#Apple iweb review mac os x#

ILife '11 requires a Mac computer with an Intel processor, 1GB of RAM, Mac OS X 10.6.3 or higher, and 5GB of disc space. Installation on our test machine, a recent-model unibody MacBook, took just less than 20 minutes and required no extra attention or restarts after beginning the process.

Otherwise, Apple is offering an up-to-date program that lets recent buyers pick up the disc at a discounted price. For the purposes of this review, we're not including those two in this write-up.Īs usual, iLife comes preinstalled on new Mac computers, so if you just bought one of the just-introduced MacBook Airs, you already have the suite. Also, iLife '11 contains upgrades of iPhoto, iMovie, and GarageBand, but not iDVD or iWeb. Both of these issues have since been addressed with software updates. The initial version had also shipped without the calendar-making feature in iPhoto. Affected users had lost some or all of their photo libraries. At $49, and close to two years since the last major update, we can easily recommend picking this up.Įditors' note: The initial version of iLife '11 had given some users problems, specifically with iPhoto '11 library upgrades. It's a shame iDVD and iWeb did not receive updates with this year's version, but with a slightly lower price for upgraders than in years past, iLife '11 still represents a good value to consumers looking for a set of tools for editing and sharing media. This year's version adds a handful of advanced features to iPhoto, iMovie, and GarageBand without making them more difficult to use. The bottom line: iLife '11 is a welcome and long-overdue update to Apple's suite of digital media applications.