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Apple Updates iLife Apps and Aperture for Yosemite

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After releasing OS X Yosemite and updating its iWork suite of apps for the new operating system, Apple has now begun updating its iLife suite of apps alongside Aperture and Apple Configurator for Yosemite, as well as other new features.

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While iPhoto and Aperture only received compatibility updates for Yosemite, Garageband, Configurator and iMovie received numerous new features. Garageband now allows users to build their own bass rigs and includes a new Voice Template for fast and easy vocal recordings. iMovie received a brand new design inspired by the look of OS X Yosemite and other features like Custom H.264 file export options. Configurator now includes the ability to allow Handoff, support for new configuration payloads in iOS 8 and more.

Similar to the iWork suite, the iLife suite is free to users who have recently purchased a new Mac or iOS device. Otherwise, iMovie is $14.99 while Garageband includes a $4.99 one-time in-app purchase to unlock additional instruments and sounds for each platform. Aperture is available for $79.99 while Configurator is available for free.

Garageband - [Direct Link]
iPhoto - [Direct Link]
iMovie - [Direct Link]
Aperture - [Direct Link]
Apple Configurator - [Direct Link]

Article Link: Apple Updates iLife Apps and Aperture for Yosemite
 
Article Link
https://www.macrumors.com/2014/10/16/ilife-update-yosemite/
I dig that new GarageBand icon, but I thought Apple was moving away from skeuomorphism (sp?) ?
 
I, of course, expected the rest of iLife*to get updated soon, but I didn't expect them to actually update Aperature*even for compatability reasons.

I also didn't expect Configurator already, but that's another story.
 
Parasprite said:
I, of course, expected the rest of iLife*to get updated soon, but I didn't expect them to actually update Aperature*even for compatability reasons.

I also didn't expect Configurator already, but that's another story.
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Apple said it would update Aperture for Yosemite compatibility:

http://www.macworld.com/article/237...hoto-to-be-replaced-with-photos-for-os-x.html

They have to as they're still selling it on the MAS and also as an option to buy with new Macs, which is pretty lousy.
 
I hope Apple continues to make Aperture compatible with OS X going forward. Even if they don't add any new features.

I have all my photos since 2005 in Aperture. Over 30,000 of them, most of them in RAW format.

Does Apple really expect us to upload all our photos to the cloud? That would be insane.

I sure as hell hope the "Photos" app has a local storage option, with backups. Ideally you'd be able to then choose a subset of your photos to put on the cloud if you wish. That would be the right way to do it.

Their keeping us in the dark about how the Photos app will work is frustrating. The least they could do is explain how it all works, especially storage management and backups, so we can stop worrying and just look forward to it.
 
I had an iMovie update that errorred out for months. I finally deleted it and after I did a reboot it installed 10.0.4 and then another 2 gig to get to 10.0.6 for Yosemite.
 
zorinlynx said:
I hope Apple continues to make Aperture compatible with OS X going forward. Even if they don't add any new features.

I have all my photos since 2005 in Aperture. Over 30,000 of them, most of them in RAW format.

Does Apple really expect us to upload all our photos to the cloud? That would be insane.

I sure as hell hope the "Photos" app has a local storage option, with backups. Ideally you'd be able to then choose a subset of your photos to put on the cloud if you wish. That would be the right way to do it.

Their keeping us in the dark about how the Photos app will work is frustrating. The least they could do is explain how it all works, especially storage management and backups, so we can stop worrying and just look forward to it.
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I would certainly be looking for backup plans, considering Apple doesn't seem to care if you're an actual professional, and not a mortal consumer.
 
Clearly I am not Apple's target market. I will never keep my accumulated raw photo library on Apple's cloud for its insecurity and perpetual storage rental. I'm not one to maintain a digital wallet of photos by the hundreds that I want at hand and in sync on all of my devices.
 
Why is the article calling them 'compatibility updates'. They are clearly 'incompatibility updates' since they won't work in Mavericks, are are just released to encourage users to upgrade their OS and make it difficult to downgrade.

Look at Aperture. It's got nothing new - Apple already told us that would be the case - yet it's somehow not backwards compatible with Mavericks?
 
mw360 said:
Why is the article calling them 'compatibility updates'. They are clearly 'incompatibility updates' since they won't work in Mavericks, are are just released to encourage users to upgrade their OS and make it difficult to downgrade.

Look at Aperture. It's got nothing new - Apple already told us that would be the case - yet it's somehow not backwards compatible with Mavericks?
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I totally agree. Apple wants to support as few versions as possible. Not surprising, but a problem for consumers who wants to stick to older versions of programs for whatever reasons, or need older OS.
There are still good reasons to run 10.6.8, or even 10.5 or 10.4 if you have special needs (PPC-programs, Classic programs); I don't expect Apple to support any OS forever, but especially 10.6 is still used in vast numbers and haven't got security updates forever.

I'm glad imovie 9 still seems to work in Yosemite, if I install it from disk again I might have trouble getting updates though. Imovie 10.03, which I think worked in early Yosemite betas, doesn't work with full Yosemite, and I had all sorts of problems getting app store to update, I had to go into time machine, dig up v 10.04 and update to 10.06 from there. Anyway, that's more of an app store problem, for reasons unknown imovie doesn't turn up among my bought apps while iphoto and garage band does (I installed ILife from disk a year ago with my current account) as well as aperture.
 
Apple, you would really make my and many others christmas great by releasing a Holiday beta for Photos before the year is over.. Pretty please? :):apple:
 
eXan said:
Hope they take their time with it and not make it half-assed like 90% of their current software is
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I'm not holding my breath. Obsession with thinness, interfaces getting flatter (or "more modern" as MR likes to say), and half-baked software seems to be the norm now.

Please don't reply with "it's free, so quit complaining." This is repeated over and over again. Some of us would actually pay to have software that works :eek: and/or isn't missing features that were in previous versions, but that isn't an option.

(And for the people who have older machines and do have to pay for iLife and iWork, do they get a different version that's better, or is the rationale that they deserve it for not upgrading their machine?)
 
I HATE that the Mac App store still doesn't let you download old versions of apps.

Things that downloaded fine on 10.6, 10.7, 10.8, etc now refuse to download/install, because they now "Require a newer version of OS X."

On of my MacBook Pro systems goes up to 10.7.

Some of our older systems (32-bit Core Duo) and ones required to run certain PowerPC apps can only go up to 10.6. I used Twitter on one to send outage notices, and it was updated and dropped 10.6 support a long time ago.

I can load old iWork '09 and iLife '11 apps from disc, but I cannot get much of the other software I use to be able to get.
 
zorinlynx said:
Does Apple really expect us to upload all our photos to the cloud? That would be insane.
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Considering they're selling subscription services for online storage now, yes, I imagine they want all your data on iCloud no matter how big it is.
"Have you considered our terrabyte plan?"

(as someone with a 200gb iTunes library and 20k iPhoto files)
 
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