Apple Makes iMovie, GarageBand, and iWork Apps for Mac and iOS Free for All Users

Mac Rumors ^ | April 18, 2017 | by Juli Clover

[Swordmaker]

Apple today updated several of its Mac and iOS apps, making them available for all Mac and iOS users for free.

iMovie, Numbers, Keynote, Pages, and GarageBand for both Mac and iOS devices have been updated and are now listed in the App Store for free.

Previously, all of these apps were provided for free to customers who purchased a new Mac or iOS device, but now that purchase is not required to get the software. Many Apple customers were already likely eligible to download the software at no cost if they had made a device purchase in the last few years.

Apple's iWork page has not yet been updated and continues to say that customers will only be able to download Pages, Keynote, and Numbers after purchasing an eligible Mac or iOS device, but new wording may be added shortly following the price drop. Apple's apps have also been removed from the Top Free app charts in the App Store.

Apple has been offering these apps for free to new Mac and iOS device owners since 2013, but dropping the price to free for all users makes it less confusing and opens up downloads for those who have not recently made a new device purchase.

- Pages for macOS [Direct Link]
- Keynote for macOS [Direct Link]
- Numbers for macOS [Direct Link]
- GarageBand for macOS - [Direct Link]
- iMovie for macOS - [Direct Link]

- Pages for iOS - [Direct Link]
- Keynote for iOS - [Direct Link]
- Numbers for iOS - [Direct Link]
- GarageBand for iOS - [Direct Link]
- iMovie for iOS - [Direct Link]

Update: According to a support document, today's app changes will make it easier for business and educational institutions to download Pages, Numbers, Keynote, GarageBand, and iMovie through the Volume Purchase Program store.

Tags: iWork, Pages, Keynote, Numbers, iMovie, GarageBand

[Ciaphas Cain]

Pages and iMovies for the iPad are excellent. I use them both quite often.

[Swordmaker]

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[jimtorr]

I have been using iMovie for the Mac for nearly ten years. I last used it this morning, for final effects and publishing of a football game video I’ve edited.

I use MPEG Streamclip for editing video, Handbrake for file conversion and iMovie for audio/video effects and publishing to iTunes or a file.

All free software.

[soycd]

What is up with Apple and their non-standard ways?

I went to try and copy a few pictures and videos off an iphone via its USB charge/link cord plugged into a computer. The computer sees it but Apple has made its file system only accessible via some stinking iApp CRAP.

Any normal Samsung and other phones, tablets etc offer their file system up for the taking or adding. Both phone and card memory.

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[Pravious]

I used to use iMovie, before they revamped it (presumably to “make it easier”) and turned it into a completely different program that I could never figure out.

[Swordmaker]

What is up with Apple and their non-standard ways?

It's called security. If people had free reign to access the files on these devices they would NOT BE SECURE. The files on iOS devices are automatically hardware encrypted to a 256 bit Advanced Encryption Standard (AES). Financial institutions and the US Government normally use 128 bit AES encryption as good enough for security.

Samsung, except for their high-end special Knox security, and all other Android devices rely on third-party apps for software encryption, not hardware, and add it as an optional add-on. It's why there are millions of malware available for Samsung and all the other Android phones, tablets, etc., and you can count the malware for iOS devices that has come out in the last ten years on the fingers of one hand and they have all been blocked. . . and why it took months for the FBI to get into a three year old iPhone using an old OS used by the San Bernardino Terrorists. It's also why the CIA exploits to break into iOS devices released by Wikileaks are all for devices that are at least five years old and older, not modern up-to-date Apple devices. Security and privacy.

I have no problem with videos and photos and getting them off my iPhone. In fact, after I take them, they are already on my computer when I open my computer. It's done as soon as my iPhone and computer are on the same WIFI network automatically. . . and the same photos and videos are also available on my iPad. I don't even have to think about it. If I want to transfer a photo that was not currently taken, I use airdrop. instant transfer. Done. No need for fiddling with cables. The iApp software that does it is certainly not "CRAP" as it does it with ease and intuitively.

[ImJustAnotherOkie]

Must be a SUE. Stupid User Error. Mac’s just work don’t you know. /s/

[fluorescence]

The pictures folder is the one thing it does allow you to access the normal way.
You have to unlock the phone and press “trust this computer”. Maybe try ejecting it from itunes as well, and check that Windows isn’t still trying to install some sort of driver for it.

[dayglored]

Outstanding!

[Loud Mime]

That farcical aquatic ceremony was one of the best movie lines ever.

[jalisco555]

The only one of these I ever used was Keynote but only briefly. I do a lot of presentations on computers not my own and I had to switch back to Powerpoint as the Keynote-Powerpoint conversion was not very satisfactory.