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Apple Makes iMovie, GarageBand, and iWork Apps for Mac and iOS Free for All Users
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Nope! And only GarageBand is compatible with Yosemite. The only one of the five that I can install (Yosemite) is GarageBand.
It's nice to see these updates from Apple. But I'll only be able to take advantage of them when Apple also updates Aperture. I will NOT install either El Capitan or Sierra on my iMac until such time as there is a fix for the "glitches" in Aperture under those two versions of the OS. Aperture is THE reason I purchased a powerful iMac. It is THE reason I spent more than $3K on a new Mac 3 years ago.
Apple is worth BILLIONS of dollars and they can't spare one software engineer to make Aperture fully compatible with Sierra. So, no more Mac computers for me. At least, not until Aperture gets updated. Newer Macs can't run Yosemite.
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I remember the days when I was still a student and could get the Office for Mac Student Edition pricing (course, I think anyone could have bought it as it never required any proof of anything and I don't think it stripped much down, if anything?). Office was an expensive program for a long long time! When I made the switch to Mac I soon tried out iWork because of the great reputation of Keynote. After I tried Keynote I basically went all in. Wasn't crazy about the major changes to Pages from the way it was in iWork 09 but it's gotten better over time. Keynote is still awesome and Numbers does what I need it to do. All free now, I haven't used Office in probably close to 8 years and haven't missed it. Can easily export across all necessary file formats so what else do you need?
No it doesn't. There's room in the world for both.
If you want the bells and whistles of MSO, Microsoft will gladly take your subscription money.
That said, I'd be happy if the restored some of the still-missing features from iWork 09. I really miss the page layout features.
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Most of the mac users I personally know and support, use and prefer iWork - much to the chagrin of PC users around them!
Tell you what, if Apple follows your selfish suggestion and kills it, can I bill you and your company for the licence cost of Office for the people I support?
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the iWork apps are self contained bundles. The MSO installer copies libraries and dependencies all over the drive.
You do realize that Aperture is dead, right? It might be better to start thinking about moving to something that has a future than delaying upgrading you OS to keep it safe and secure waiting for an update that may never come. Just saying... I would suggest giving Lightroom a look.
Keynote is a fantastic program. Pages is very good and getting better. Numbers is sufficient for non-pros.
I've been fans of these since '05, was pretty distraught at their feature losses for iOS feature parity, and I'm glad to see the features coming back bit by bit.
I've been fans of these since '05, was pretty distraught at their feature losses for iOS feature parity, and I'm glad to see the features coming back bit by bit.
iLife ... finally becomes FREEE again - ahem except GarageBand!
Funny I was just about to download and purchase Numbers JUST last night and saw the whopping $24CAN and said "LMAO WHY THE FRAK would I?" when it's free on my iPhone?! I simply uploaded my spreadsheets and chose to wait.
Boom ... the adage Good things come to those who wait.
Absolutely. Going back to PowerPoint is like going back to 1995.
I bought a 2012 refurb Mac mini, have not been able to get these for free, now I can.
Yeah, the first redesigned version was sad, but they've brought them back up to par. Have you tried the most recent versions? Everything that was missing is now back, and then some.
sigh. No it's not. Not even close.
Go into Pages and try to create linked text boxes. Then report back here what you find.
Making them free is a kick in Google's nuts, not Microsoft's. I'd much rather my kids use an iPad with local apps in school than a frigging Chromebook tied to Google's services.
I bet this move has more to do with education than the enterprise.
I bet this move has more to do with education than the enterprise.
I'm not sure why the App Store would hang like that but I have try to unload these programs and you must be running 10.12 to download them.
I'm with you on this one, mate. Pages 09 was awesome as a cheap layout tool. I used to typeset novels with it for a fraction of the cost of InDesign.
Just curious... What are the indicators they are putting them out to pasture?
I don't think making them free indicates that.
Mate, I agree with you... almost. It's better than PPT in every way except ONE MASSIVE FEATURE.
PPT allows destructive clickable objects/links. KN doesn't allow Jeopardy style presentations where you choose a tile/question/link (or whatever) and go to another screen, come back and said tile/question/link is still turned over, gone etc.
KN has to be done in a specific order or you have to return to a non-destructible screen.
IF there is a work around for this, I'd love to know.
But yeah, KN is great. I'd love better controls on audio though in terms of syncing it to animations.
My wife recently had her logic board replaced and these apps stopped working because they no longer recognized the machine as one that had been purchased. Interestingly enough, this seemingly generous move by Apple may solve a lot of headaches for them.
Garageband is an incredible value for any musician or anyone who wants to get their feet wet with music/recording. The quality of the recordings is the same as Logic..."pro" quality. And you can use Garageband's own plug-ins, or 3rd party plug-ins like Melodyne and all the Universal Audio plugs. It is deceptively simple but very powerful. And the best part for me, is Drummer. Now I can play an acoustic guitar part and add a drum track which will be customized by GarageBand to go with my guitar part (or whatever tracks you have)...and offer up an AI drum beat automatically. I always hated having to dig through thousands of drum loops to try and find something. Discouraged me from doing songs it was so soul-sucking. But now ... poof!!!...a compatible drum part is created. Then you can throw it out, modify it (try different drummers/mix with drum loops from library, and try different kits/sounds), or keep it as is and fine tune (e.g. add fills by putting splits in the track where you want the fill). Best free program on the planet!!!
Oh yea, and if you step up to Logic you can import your GB project into Logic for more control/polishing/mastering.
Oh yea, and if you step up to Logic you can import your GB project into Logic for more control/polishing/mastering.
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