| iLife | |
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| Developer | Apple |
| Initial release | October 1999; 26 years ago (1999-10) |
| Operating system | iOS &macOS[1] |
| Platform | ARM &Intel (iLife v1-'09 compatible withPPC)[1] |
| Size | 4 GB[1] |
| License | Proprietary |
| Website | Homepage at theWayback Machine (archived January 16, 2009) |
iLife is a discontinuedsoftware suite formacOS andiOS developed byApple It consists of various programs for media creation, organization, editing and publishing. At various times, it included:iTunes,iMovie,iPhoto,iDVD,iWeb, andGarageBand. Only iMovie and GarageBand remain and are now freely available on Apple'sMac App Store.[2] iDVD and iWeb have been discontinued while iTunes and iPhoto have been succeeded byMusic andPhotos respectively.
iLife was preinstalled on newMac computers and was previously also sold as a bundle on DVD. With the introduction of the Mac App Store, Apple discontinued the DVD bundle and turned to selling the apps separately. Photos, the app that supersedediPhoto, is now an essential part of macOS, while iMovie and GarageBand, although they ship pre-installed on any new Mac computer or iOS device, can be uninstalled if not needed. Updates for iLife apps purchased on the Mac App Store are available for free, while the pre-App Store model required buying the entire suite when a new version had been released.
iMovie has the longest legacy of the applications included with iLife. It was marketed by Apple as an easy-to-use video editing application that allowed novice users to quickly create professional-quality movies. The first version of the software was released in October 1999 and bundled with theiMac DV. On April 28, 2000, Apple began allowing users to download iMovie free of charge from its website.[3] iMovie remained free until 2003, when it became part of the first iLife release, which was sold for $49. Apple continued to update and develop the existing iMovie software until the release of iLife '08 in 2007, when a new version, iMovie '08, was released. iMovie '08 was completely rewritten as a new application and introduced significant changes to theuser interface.[4]
iPhoto was the second application in iLife that began as a free application available for download from Apple's website. The first version of iPhoto was announced at theMacworld Conference & Expo January 3, 2002, and released January 7, 2002. It was billed as being the "missing link" in photography. In addition to allowing users to import, organize, and perform basic edits on their photos, iPhoto also let users print photos in a variety of ways, including as a bound book.[5] Subsequent versions of iPhoto have added a number of features, including automatic organization by events,[4] faces (usingfacial recognition technology), and places.[6] iPhoto also includes a full-screen editing mode and a feature called "Photocasting" (a way to share photos with others directly from within iPhoto).[7]
iDVD was first announced on January 9, 2001. It was bundled with thePower Mac G4, the first Mac model with aSuperDrive that could read and write bothCDs andDVDs. The first version of iDVD introduced a simple way to design customized DVDs with menus, backdrops, slideshows and home movies that could be played back on mostDVD players.[8] iDVD was never released as a download. Instead, it was bundled with the first version of iLife, released in 2003.
The remaining two applications in the iLife suite were first introduced as part of iLife '04 and iLife '06, respectively. Released in 2004, the first version ofGarageBand was designed as an easy way for both beginner and advanced musicians to create and edit music on their computers.iWeb was introduced at the Macworld Conference & Expo on January 10, 2006 and was promoted as a way for Mac users to create their own professionally designed websites without having to know or writeHTML or any other code. The last version of iWeb was released with iLife '11.[7]
On January 6, 2011, iLife '11 was made available to purchase on theMac App Store. From October 22, 2013, iLife '13 was made available for free download on the Mac App Store.
After iPhoto was discontinued in 2015, newest versions of GarageBand and iMovie, the only remaining components of iLife suite, became distributed separately on the Mac App Store, making iLife suite itself discontinued.
| Version | Introduction | Cost | Minimum MacOS | Binary | iPhoto | iTunes | iMovie | iDVD | GarageBand | iWeb |
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| iLife | Macworld Conference & Expo on January 7, 2003 | $49 | 10.1.5 | PowerPC | 2 | 3 | 3 | 3 | – | – |
| iLife '04 | Macworld Conference & Expo on January 6, 2004 | $49 | 10.2.6 (10.2.8 recommended) | PowerPC | 4 | 4.2 | 4 | 4 | 1 | – |
| iLife '05 | Macworld Conference & Expo on January 11, 2005 | $79 | 10.3.4 (10.3.6 to use HD features of iMovie HD, and to work with RAW photos in iPhoto 5) | PowerPC | 5 | 4.7.1 | HD 5 | 5 | 2 | – |
| iLife '06 | Macworld Conference & Expo on January 10, 2006 | $79 | 10.4.3 (10.4.4 required for iMovie HD themes, iPhoto photocasts, and iChat recording in GarageBand) | Universal | 6 | 6.0.2 | HD 6 | 6 | 3 | 1 |
| iLife '08 | Special Summer event[9] on August 7, 2007 | $79 | 10.4.9 | Universal | 7.0 | 7.3 | 7.0 (HD 6) | 7.0 | 4.0 | 2.0 |
| iLife '09 | Macworld Conference & Expo on January 6, 2009 (Press Release) | $79 | 10.5.6 | Universal | 8.0 | 8.0.1 | 8.0 | 7.0.3 | 5.0 | 3.0 |
| iLife '11 (retail DVD) | Apple Special Event on October 20, 2010 (Press Release) | $49 | 10.6.3 | Intel | 9.0 | – | 9.0 | 7.1 | 6.0 | 3.0.2 |
| iLife '11 (Mac App Store build) | Mac App Store launch on January 6, 2011 (Press Release) | $15 per iLife app, $20 per iWork app | 10.6.6 | Intel | 9.1 | – | 9.0.9 | – | 6.0.5 | – |
| iLife '13 10.0 | Apple Special Event on October 22, 2013 | Free[10] $15 per iLife app, $20 per iWork app[11] | 10.9.0 | Intel | 9.5 | – | 10.0 | – | 10.0 | – |
Notes about specific releases:
iMovie is adigital video editor. The process of film capture by adigital camera viaFireWire is automated, with iMovie allowing users to split up their videos, add titles andspecial effects, and reorganize them into movies. It is also compatible withMPEG 4 cameras,AVCHD camcorders,HDV cameras, and Apple'siSight webcams. Photographs may also be used, and a soundtrack may be added using tracks from the user'siTunes music library. These can then be exported into a variety of viewable formats, including the.mov format used by Apple'sQuickTime Player.[12]
GarageBand is a music and podcast creation application that includes over 1,000 pre-recorded audio loops for use in projects. The program also supportssoftware instruments and importation from real instruments, such as guitars and keyboards.
iPhoto was an application that allowed users to store, view, edit, and share their digital photos. Users could organize their photos in a number of ways. Events automatically grouped photos taken around the same time. Faces usesfacial recognition to identify photos containing faces, which can then be tagged by users and sorted according to who is in the photo. Places takes advantage ofgeotagging technology. Many cameras today embedmetadata into their digital photos containing information about the location where the photo was taken. Places allowed users to browse and see their photos on a map. iPhoto included tools to crop photos, reducered-eye, add effects such assepia andblack and white, and to adjust theexposure,saturation,contrast and black and white balance of photos. In addition, users could have their photos printed, create books (hard bound copies of which can be ordered), calendars and greetings cards. As of April 8, 2015, Apple discontinued and removed iPhoto from the Mac App Store with the release of the newPhotos app bundled with OS X Yosemite 10.10.3. As of 2017, iPhoto was unable to sync with iCloud but Photos can.
iDVD, integrated withiMovie, allows the burning of movies onto aDVD and the user to customize their DVD with custom menus based on themes (many of which make use of the content of the movies) and custom chapter points. It contains theMPEG-2 encoder functionality needed to produce DVD-compatible content. Each new version added more menu themes. In iLife '09 and iLife '11, iDVD was not updated (with the exception of a few bug fixes). There is no support forBlu-ray disc burning in the current version of iDVD.[13] As of July 20, 2011, Apple discontinued iDVD and it is neither included with new Apple computers nor for sale.
iWeb, released at theMacworld Conference & Expo on January 10, 2006, provided the ability to easily turn content from the other iLife applications intowebsites using Apple-designed templates with one-click uploading to Apple'sMobileMe sharing service. iWeb also allowed users to create links to their own podcasts and photocasts from the webpage. iWeb was the latest addition to the iLife suite when it was discontinued in June 2011.[14] As of July 20, 2011, Apple discontinued iWeb and it is no longer included with new Apple computers nor for sale.
MobileMe Web Gallery was a feature designed for easy photo sharing from directly within the iLife suite. It allowed users to create events or photo albums using the Web Gallery feature of their MobileMe account, and permitted visitors to a user's Gallery to view the photos. As of July 1, 2012 MobileMe and its Gallery was discontinued.
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