SYDNEY\u2014January 7, 2009\u2014Apple\u00ae today introduced iLife\u00ae \u201909, which features major upgrades to
\niPhoto\u00ae, iMovie\u00ae and GarageBand\u00ae, and includes iDVD\u00ae and an updated version of iWeb\u2122. iPhoto
\n\u201909 builds on the ability to automatically organise photos into Events by adding Faces and
\nPlaces as breakthrough new ways to easily organise and manage your photos. iMovie \u201909 expands
\non the revolutionary super fast movie creation introduced in iMovie \u201908 by adding the depth
\nusers want through powerful easy-to-use new features such as the incredible new Precision
\nEditor, video stabilisation, advanced drag and drop, and animated travel maps. GarageBand \u201909
\nintroduces a whole new way to help you learn to play piano and guitar with 18 basic lessons
\nand optional lessons from top artists such as Sara Bareilles, John Fogerty, Norah Jones and
\nSting. iLife \u201909 is included with every new Mac\u00ae purchase and available as a $129 (RRP
\nincluding GST) upgrade for existing users.<\/p>\n
\u201ciLife continues to be one of the biggest reasons our customers choose to get a Mac,\u201d said
\nSteve Jobs, Apple\u2019s CEO. \u201cWith iLife \u201909, we\u2019ve made working with photos, making movies and
\nlearning to play music a lot more fun, and iMovie users are especially going to love the
\nadvanced but easy-to-use new features.\u201d<\/p>\n
iPhoto \u201909 makes it even easier to browse and search photos, not only by when they were shot
\n(Events), but by who appears in them (Faces) and where they were taken (Places). iPhoto
\nautomatically scans photos to detect people\u2019s faces and when you assign a name to any face
\niPhoto will automatically find more pictures of that person. The library can be searched by
\nname or browsed using the new Faces View. Places automatically imports photo location data
\nfrom a GPS-enabled camera or any iPhone\u2122 or you can manually assign a location to any photo,
\ngroup of photos or event. Once iPhoto knows where photos were taken, you can easily explore
\nthem with a simple search or an interactive map. iPhoto \u201909 lets you easily publish photos to
\nFacebook or Flickr. Photos published to Facebook include assigned names, and name tags added
\non Facebook sync back to iPhoto. You can also share photos by creating a themed slideshow to
\nplay on your Mac, iPhone or iPod\u00ae, or create a beautiful travel book, complete with customised
\nmaps of your journey.<\/p>\n
iMovie \u201909 adds powerful, yet easy-to-use new features to let you create a movie quickly, or
\nadd refinements and special effects to your project if you have more time. Drag and drop one
\nclip on top of another to reveal new advanced editing options, including replace, insert,
\naudio only, and even picture-in-picture or green screen. With the revolutionary Precision
\nEditor, you can skim and click on a magnified filmstrip to view clips up close and fine tune
\nany edit, like identifying precisely how much to keep, where to cut, use sound from one clip
\nwith video from another and more. iMovie \u201909 analyses video and reduces camera shake in clips
\nwhen added to your project. New titles, transitions, cinematic effects, speed changes and
\nanimated travel maps add professional polish to your movie.<\/p>\n
GarageBand \u201909, the updated version of Apple\u2019s popular software used by millions to play and
\nrecord music, now gives budding musicians a fun new way to learn to play piano and guitar.
\nBasic Lessons let you learn the fundamentals at your own pace with Apple instructors in
\nbeautiful HD video synchronised to animated instruments and notation. Artist Lessons feature
\noriginal artists showing how to play their hit songs with everything from finger positions and
\ntechniques to the story behind the song. Choose from lessons by popular artists including:
\nSara Bareilles, Colbie Caillat, John Fogerty, Ben Folds, Norah Jones, Sarah McLachlan, Fall
\nOut Boy\u2019s Patrick Stump, OneRepublic\u2019s Ryan Tedder and Sting. Artist Lessons are sold
\nseparately at the new GarageBand Lesson Store, available inside the GarageBand \u201909
\napplication. GarageBand \u201909 also includes exciting new guitar amp and stomp-box effects, and
\nMagic GarageBand Jam that lets you play along with a virtual band that you create.<\/p>\n
iLife \u201909 includes iWeb \u201909 for authoring custom websites and iDVD \u201909 for creating DVDs. iWeb
\n\u201909 adds new iWeb Widgets, such as iSight\u00ae video and photos, a countdown timer, YouTube video
\nand RSS feeds. New integrated FTP publishing allows you to publish your website to virtually
\nany hosting service and updates to your site can now be automatically added to your Facebook
\nprofile.<\/p>\n
Pricing & Availability iLife \u201909 requires Mac OS\u00ae X version 10.5.6 or later, a Macintosh\u00ae computer with an Intel Apple ignited the personal computer revolution in the 1970s with the Apple II and reinvented SYDNEY\u2014January 7, 2009\u2014Apple\u00ae today introduced iLife\u00ae \u201909, which features major upgrades to iPhoto\u00ae, iMovie\u00ae and GarageBand\u00ae, and includes iDVD\u00ae and an updated version of iWeb\u2122. iPhoto \u201909 builds on the ability to automatically organise photos into Events by adding Faces and Places as breakthrough new ways to easily organise and manage your photos. iMovie \u201909<\/p>\n
\niLife \u201909 will be available this month for a suggested retail price of
\n$129 (RRP including GST) through the Apple Store\u00ae (www.apple.com.au<\/a>), Apple\u2019s retail stores
\nand Apple Authorised Resellers. The iLife Up-To-Date upgrade package is available to all
\ncustomers who purchased a qualifying new Mac system from Apple or an Apple Authorised Reseller
\non or after January 6, 2009 for a shipping and handling fee of $16.95 (RRP including GST).
\nArtist Lessons are sold separately through the GarageBand application and only available in
\nselect countries.<\/p>\n
\nprocessor, a PowerPC G5 or 867 MHz or faster PowerPC G4, 512MB of RAM (1GB recommended),
\nQuickTime\u00ae 7.5.5 or later (included), a DVD drive for installation and 4GB of available disk
\nspace. iPhoto print services and GarageBand Artist Lessons are available in select countries.
\nFull system requirements and more information on iLife \u201909 can be found
\nat www.apple.com.au\/ilife<\/a>.<\/p>\n
\nthe personal computer in the 1980s with the Macintosh. Today, Apple continues to lead the
\nindustry in innovation with its award-winning computers, OS X operating system and iLife and
\nprofessional applications. Apple is also spearheading the digital media revolution with its
\niPod portable music and video players and iTunes online store, and has entered the mobile
\nphone market with its revolutionary iPhone.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"