV receivers don't work correctly on the low powered ports. The Macs fulfill the USB specification but the USB peripherals don't always. That's why a lot of external 2.5" hard drive cables have another USB plug for extra power.

Try out other USB ports or use a powered HUB and see if it helps.

Ninja Guidan

Mar 27, 2009, 10:01 AM

I know this is off-topic for this thread, but THAT DRIVES ME NUTS!

At my workplace we run XP and the security updates are pushed to us. I get a little bubble that pops up and says "A security update will be automatically installed in 23 hours and 59 minutes." Uh, ok.... I click it and it goes away, and I get back to working until.... POP! "A security update will be automatically installed in 23 hours and 58 minutes." Yaargh!

Back on topic: I do find it a bit comical when Apple pushes multi-megabyte updates (sometimes quite large) with only "minor bug fixes and improvements". :rolleyes:

I hate to bust your Windows smashing bubble, but the frequency of those messages for security updates...that can be changed by your IT dept. It sounds like they're using WSUS to push out windows updates. Open a ticket with your IT dept.

Foggy

Mar 27, 2009, 10:06 AM

I only wish that one of the next iPhoto updates adds the possibility to show all photos with detected faces that have not yet been named. I really miss that!

I really can't believe that isnt in there already - I'm contemplating having to go through every image in my collection just to check!

notjustjay

Mar 27, 2009, 10:56 AM

I hate to bust your Windows smashing bubble, but the frequency of those messages for security updates...that can be changed by your IT dept. It sounds like they're using WSUS to push out windows updates. Open a ticket with your IT dept.

I realize that it's WSUS... sadly our IT department is not very sympathetic to our users, all in the name of security (case in point: we're not allowed to change our screen savers!) The problem I have is that the notifications say something like "click here to keep working and make these notifications go away" but they don't go away as promised. There's no point in trying to ignore a reminder that insists on re-reminding you every minute.

Ninja Guidan

Mar 27, 2009, 11:56 AM

I realize that it's WSUS... sadly our IT department is not very sympathetic to our users, all in the name of security (case in point: we're not allowed to change our screen savers!) The problem I have is that the notifications say something like "click here to keep working and make these notifications go away" but they don't go away as promised. There's no point in trying to ignore a reminder that insists on re-reminding you every minute.

Sorry to hear that about your IT dept. Sounds like your boss's boss needs to escalate...or those constant notifications hasn't ticked off the right person yet. It's a simple fix in group policy change those notifications to show every few hours instead of every few minutes. Screen saver thing...well, sorry but I can understand the IT group locking that down. It's a security thing and a professionalism thing.

BTW...keep an eye out on how they're acting on 4-1.

johny5

Mar 27, 2009, 12:11 PM

An iLife update killed your USB TV tuners? With all due respect, this sounds rather far fetched. Have you considered something else would be the matter?

My thoughts entirely.

I use the tuner on my Mac pro every day, it stopped working after I installed the update.
I use another tuner (eyetv diversity) on my new macbook and this has also stopped working after the update.
I guess apple changed something and now it will be Elgato's problem to come up with a software update/fix.

forthehandyman

Mar 27, 2009, 12:20 PM

The updates installed just fine on my MBP (2008), but after the first reboot my screen had those striping issues for the first time ever. After a second restart those were gone however...

I had this same issue, and rebooting fixed the striping issues on my late 2007 MacBook.

However, I also have other issues. I have several slideshows that I've created, with custom playlists of songs selected from my iTunes library. Now, in iPhoto 8.0.2, these slideshows don't play properly. I had them all setup to fit the slideshow to the music. That no longer works with multiple songs selected. It keeps giving me an error message saying I have to either select fewer photos, or increase my music to more than XXX amount of time. The problem is that I have more than that time amount selected with the songs, but iPhoto won't recognize it as such. And to top it all off, if I tell iPhoto to just show the slides for XX seconds, then the slideshow will play, but if I have 2 songs in the custom playlist, it will play them both at the same time!

Anyone else having this same problem and have any idea how to fix it???

JEFF

minik

Mar 27, 2009, 12:23 PM

My thoughts entirely.

I use the tuner on my Mac pro every day, it stopped working after I installed the update.
I use another tuner (eyetv diversity) on my new macbook and this has also stopped working after the update.
I guess apple changed something and now it will be Elgato's problem to come up with a software update/fix.

Good to know. I shouldn't apply the updates on my Mac mini then.

mikejd1

Mar 27, 2009, 12:34 PM

samh004

Mar 27, 2009, 01:14 PM

Wirelessly posted (iPod touch: Mozilla/5.0 (iPod; U; CPU iPhone OS 2_2_1 like Mac OS X; en-us) AppleWebKit/525.18.1 (KHTML, like Gecko) Version/3.1.1 Mobile/5H11 Safari/525.20)

Not happy that I had to republish everything in iWeb after the update. Took over an hour when it needn't have.

Slash X

Mar 27, 2009, 01:19 PM

They FINALLY added the amount of time you need for music when you select the option in the slideshow to "fit to music" it now tells you how much more music time you need!! Wooohooo!!

However, use random order for slideshow is still missing :(

Wow --- still doesn't show me the remaining time needed for music in slideshow on my end after the update.

Is there something I am missing in the menu set up in "Fit to Music" that will tell me the time needed to fit pictures to music ?

bankshot

Mar 27, 2009, 03:01 PM

I've reported this bug so many times and still nothing.

Did you use the bug reporter or just the feedback page? I've always gotten much better results with the bug reporter (except when they mark a legitimate issue as "works as designed" or some such nonsense :mad:). http://bugreport.apple.com/

I assume the feedback page just has a couple of minimum-wage lackeys reading them and tossing them in the trash... :rolleyes:

johny5

Mar 27, 2009, 03:06 PM

Good to know. I shouldn't apply the updates on my Mac mini then.

I found a fix, well, the answer is to download an older eyetv version, this then works.
You can then apply the latest eyetv update as per normal, I guess just reinstalling eyetv fixes it. Reminds me of when windows apps used to crash because they were sharing dll's and certain software depended on specific dll versions!

here is the link to force a previous eyetv verson

eyetv://checkforupdates?build=4515

danielwsmithee

Mar 27, 2009, 03:19 PM

Hopefully this solves all the nasty bugs in iMovie '09. The thing was unusable. Dropping the filmstrip transition between two video clips caused video in the clips not to show up ... argh!!! 3/4 of the time you couldn't drag & drop music into your video, you just couldn't get the drag to start. Hopefully iMovie '09 is useable now.

Lordedmond

Mar 27, 2009, 03:36 PM

Front row now plays music during photo slide show

bristleworm

Mar 27, 2009, 04:11 PM

Front row now plays music during photo slide show

Thanks for posting this. I really missed that function in Front Row.

minik

Mar 27, 2009, 04:27 PM

I found a fix, well, the answer is to download an older eyetv version, this then works.
You can then apply the latest eyetv update as per normal, I guess just reinstalling eyetv fixes it. Reminds me of when windows apps used to crash because they were sharing dll's and certain software depended on specific dll versions!

here is the link to force a previous eyetv verson

eyetv://checkforupdates?build=4515

Very interesting workaround. I will take a look of that over the weekend.

mikejd1

Mar 27, 2009, 06:26 PM

Wow --- still doesn't show me the remaining time needed for music in slideshow on my end after the update.

Is there something I am missing in the menu set up in "Fit to Music" that will tell me the time needed to fit pictures to music ? No setting, i just got this

samh004

Mar 27, 2009, 11:47 PM

It appears the iWeb issues is widespread. The update broke the app. Ugh!

Hopefully Apple doesn't take forever to fix this, otherwise I'll pretty much have to stop using iWeb. I can't republish my entire site every time I make a new blog entry.

Oh-es-Ten

Mar 28, 2009, 07:11 AM

I found a fix, well, the answer is to download an older eyetv version, this then works.
You can then apply the latest eyetv update as per normal, I guess just reinstalling eyetv fixes it.

I have a unibody Macbook 2.4GHz with EyeTV3 and a Miglia Tuner and I had none of the trouble you mentioned. My TV reception is not perfect on some channels, but it is exactly the same after installing all of the updates.

It's possible something in your configuration was affected, but I don't think it will apply to everyone.

and PS. They seemed to have fixed the QuickLook plugin for certain iWork 09 files that are saved in the old format - hoorah!

Slash X

Mar 28, 2009, 11:26 AM

No setting, i just got this

Thanks for the tip --- unfortunately I use to get this on the older version of iphoto and now when choosing "custom" music for a slide show it doesn't show the window as you indicated. ---- Gaaawwwww ---- I use iphoto most so I wish Apple would fix these issues.

Collierbluff

Mar 28, 2009, 12:45 PM

NT1440

Mar 28, 2009, 12:54 PM

Oh joy.....a restart! :mad:

-Kevin

Ok maybe its just because I'm using a windows system but is a restart really that big of a deal?

samh004

Mar 28, 2009, 10:02 PM

I am still waiting for that iWeb update that brings new templates and flash widgets or content! Am i dreaming?

Maybe someone will create a widget editor...if I can use Keynote to make a site page...those effects are better than no effects

You're not going to get flash widgets, at least not until flash is supported on the iPhone. I don't think even after that happens though that you'll get flash widgets. Most of the time they're ugly, and even with Apple designing them, I'm sure they prefer JS/HTML/CSS.

iWeb 3 brought 2 new templates.

I don't think a point update would bring major new templates and features, although the first ever update to iWeb brought comments I recall.

If I was going to wait for something, it'd be templates that don't require being re-uploaded for every blog entry and such. The ability to even post online, or from an iPhone. It would require a major rework, but it'd be better than another bloated template.

MacDaddy901

Mar 28, 2009, 10:07 PM

After using iMovie for the last couple days putting a video together for my moms birthday, I had a couple crashes mostly when adjusting the length of multiple pictures in a slide show. After the update its running much smoother and it hasn't crashed since.

Chundles

Mar 28, 2009, 10:11 PM

Did you use the bug reporter or just the feedback page? I've always gotten much better results with the bug reporter (except when they mark a legitimate issue as "works as designed" or some such nonsense :mad:). http://bugreport.apple.com/

I assume the feedback page just has a couple of minimum-wage lackeys reading them and tossing them in the trash... :rolleyes:

Ooh... Didn't know that one, cheers!

iMaggot

Mar 29, 2009, 04:41 PM

I just got it and is all working fine.

Bye Bye Baby

Mar 29, 2009, 05:26 PM

Haven't noticed much yet

vvebsta

Mar 30, 2009, 06:38 PM

Still kinda disappointed that there was no major update to iWeb. :(

roberry82

Apr 5, 2009, 10:31 PM

Still kinda disappointed that there was no major update to iWeb. :(

aside from the fact that it's now a useless app that crashes at startup or at publish. I've yet to successfully publish my site since the last update. Any suggestions? The kids at AppleCare didn't really help last time, but were nice at least. LOL

jdeitch

Apr 6, 2009, 06:54 AM

I really can't believe that isnt in there already - I'm contemplating having to go through every image in my collection just to check!

Try creating a Smart Album where "Face is unnamed."

Jay

davidwarren

Apr 6, 2009, 10:17 AM

Try creating a Smart Album where "Face is unnamed."

Jay

This works great now.

crossifixio

Apr 8, 2009, 09:12 AM

Loving garageband!! :D

NXTMIKE

Apr 10, 2009, 10:12 PM

Previously, before I installed the update, iWeb 09 wasn't allowing me and other MacRumors users to successfully use a FTP Windows server with an iWeb site (some users were saying that only Linux Hosting Plans were working), now it works almost fluidly. This, is hugely important to me as re-uploading every file in a site every time I make a change was quite bothersome. Now, I could build, update and publish directly through iWeb.

:D Congrats, Apple for the update, but in a way these are bugs that should of already been resolved in the day 1 install.