Fortunately, starting April 18, 2017, Apple has made iMovie, GarageBand, Pages, Numbers and Keynote free for everybody. This should take care of what was a very common source of confusion among customers.
I have a similar question. I bought my MBP in late 2011 but bought iWork then and updates were supposed to be free but it didn't want to give me the newer versions. I got around it by copying the apps from another newer Mac Mini, but we had a different Apple ID on that computer so I need to use that password to update the apps. But why did you buy Pages if it should be included for free?
Free Ilife 09 Download For Mac
According to Cult of Mac you should be able to just download a trial of iWork 09 and then upgrade for free, but I don't know if that will work since owning iWork 09 didn't give me the upgrades. Apple really should just make the whole thing free since it's basically free except for odd cases where people lose their copy.
iDVD, which is developed and rolled out by Apple, is a dedicated DVD creating application for Mac OS X. Although iDVD is discontinued for a while, it is still considered the last step of Apple's iLife suite. Initially, iDVD is compatible with the Mac computers with SuperDrive. From iDVD 6 onwards, it is not preinstalled on Macs shipping with Mac OSX 10.7 Lion. Currently, you cannot find iDVD in Mac App Store or the latest version of iLife suite. But this DVD maker is still available in the iLife '11. Many people still prefer to use iDVD, partly because it contains over one hundred themes for DVD menus and other useful features. In this article, we will share the methods to download iDVD on Mac.
The last iDVD version available for Mountain Lion is iDVD version 7.1.2. The prerequisite is you have installed iDVD on your computer. Then you can go to iDVD version 7.1.2 download page and update iDVD for Mountain Lion free of charge.
In this article, we talked about a utility for DVD making on Mac, iDVD. As a system utility, iDVD was once a popular application among Mac users. It is compatible with iMovie, iPhoto and Quick Time very well. But as Apple increasingly encourages users use its cloud service to store and deliver data, iDVD became out of favor. Finally, Apple announced that they would give up iDVD in 2011. In this post, we shared the method to install and update iDVD; because it is still compatible with some Mac computers equipped SuperDrive. Moreover, iDVD download and installation has become more complicated, because it was not pre-installed anymore.
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Yep, I found that out last night. I went to download Pages on my iPad, and found out I couldn't because I don't have iOS 10 on it. I went to upgrade the OS... and found out my iPad is too old for 10. Sad.
I agree about "death from neglect". When apps become free, it means the developer, Apple, is no longer going to improve them. Eventually Apple will stop supporting them. Ultimately the apps will stop working.
That said, I agree with Adam that free iLife and iWork software is not bad news. And they will encourage adoption of Sierra on hardware that can support it. If your hardware is obsolete, well, to coin a phrase, that's not Apple's problem. Indeed, iLife and iWork upgrades have been platform specific for some time now. In any case, older versions of those apps may be better in some ways than the new kids on the block. New versions have tended to lose rather than gain features, a well established Apple hallmark.
Free may seem like a good thing, but nothing is really free. In this case we will be paying for these apps through hardware purchases, if we use an app or not.Then there is the question of app quality. Since Apple is not making any money off them anymore there is no stimulus to make these apps so good people will be willing to pay for them. The option to vote with our wallet has been taken from us.One sad example is the latest version of Numbers for iOS. The complaints and 1 star reviews are pouring in but Apple seems to be deaf and blind to them. Now that Numbers is free there is even less reason te expect Apple to do anything about this bad update.
But what about people that are unable or unwilling to install the latest versions of MacOS? I cannot find any option to download (or buy) an older version of apps like Keynote, Pages, Numbers, etc. (Nor can I find any info about which version of those apps is compatible with which version of MacOS.)
As much as it would be nice if Apple gave all old stuff away for free, or even kept old versions available for sale, I presume they've done the math and determined that it would be a significant expense that would benefit very few people because those who don't upgrade to new hardware tend not to buy (or even download) new software either. 2ff7e9595c
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