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iWork, iPhoto, and iMovie for iOS Go Free with Purchase of a New Device

They should have done this from the start. They should also give everyone 5GB of iCloud storage per device too.
 
Will this follow the App Store rules and be installable on upto 5 devices?
 
Eidorian said:
It's value added software with little effort. It sounds a little desperate but they should have done this in the first place.
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It goes along the lines to what Apple has done before. Lowering the price on software or for free as an incentive to buy their hardware. From their operating systems to their applications.
 
dazed said:
Will this follow the App Store rules and be installable on upto 5 devices?
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Yes to the first part and no to the second. It'll be installable on all of your devices, just like other App Store apps (they'll surely go into your purchase history like they do when you buy a new Mac).
 
UnfetteredMind said:
From Apple's website:
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Absolute dog ****! These apps should be free for all users! Personnaly I cannot justify paying for example pages to get use from it every now or then on my iPhone when pages on my mac isn't that far away but if it was free I'd use it all the time! Bad move Apple! Booooooooo
 
Why were they not redesigned for iOS 7? Neither is iBooks (Not sure about others like Find my Friends, etc) -- the inconsistency is horrid.
 
iAdamator said:
I just got an iPad for my Birthday two days ago. I wonder if I can get these free? I checked my account but they still show as paid apps.
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You should be able to, but probably will need to wait until iOS 7 is downloaded and installed?

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Maybe they'll reconsider and make them free to everyone running iOS 7 (vs activated since Sep 1)? Who knows. It would be nice and I would think it wouldn't require all the tracking/checking.
 
If I clean install it and then restore either form my Computer or iCloud, does that sort of defeat the purpose of doing a clean install? I read a lot about clean installs and how people say they don't restore from a back up at all. I have way too many important things for me to not restore...one way or another!
 
iAdamator said:
If I clean install it and then restore either form my Computer or iCloud, does that sort of defeat the purpose of doing a clean install? I read a lot about clean installs and how people say they don't restore from a back up at all. I have way too many important things for me to not restore...one way or another!
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Not really. It's just removing all the unnecessary/corrupt files that have been building up over time since the last update.

A clean install is you removing the previous iOS completely and installing the new iOS. That's all.
 
Is there any real difference between a PC backup vs iCloud? I know due to space, iCloud doesn't store apps, just settings/data/etc and just redownloads apps, where as of course a computer just keeps a copy of the app.

Is any one a "purer" form of recovery?

If not, I will just use my Computer back up since it's much quicker.
 
Waiting to get the new 5th gen iPad which will undoubtedly drop sometime in October with ios7 on it and my current iPhone 5 will also have ios7 too....

I'm guessing ill get the iLife apps for free on my iPad when I boot it up, but then if its in my purchased history, I wonder will I be able to go onto my iPhone 5 and re download these to that for free?
 
MisterBigMack said:
Waiting to get the new 5th gen iPad which will undoubtedly drop sometime in October with ios7 on it and my current iPhone 5 will also have ios7 too....

I'm guessing ill get the iLife apps for free on my iPad when I boot it up, but then if its in my purchased history, I wonder will I be able to go onto my iPhone 5 and re download these to that for free?
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That's exactly what I'm doing. I'll be getting the 5th gen iPad too, and as all these apps are universal, yes, we will be able to redownload all these to all our other iOS devices.
 
dazed said:
They should have done this from the start. They should also give everyone 5GB of iCloud storage per device too.
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And a pony. Everyone should also get a pony.

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Well at least now we'll know whether or not Apple is making any (direct) profit on these apps. :)
 
SkippyThorson said:
No.



Still no. [Mod note: Fixed :)]

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My idea:

Erase and restore, sign in, download all apps free when prompted.

Erase and restore again, restore from backup, re-download them from your Purchase history.
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Didn't work for me. I did Erase All Content and Settings, set up as new iPhone, and did not choose to use iCloud. Didn't get a prompt and the apps show up as paid. On iOS 7 GM.
 
UnfetteredMind said:
From Apple's website:

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iPhoto, iMovie, Keynote, Pages, and Numbers are free on the App Store for qualifying iOS 7 compatible devices activated after September 1, 2013. See www.apple.com/ios/whats-new/ for iOS 7 compatible devices. Downloading apps requires an Apple ID.
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Reach9 said:
What i was wondering is if you do a restore of your current iPhone and reactivate it, will you be able to download the iWork suite and all? Because it's been activated as a new phone after Sept 1st.

I'm trying to find a loop hole :eek:
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You said it yourself....
 
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