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February 2009
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The editors liked
Places feature in iPhoto
Image stabilisation feature in iMovie
Sting teaching you Roxanne in GarageBand
IMovie dazzles once more
Faces and Facebook integration
GarageBand lessons are quite effective
Very good upgrades for iPhoto
IMovie and Garageband
IPhoto Faces and Places
GarageBand Artist Lessons
The editors didn't like
Faces didnt recognise us at all
Not enough if you are a movie jetsetting musician
IWeb remains weak
IDVD not updated
No Blu-ray support
GB lessons require a dual-core Intel Mac
IDVD and iWeb are rather overlooked
Expensive given that most of the programs are free downloads
Faces isnt perfect
To get the most out of music lessons youll have to pay extra
Easy to learn and use; offers new ways to manage photos; lets you upload photos to Facebook and Flickr automatically; adds video stabilization, ringtone creation, and music lessons
Certain apps will be too simple for some users; no intermediate-level music lessons available; video stabilization doesn’t always work; no updates to iDVD
iLife ’09 isn’t for those who want to be able to control every detail, but for casual users, this suite is remarkably easy to learn and use, delivering professional results without much work. ...
Five strong apps, tightly integrated. Terrific value. Connects to a variety of Web services.
iPhoto competitors nearly as good, at no cost. No update to iDVD, which has no Blu-ray support. Awkward handling of multiple iMovies.
iLife is greater than the sum of its parts. Tight integration of all five components lets you easily create terrific multimedia projects. If youre just organizing photos or duplicating DVDs, youll find good alternatives, but this is the best way to b...
Unparalleled ease of use, Can organize photos by faces and location, Excellent video stabilization, GarageBand teaches piano and guitar
Face-tagging only succeeded about half the time, Lacks precise timeline video-editing control, iWeb could use more site-building features
Creative apps have always been central to the Mac experience, and iLife ’09 delivers more than its share of worthwhile improvements. For $79, you get a comprehensive suite of multimedia creation tools whose features more than account for its premium...
Abstract: Apple announced iLife 09 at its final Macworld Expo in January 2009, demonstrating flashy, fun new features ranging from face recognition in photos to image stabilization in movies to music lessons. There is a focus on fun, and it looks great... b...
Abstract: When Apple announced the new iLife ‘09 suite during the MacWorld 2009 Keynote last month, we were immediately intrigued by the seemingly powerful features included in iPhoto and iMovie. If you happened to catch it, you know what I am talking about. F...
Abstract: Many people have a technological tipping point. Thats the point where software, iLife 09 for example, becomes so compelling that it can persuade one to give up personal, specialized, or UNIX geeky ways of doing things and just throw ones entire we...
Abstract: When we heard about iLife ‘09 last month, Apple touted the Faces and Places features of the iPhone and image stabilization and precise editing in iMovie. How much does all of this pleasure cost? $79 or nothing if you get it with a new Mac. But is it w...
Abstract: While Apple’s Macintosh computers are known for handsome hardware design, what really makes the Mac distinctive is its built-in software. That software includes a suite of multimedia programs, called iLife, which is preinstalled, free, on every new Mac...
Abstract: Apple iLife 09: has some interesting tweaks and upgrades.Price $129Rating 3.5/5 In the days of analog cameras and film, amateur photographers generally rationed their shots, mindful of the fact that rolls of film cost money both to purchase and e...
iPhoto now has face recognition, geotagging and social network integration, iMovie regains advanced tools lost in iMovie 08, GarageBand now has music lessons
iPhotos face detection isnt perfect, Social network integration needs some work, iMovie is lacking for advanced users
Apple iLife 09 is a great application suite for simple media organising and editing, and the addition of features like face recognition, geotagging and music lessons makes it worth the update.
