Apple's 'Creator Studio' App Bundle Now Available for $12.99 Per Month

[Beavix]

What's next?
Paying to update your OS?

20 years ago, Mac OS X Tiger, US$129. Fun times!

 

[bogdanw]

I've updated iMovie and got this advertising banner for Apple Creator Studio

 

[AppleMega]

I have been using Photoshop since it was a Knoll thing. I'm deep in the Adobe ecosystem and will not be leaving. That being said, if I was starting as a creative today, this package would be where I would start. I'm adding this subscription and will dip into it to expand my knowledge.

 

[mozzamobile]

What's next?
Paying to update your OS?

You used to have to do this back in the days of CD's and USB major upgrades, and you could queue at an Apple Store to get it...

 

[Kylo83]

What about photo editing like Lightroom?

 

[VMukhtarov]

Pixelmator Pro 4 is now paid only. Pages, Numbers and Keynotes can be used without subscription

 

[slb]

The dreaded moment has arrived. Apple is moving features into subscriptions. Yuck yuck yuck.

 

[neuralengine]

Where’s the display??

 

[Mac Fly (film)]

I have been using Photoshop since it was a Knoll thing. I'm deep in the Adobe ecosystem and will not be leaving. That being said, if I was starting as a creative today, this package would be where I would start. I'm adding this subscription and will dip into it to expand my knowledge.

A feature and template-rich, drag-and-drop pure design app from Apple is missing to have this creative bundle feel complete, in my opinion.

 

[guci0]

Apple on truth serum: "Good news and bad news, guys. The bad news is we ruined all the icons. The good news is you get yet another subscription to pay. Our investors are going to love it."

And I like them, finally something fresh! Can someone check if it is possible to set the shadfow under the tables?

 

[gdeusthewhizkid]

I own most of these apps already with the exception of Logic Studio. I think I am going to purchase Logic Studio soon as I don't want more subscriptions but these are good deals if I was just starting out.

 

[anticipate]

This article contains some inaccuracies. Apple has clearly stated, and the updates proved that all the additional functionality added to Final Cut remains in the app that was purchased. The only apps that get premium extra functionality with a subscription are Iwork apps. All of the new functionality in this update for FCP/Motion/Compressor/logic etc - all but work is available to both subscribers and perpetual license owners.

 

[neptuna]

Why does everything have to end up being a subscription? At this rate, people are paying hundreds of dollars monthly just to exist. It's crazy. I, for one, won't sign up for this. I would be more inclined to buy any software outright and use it as is. Software currently isn't improving at a rate that justifies a subscription.

 

[citysnaps]

Boy do I miss Aperture.

I sure don't. Best move I made was going to Adobe Lightroom from Aperture long ago. Aperture was a joke regarding non-destructive edits. Also... regarding color science, Adobe wrote the book.

 

[MadGoat]

There’s a special place in hell waiting for those who continue to push the insidious subscription business model.

Would you rather pay $400 (in Canada) for final cut pro only, or $180/yr for a suite of applications (about $600-700 purchased individually), that will allow a part of the company to get the funding to develop with new updates/features?

 

[Unregistered 4U]

Pages, Numbers, Keynote, Freeform were all free before... this is whack

They’re free now.

 

[JungleNYC]

Very strange rollout today. It seems some apps have updates, but no unified "bundle" offer. And no new icons yet.

 

[indefinite]

Sigh. I updated Numbers (on my Mac), and after launching it, it prompted me to download a new version of the app. The new version of the app is called "Numbers: Make Spreadsheets" in the App Store. (The old one is now called "Numbers 14.5".) I did download it, and now I have two "Numbers" apps in my Applications folder. :-\

If I open the old app, it now tells me to use the new app instead and that I can delete this one.

I can clean it up, sure, but why did they implement it like this instead of just putting the new ("optional") features into the existing app as an update?

I went to do the same for "Pages" but I can't find the new version on the App Store if I search for it! At least at this moment, I *have* to open the old app and get the prompt in order to "find" the new one. (I am sure that this will get fixed up sooner or later.)

...Is it going to be the same process for the apps on my phone, too? :-\
[Edit] Nope, on my phone it just updated the apps in-place.

If you click on Developer “Apple” under the app on the Mac App Store. You will see the updated versions of Pages, Numbers, and Keynotes as new apps, meaning you have to delete your old iWork apps.

 

[dwaltwhit]

I don't count as an educator because I teach high school. Disappointing.

 

[MadGoat]

Why does everything have to end up being a subscription? At this rate, people are paying hundreds of dollars monthly just to exist. It's crazy. I, for one, won't sign up for this. I would be more inclined to buy any software outright and use it as is. Software currently isn't improving at a rate that justifies a subscription.

Subscriptions allow constant funding for the department to grow and bring new features. Rather than buy once, never seeing more revenue.

 

[Unregistered 4U]

I’ll keep rejecting subscriptions, it’s like a rental that never ends and you’re constantly losing money without being able to really amortize the expense.

Oh, it ends… the moment a user stops paying for it.

 

[Unregistered 4U]

Apple should build a modern Swift drag-and-drop Design app for making logos, app icons, custom buttons, app and website design mockups (and finished versions) and custom websites with Squarespace integration for publishing, and file sharing integration without need for email or third party sharing. Billing integration so designers can get paid from clients in a secure and friction-less manner. All should be exportable in industry standard file formats and sizes empowering people to start a design career.

Website design is one feature of many. Imagine a keynote where the Squarespace representative comes on stage to demo the Squarespace integration, the Stripe guy demos payment and billing integration, a photographer comes on stage to show how they use it for their business, and logo and app icon designers demo how they get creative with the app focusing on design.

Think: drag-and-drop from iWeb back in the day, but built for the modern era with a larger canvas and new tools such as background removal, shape cutting and masking, and additional new shapes, gradient styles, templates and fonts.

Start a project: app icon, custom logo, custom website, app mockup, custom button, creative canvas.

The EU would say it’s anti-competitive and fine them twice their worldwide revenue or something.

 

[delsoul]

And still no MacBook Pro M5 Pro or Max. Pathetic

 

[Unregistered 4U]

What's next?
Paying to update your OS?

That’s already here. If your hardware won’t support the latest OS, they’re not giving away that hardware for free.

 

[Unregistered 4U]

Instead of competing with Google Workspace, Apple decided to monetise the three hipsters who still use iWork apps, and I absolutely hate it :/

You used to get the full version without being nudged to upgrade. Now, every time you create a document, you’re forced to see the paid templates...

You’re forced to see how much better you are than the folks that look at those templates and go, “YAH! That’s actually better than ANYTHING I could have come up with!”