Apple's iLife '09 to ship Tuesday

iLife '09 includes a new version of GarageBand that lets you take music lessons.

(Credit: Apple)

The latest version of Apple's iLife--shown off at Macworld earlier this month--will ship Tuesday.

The new software comes with updates to iPhoto, iMovie, and GarageBand that Apple Senior Vice President Phil Schiller detailed during Macworld. For example, you will now be able to sort photos by the faces of your subjects in iPhoto and take $4.99 lessons from famous musicians in GarageBand.

iLife '09 will be bundled with all Macs starting Tuesday and will cost $79 if you're planning to upgrade from an earlier version. If you bought a Mac after the new version was announced on January 6, you can upgrade for just $9.95. Mac OS X Leopard and either an Intel or 867MHz or faster G4 Mac are required to run the software, according to Apple.

[j.tessier]

Looks like it does NOT require an Intel processor to run the software (contrary to the article).

See: http://www.apple.com/ilife/systemrequirements.html

J.T.

[Tom Krazit]

Sorry, I misread the press release. Will fix.

[AppleSuxLeo]

Apple dude says..."Dude , lets like start a garage band" Yeah man , that sounds cool.
Windows users have a real life. Steve gives you an iLife LOL

[bowlie1]

Intel Mac NOT required. From the Apple Store:

iLife ?09 System Requirements

Mac computer with an Intel, PowerPC G5, or PowerPC G4 (867MHz or faster) processor

[ewelch]

Some features require Intel processors:

Mac computer with an Intel, PowerPC G5, or PowerPC G4 (867MHz or faster) processor
iMovie requires an Intel-based Mac, Power Mac G5 (dual 2.0GHz or faster), or iMac G5 (1.9GHz or faster).
GarageBand Learn to Play requires an Intel-based Mac with a dual-core processor or better.

[savvydude]

Talk about not having a life. AppleSuxLeo, turn off the computer,, go outside and take a walk. Wasting time mocking a software product launch is, well, kind of sad.

[assman]

I'm very much looking forward to this version. From what I saw during the keynote, the improvements are phenomenal.

[xcal78]

I admit Ipod was a great name when it came out but seriously does Apple have to piggy back all it's new products on the Ipod name to sell them? The Ixxxx is getting old aready. A bit of originality wouldn't hurt anyone at Apple.

[talmy]

Actually, all the i names are piggybacked on the iMac.

[kelmon]

Why would you throw away a recognised branding? Brands "get old" but that doesn't diminish their value (the opposite can certainly be true) and only a fool would change the name simply for the sake of change.

[xcal78]

When the best your company can do for software is iLife or iWork there's a serious problem!

[xcal78]

It's no longer a coke it's an iCoke, iSprite, iDietCoke, iDrPepper, etc. Come on give me a break no other company needs this type of naming to sell stuff so why does Apple? I guess now people can buy a life now so that's great!

[Brian]

@xcal78

I'd like a cold glass of ice cold Diet iCoke please!

[Mr. Dee]

I don't know, but I pretty much see iDVD dying with iLife v. Next. With the proliferation of online video services like YouTube, MSN Soapbox and social networks such as FaceBook and My Space, not to mention Apples own web authoring app iWeb, sharing your videos with family and friends is way more fun that watching a DVD burn.

[talmy]

DVDs are certainly not part of Job's plan, that's for sure! Expect iDVD to go away when all Macs no longer come with DVD burners, which will probably be sooner than people think!

[kelmon]

To be honest, I was surprised to see a new version of iDVD at all. Given the change of direction to online publishing in iLife '08, I really thought iDVD's days were numbered but I suppose that they are keeping it in the box to keep people happy.

[georgiarat]

Well, I received a notice that my copy was shipped today............

[canisreevus]

I've been waiting to buy a new MBP until iLife '09 is included, and as of 5 minutes ago, the online store rep still says there is no guarantee that it is included in new computers bought today.

[zimmecl]

Box Set (OS 10.5.6, iLife 09, iWork 09) shipped yesterday -- my copy is being delivered by FedEx today.

[Brian]

iPhoto is horrible, I only use it for simple edits, then export and delete.

Every photo imported into iPhoto is multiplied by 3.

Check the package contents of your iPhoto library and you will find 3 copies of every photo you have imported into iPhoto.

The more edits you make, the more copies are stored.

I downright refuse to allow iPhoto to mismanage my photo library.

I keep my photos in folders -- just one copy, that's enough!

[daniel hobbs]

i'm sure looking forward to the iPhoto update

[Carolyn63au]

I am very disappointed with the updates. The only new feature that I would have seen any great value in would have been the ability to journal with my photo's. Picture books are fine if you don't want to bother with the story behind the picture or care to remember the name of the person in it but when I go on a holiday lots and lots of things happen that I want to record and remember 10 years on from now. I already have photos that are 20 years old that I have no idea what the persons name is in the photo or I cant quite remember where we were when the photo was taken.