Michal Marek As expected, innovations in the iWork and iLife software packages also arrived today. The changes do not only concern new icons, but the applications for iOS and OS X have undergone both a visual and a functional change...
iWork
When presenting the new iPhone models in mid-September, Apple announced that the iWork office suite would be available for free download on the new iOS devices. Of course, this news pleased the users, but on the contrary, they were quite disappointed that iWork has not undergone any modernization at all. But that's changing now, and all three apps - Pages, Numbers and Keynote - have received a major update that, in addition to new features, also brings a new coat to match both of Apple's current operating systems, mobile iOS 7 and desktop OS X Mavericks. Numerous changes in the office set also correspond with the web service iWork for iCloud, which now enables collective work, which we have known for a long time from Google Docs.
According to Apple, iWork for Mac has been fundamentally rewritten and, in addition to the new design, it also has many revolutionary features. One of them is, for example, editing panels that adapt to the selected content and thus offer only those functions that the user can really need and use. Another nice new feature are graphs that change in real time depending on changes in the underlying data. With all applications from the iWork package, it is now also possible to use the typical share button and thus share documents, for example by e-mail, which will provide the recipient with a link to the relevant document stored in iCloud. As soon as the other party receives the email, they can immediately start working on the document and edit it in real time. As expected, the entire package has a 64-bit architecture corresponding to Apple's latest technological tendencies.
To reiterate, all of iWork is now free to download, not only for all new iOS devices, but also for newly purchased Macs.
iLife
The "creative" software package iLife has also received an update, and the update once again applies to both platforms - iOS and OS X. iPhoto, iMovie and Garageband have mainly undergone a visual change and now also fit into iOS 7 and OS X Mavericks in every way. When verbally and visually presenting the new versions of individual applications from the iLife set, Eddy Cue focused primarily on the fact that all of iLife works great with iCloud. This means you can easily access all your projects from any iOS device and even Apple TV. As already indicated, the update mainly concerns the visual side of the applications, and the user interface of the individual components of iLife is now simpler, cleaner and flatter. However, the goal of the update is also for individual applications to fully utilize the potential of both new operating systems.
GarageBand probably brought the biggest functional changes. On the phone, each song can now be divided into 16 different segments, which can then be worked with. If you own the new iPhone 5S or one of the new iPads, it's even possible to split a song twice. On the desktop, Apple offers a completely new music library, but the most interesting new feature is the "drummer" function. The user can choose from seven different drummers, each with their own specific style, and they will accompany the song themselves. Additional music styles can be purchased through in-app purchases.
Among the most interesting news inside iMovie is the "desktop-class efects" function, which apparently brings new possibilities for speeding up and slowing down video. So this function is probably intended mainly for the new iPhone 5s. Another novelty that many users will surely appreciate is the possibility to skip the process of creating a project before editing the video on the phone. The Theater function has been added to iMovie on Mac. Thanks to this news, users can replay all their videos directly in the application.
iPhoto also went through a redesign, but users still got a few new features. You can now create physical photo books on iPhones and order them straight to your home. Until now, something like this was only possible in the desktop version, but now both versions of the application have become functionally closer.
Like iWork, iLife is free to download on all new iOS devices and all new Macs. Anyone who already owns applications from iLife or iWork can update today for free.
Then my ipad does not offer any updates, I have both iwork and ilife. Even through the appstore, I can only find old versions.
so wait :D
It didn't offer me anything either, but when I went to the From Apple section on iTunes - updated applications were already offered there.
I have the latest Air and I'm a little sad that they didn't put it back on it too. After all, it was the first establishment of all that they changed this year, and as owners we deserved it..
Exactly! Same with me..:/
so it's free or isn't it?
Apple is seriously starting to screw me up this year. After upgrading Keynote to iOS, they seem to casually tell you, without any prior warning, that if you open any presentation on iCloud, you will never open it on Mac again until you upgrade OSX to Maveric.
Hi, I bought a MacBook Air on October 10th, will I be able to download iWork for free after I update to OSX Mavericks? Because they are still 17.99 per program on a non-updated system. Thanks!
I bought on 15.10. and I had to fill out an application for the up to date program. They will respond to me within 24 hours and make iworks available
Please, how do you proceed when filling out an application for the up to date program? I bought a MacBook Air in September and would also like to have iWorks for free - at least it seems fair to me :-).
I also bought a MacBook Air in September and the App Store gave me iLife after a while
offered himself, so it will certainly not be strictly given that only for the device
purchased after 1.10.
Please write some short procedure how to do it. My brother bought a Macbook Pro last year and it was just before the release of Mountain Lion and he also wrote something about the serial number of the product, but I don't remember how to do it, but the important thing is that it then allowed him to download Mountain Lion for free.
I bought Air 20.9 and I automatically had the iLife update for free, but iWorks wants money from me, what exactly should I do to get iWorks for free?
Got it downloaded and installed! And be careful – iWork is in Czech! Stone
If I have an older Mac (Mac Mini Mid 2011) with iWorks, will it be like an upgrade or do I have to buy them "new"?
Can someone give a link to the up to date program regarding iWork? I bought an iMac on October 10, but the price is €17,99 for each individual package.
Well, to be honest, I'm not very smart about what's free and under what conditions. I had bought iWork on my Mac a long time ago, so I have it available through an update on the App Store, that's ok. After that, I never bought iLife on the App Store, I only have it from the installation DVD that I got for my Mac (from 2010), so none of the applications in the package are tied to the App Store and the update cannot appear in the store either. I probably shouldn't get anything from this package for free since I have an older machine. Well, I have the new GarageBand for free on the App Store (already downloaded, recorded, working). It takes money for iMovie and iPhoto. So I don't understand why I have GarageBand for free and why that one.
I will add, it also applies to iOS (on a year-old iPad 4th). I have never bought a mobile iLife there and I also have GarageBand for free, for the rest he wants money. I had bought Numbers from iWork and it updated them, he wants money for the rest not bought.
Can anyone help me with this, I also have iLife from DVD and also nothing and I have a mac from 2010, does it require money or is it free?
I also have a GB that I am not currently using and I am supposed to pay for all the others.
The iwork upgrade somehow didn't work... Well, it actually worked, it will cost me another 1300.
so it didn't even last 24 hours - now I can see and download free apps :-)
Thanks for the answers. I will definitely use the up to date program because it keeps asking me for money for iWork. One more question… Is it necessary to have Mavericks installed? I want to wait for another version, when it is more certain that things are going as they should.
I also wonder how it will be. I bought a Mac before Christmas so they might as well give it away for free or at least with some kind of discount ;-)
Well, I don't really understand it. All upgrades were free on my iMac, iPad and iPhone. I have had all the devices for several years. Didn't they say at the keynote that the upg is free for those who have already purchased these applications?
I'm in the same situation... everything went well on IOS and after the Mavericks update I still have the old iLife and IWork...
So I'm lost :D I've had iLife on Air since the beginning, I updated to Mavericks, I have new iLife icons, etc., but I can't download iWork for free, and I bought Air on September 20..
I have a question. Now if I buy Numbers on iPhone for example. Will Numbers be automatically purchased for the Macbook as well? That is, for one price. Thank you very much in advance for your reply.
Definitely not, iOS and Mac are 100% separate platforms, but otherwise I don't understand the whole masquerade I bought everything on iOS and on Mac and iOS updated itself and Mac nothing at all and he wants to buy it from me... that's called free update.
Hi, I bought an iP5 in December, later it developed a defect and went to the complaint method piece by piece - I received a new piece on 22.10. does this count as a new device and should iWork and iLife be free? When I look at it in the AppStore, it sometimes appears as free and sometimes as paid. Does anyone know how Apple managed this?
So the situation is this, both iLife and iWork are free for newly purchased devices. For older devices, the upgrade is free for those who have already purchased these apps once and are tied to their Apple ID. On both the iPad and iPhone I upgraded everything, on the iMac I upgraded all of iLife and Pages. Keynote and Numbers are paid for me because I haven't purchased them before.
Hello,
is there anyone who has MBA mid 2013 activated around 13th september and was able to download iWork for free without having previously purchased it? Thanks for the reply.
I tried it, I got activated at the end of September and it was rejected :/
It's a shame. I would like Apple to explain to me what the difference is between a customer who bought the same MBA in September and one who bought it in October.
Good day,
there is a possibility to switch the language control to other languages in the new pages, so how does it work?
apple forums that I looked at then went silent…
Thanks.
I bought an iPad 4 128GB version with iOS 6 a week ago (I don't want iOS 7 and I'm not interested in the iPad Air) - can someone pls advise what I should do so that I can get free iOS applications? I hope it will work even without upgrading to iOS7...
Apple did not disappoint again. in the icon of the new Pages, the signature of the popular J. Appleseed.