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Updated Versions of iWork and iLife Begin Appearing on the App Store

Having an odd problem where my "purchased" garage band "can't be viewed in the UK store" but I can search for and download (for free) the updated version, it's currently downloading as a second copy in my applications folder.

iPhoto and iMovie don't appear as updates but I can click install under "purchased" and download the new versions over the old.

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Because APPLE says you get them for free. From the press release, "iWork and iLife for Mac come free with every new Mac purchase. Existing users running Mavericks can update their apps for free from the Mac App Store℠."

Here is the link to the press release: http://www.apple.com/pr/library/201...on-iWork-and-iLife-Apps-for-OS-X-and-iOS.html

Sounds like it is simply a "bug" with the Mac App Store. I'm sure Apple will fix it and refund any existing user who made an additional purchase to get the update (but didn't need to).

ScottNWDW said:
I don't get where people think because they bought an app (iWork) 4 or 5 years ago they think they are entitled to a free upgrade now. When the Mac App Store first started Apple did say that if you wanted free future upgrades you would need to purchase the app in the mac app store, just like in iPhone/iPad users have been doing.

I just spent the $75 to upgrade my versions of Numbers, Keynote, Pages and iPhoto. I have been using all of those apps since getting my Mac in 2011. Back then I had to buy the Work on a disc, and the iPhoto I believe came on an iLife disc in the box. I never use Garageband or iMovie, so I have no interest in it. I thought I would have to pay to upgrade to Mavericks like I did with Lion and Mountain Lion. Guess what it was free. If iWork wasn't upgraded I would most likely have went with Office for Mac via the Office 365 Subscription at $99 a year. Since upgrading iWork and playing a little with it, Guess what no need for Excell, Work and Powerpoint. So here I was ready to spend about $130 to get Office and Maversicks and all I ended up spending was $75.

In the past with Windows you would spend a whole hell of a lot more to upgrade Windows or Office and nobody seemed to care. Apple's software is far superior, yet it costs a lot less. And you people still complain. Suck it up and get it on the MAS and you won't have to worry about it again. Quit thinking that something you got 2-5 years ago entitles you to a perpetual free upgrade already.
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Grrr... In the new version of GarageBand on my iPad 3, sliding the left mixer panel in track view is now very sluggish. It was perfectly smooth in the iOS 6 version.
 
Chiming in-

My iWork 09 apps all were recognized and updated. Now all show as purchased in the App store.

iMovie updated, but kept the old version in a folder.
 
My DVD versions were also just updated. Everyone settle down and check for updates.
 

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Is it just me, or does iPhoto have the exact same UI as before? The screenshots make it look different, but I have the same side bar as before. Just a new icon.
 
saud0488 said:
Not according to this:

http://www.apple.com/pr/library/201...on-iWork-and-iLife-Apps-for-OS-X-and-iOS.html


"iWork and iLife for Mac come free with every new Mac purchase. Existing users running Mavericks can update their apps for free from the Mac App Store℠"
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I think Apple left out the part where "Existing users" means people who purchased iWorks and iLife from MAS

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coolbreeze said:
My DVD versions were also just updated. Everyone settle down and check for updates.
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oh? Nice... Glad that I was wrong about them then.
 
It's the opposite for me... weird...

Jab00 said:
that is great news! should the update for iMovie and iPhoto be free for those of us that have iLife '11 too? because mine still wants me to pay :(
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I was able to download them for free. So it's the opposite for me. I can't download iWork for free, but iLife I can.

Also, when I go to Updates via Mac App Store, I keep getting and error: The operation couldn’t be completed. (NSURLErrorDomain error -1012.)
 
I also can't get the new update. I was trying out the browser based keynote and now can't open the file on my MacBook Pro.
 
Overall, I'm not that fussed. The UI refresh is nice, and it's nice that they've finally got a unified file format, but feature-wise there doesn't seem to be that much here.

Still no equation editor or referencing support for Pages :facepalm:

That said, I'm hoping that these rebuilt apps and unified file format mean that Apple won't be ignoring these apps for another 5 years. Hopefully they're taking these applications seriously again.

Collaboration is nice, but the fact that neither the iOS or native apps support it is a bit rubbish. Why can a web browser do it but the native clients can't?
 
Try the trick of creating a Test account if you haven't gotten an update yet. Worked for me!

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charlituna said:
No. You have to have iWork from MAS
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For the record, I don't think this is accurate. I have the DVD and was able to upgrade.

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charlituna said:
No. You have to have iWork from MAS
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For the record, I don't think this is accurate. I have the DVD and was able to upgrade.
 
I almost started to panic about the App Store wanting me to pay to upgrade iLife '11 and iWork '09.

Then I realized that today I've already downloaded and installed Mavericks without a hitch and it seems to make my early-2011 MBP run more quickly (except for iPhoto '11 which is still slow as hell to load my local photo library and update Photo Streams.)

Apple is serving up a ton of software updates today -- most (if not all) of them for free. I'm going to go have dinner and keep living life and I'm sure at some point within the next 24 hours, the MAS will let me know that there are iWork and iLife updates to download. Until then, it's been a damn good day in the Apple universe as it is.
 
New Pages garbage!

The new pages has absolutely destroyed every table in every document I've ever created with it. Absolutely brutal.
 
No free upgrade for me as I bought Pages on disc. Very annoying, not only did I pay more, I don't qualify for free updates? :mad:
 
for people that haven't got update, you sometimes have to make sure all your apps are in a folder "iWork 09" together before it will recognize them, I have had this problem before then once I moved them into a folder together it recognized them

but it's not updating for me because I only have 2 of the 3 apps in my iWork folder currently and bought the new Pages earlier so I think it's not detecting it...
 
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