iLife
Upgrade to iLife and get the most out of the photos, movies, and music on your Mac with the latest versions of iPhoto, iMovie, GarageBand, iWeb, and iDVD. Organize and search your photos by faces and places. Make a movie in minutes or edit with precision. Learn to play piano and guitar or record your own music. Create a stunning website and publish it anywhere.
Install the iLife Family Pack¹ on up to five Mac computers in your household.
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Overview
iPhoto ’09
Organize and search your photos in new ways.
- Easily find photos of the people in your life using Faces.
- Explore your library based on where you took each photo using Places.
- Instantly create stunning slideshows with animated titles and multiphoto layouts.
- Publish photos directly to Facebook and Flickr™ with a click.
- Create travel-themed photo books complete with custom maps.
iMovie ’09
Create a movie in minutes or edit your masterpiece.
- Fine-tune your movies with the new Precision Editor.
- Use enhanced drag-and-drop to easily edit your projects in just a few clicks.
- Smooth shaky clips with automatic video stabilization.
- Apply themes to an entire project with matching titles and transitions.
- Add eye-catching animated maps to your travel videos with a few clicks.
- Choose animated titles, new transitions, and cinema-quality video effects.
GarageBand ’09
Learn to play. Start a jam session. Record and mix your own songs.
- Learn to play piano or guitar at your own pace, with interactive lessons that combine video instruction with animated notation and instrument views.
- Let leading artists - including Sting, Fall Out Boy, and Colbie Caillat - teach you how to play their hit songs, then practice along with the band.²
- Play and record with new guitar amps and stompbox effects.
- Jam with virtual instruments in Magic GarageBand using a new full-screen view that lets you mix, play along, and record.
iWeb ’09
Design, publish, and update your own websites - no HTML required.
- Easily add YouTube videos, RSS feeds, iSight videos, and other dynamic content to your web pages.
- Link your iWeb site to your Facebook account and automatically notify friends when you update your site.
- Use built-in FTP publishing with virtually any web-hosting service.
- Easily manage multiple websites and publish one site at a time using MobileMe or FTP.
iDVD
Turn your home movies and slideshows into gorgeous Hollywood-style DVDs.
- Get started quickly with Apple-designed themes featuring animated menus.
- Author customized DVDs with a range of options for customizing menu screens.
- Combine video and photos for stunning, high-quality slideshows.
Most Useful Reviews
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Worth the upgrade
Written by MP from Naperville
3-Feb-2009
I'll admit that when I first read about iLife '09, I couldn't see the value in the upgrade. Now after spending some time with it, I am able to say that this is REALLY worth the price.
iPhoto is simply amazing and better than ever. Faces and Places really add that "umpf" factor to the photo library. I've got over 1300 pictures, and Faces is so helpful and fun. Places is so unique as well. It's fun to see all the geotagged locations that I have been to in the world. Add that to the ability to instantly upload to Facebook and Flickr and this program is worth it alone.
iMovie? Two words ...green screen. It's a riot and so much fun. iMovie is so, so much better than iMovie '08. So much of an improvement that it's hard to not use or enjoy iMovie. This will bring out the Spielberg (or Michael Bay) in us all. Yes, the video stabilization actually works well!
GarageBand is simply key for any musician out there. The new lessons are fantastic for both beginners and experts. The artist lessons are alright...nothing to be amazed over. I'm not going to pay $5 for Patrick Stump to teach me Fall Out Boy, but artist lessons are still great for some people. I hope that more free lessons are made available to more than just guitar and piano. The new amps and stomp boxes for guitars (and bass!!) are just awesome. Its literally like having your rig digitally emulated, so recording is a lot more fun and easy.
Those upgrades right there make this a must have for any iLife and Mac user. Is it worth the $79? Very much so. …More2024 of 2279 people found this useful
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Trumps iLife 08 Ten Fold!
Written by PH from Tustin
5-Feb-2009
I got iLife 09 mainly because of the features in iMovie, or to be honest the lack of features in iMovie 08. But I was pleasantly surprised to see the great new UI on iWeb, the new features in iPhoto, and of course the changes made to iMovie, finally letting me go away from iMovie HD to a newer program. Thank you for the fix Apple! …More
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Thanks Apple!!
Written by DN from Seattle
5-Feb-2009
The highlights from my vantage point so far... I love the site-specific publishing option in iWeb!! I have numerous sites and pages and previously had to switch users or computers to manage them all. I had opted to stick with iMovie HD vs iMovie '08 until now. With the latest improvements, iMovie '09 should meet most of my needs. The SHATTER slide show in iPhoto is really a lot of fun!! I am enjoying all of the features thus far and am looking forward to more time spent with Faces, Places, and Garage Band. …More
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Most Recent Reviews
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iLife
iMovie no good
Written by GC from Komoro
13-Nov-2009
going back to PC
can't import movies and no one can help...
Please take me back Microsoft.... please36 of 123 people found this useful
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iLife
Garbage, junk, horrible, DO NOT BUY FOR iMOVIE, worst ever
Written by GF from Conifer
11-Nov-2009
The new iMovie is quite possibly the hardest to use, confusing and idiotic piece of junk apple has ever released. DO NOT BUY THIS IF YOU WANT A GOOD VIDEO EDITING SUITE. I have been using video editing software for 5 years, and since I've switched to HD (AVCHD) I've been limited by apple's software. DO NOT BUY THIS WORTHLESS SOFTWARE! …More
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Love iLife '09
Written by DC from Statesboro
7-Nov-2009
Absolutely love this update so far. I had '08 and things that I thought needed improving there were fixed here really nicely. Working with different photo libraries is a complete breeze in iPhoto and iMovie can now has super easy access to project and events on different hard drives connected to your Mac. Just plug in the drive with the projects and events and they show up in iMovie. Very happy with this update. …More
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Questions & Answers
Most Interesting
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free upgrade
- Asked by CS from philadelphia
- 6-Oct-2009
Best Answer
The only upgrade for iPhoto 08 is the updates released though the update software installer. To see if you have the latest iPhoto 08 version do the following
Step 1: Click the Apple logo in top left
Step 2: Click Software Update...
It will then do a system software update just follow the commands.
Please note I do not work for Apple but I believe that there is NO free upgrade to iLife 09 or iPhoto 09 since is it part of iLife 09.
Apple however will continue to release patches and improvements to iPhoto 08 until they fell the need to ask you to upgrade.
iLife 09 while it maybe 79$US which is around 100$AU it is a great investment for anyone that does not have iLife already, users that have iLife 08 should stay on the version until they feel they have the money to upgrade.
As I say it is not something you need it is something you would like.
Hope that answers your question. …More- Answered by RH from Northbridge
- 7-Oct-2009
- 23 of 25 people found this useful
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can i download the ilife 09 upgrade?
- Asked by SM from reading
- 6-Oct-2009
Best Answer
No, Apple only offers a small amount of products for download, iLife is not one of them.
- Answered by RH from Northbridge
- 7-Oct-2009
- 24 of 24 people found this useful
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Can you tell me which programme to buy for burning slideshow on to a disc
- Asked by JP
- 30-Sep-2009
Best Answer
You can use the standard iLife '08, but I'm not sure about '07 or earlier.
On iLife '08 click 'View' at the top, and the 'Show in Toolbar' in the drop down box, and then 'Burn'.
Make a folder/album with all the pictures you want to burn on to the disc, or just do a single album, and click burn in the bottom right.
Hope this help. …More- Answered by WH from Ipswich
- 4-Oct-2009
- 15 of 15 people found this useful
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Most Recent
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Newbie here - I want to learn piano basics with a good tutorial. I have a new 27 IMAC, do I still need ILIFE in addition to GarageBand?
- Asked by DJ from Findlay
- 21-Nov-2009
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How do i make an extra-large book with iphoto 08? It is listed on the website, but there is not option for it in Iphoto 08.
- Asked by KM from Pittsburgh
- 19-Nov-2009
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Does iMovie 09 have any improvements for sound editing of clips? Also, is there a good way to edit Sony HD camcorder files?
- Asked by MG from Red Bank
- 18-Nov-2009
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I just got an I Mac. Did I Life come installed on my computer? I have I-Movie & I photo.
- Asked by DE from Granite Bay
- 17-Nov-2009
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I have an older Mac that does not currently have iLife on it. Can I buy just the upgrade or do I need something else?
- Asked by SA from Wrentham
- 16-Nov-2009
