iLife Apps Available for Download

gsfprez writes "iMovie 3.0.1 and iPhoto 2.0 are available for download. iTunes 3 has been out for a while, and iDVD 3 is only available from your friendly neighborhood Apple Store or the virtual one." They are also available via Software Update, and Air Mapster writes "Those of us who ssh in from work/elsewhere can do 'sudo softwareupdate iMovie-3.0.1' and 'sudo softwareupdate iPhoto-2.0' to have them ready when we get home."

Comments

Wait!

[goombah99]

Wait dont slash dot the site yet. I'm trying to download mine and its going too slowly!

Re:Wait!

[Numeric]

I think the relative number of Slashdot users using OS X is only a small percentage therefore probably no slashdot effect.

Re:Wait!

[thenightfly42]

I think they own a large chunk of Akamai, which spreads out the information over a large net. Or something like that. Anyway, it's hard to bring them down.

Re:Wait!

[Gogo Dodo]

According to Apple's annual report, they own 2.9 million shares of Akamai as of Sept. 2002. That's about 2.5% of the company.

I'm sure when Apple calls, they jump right to the front of the line. :-)

Get an iLife

[PetWolverine]

SSH into your computer at home from work and use Software Update remotely so the new stuff is ready for you when you get home?

Come on...even for /., that's just...just...

Hmmm...actually, it's not a bad idea...

Re:Get an iLife

[Anonymous Coward]

hey, you gotta have *something* waiting for you when you get home, right?

SSH...or....Webmin works just fine w/o it

[djupedal]

via Webmin and command shell...issue this command to check for updates, and to obtain the item name(s).

> softwareupdate

Software Update Tool
Copyright 2002 Apple Computer, Inc.

Software Update found the following new or updated software:

1. - iMovie-3.0.1 iMovie (3.0.1), 86530K - iPhoto-2.0 iPhoto (2.0), 34100K

To install an update, run this tool with the item name as an argument.
..........e.g. 'softwareupdate ...'

>softwareupdate iMovie-3.0.1

This will start the process, and all you have to do is wait to see if you are prompted to restart. Given the size of these two, it will naturally take some time depending on your setup, etc. I use this method from the office, as a routine, so that everything is ready when I get home. Nice to see it mentioned along with the update notice. Now to get Apple to announce the item names on their support pages...

Re:XL.

[Big Sean O]

Which is why Apple is selling iLife on CD. Plus, you get iDVD, which I'm told is not unsubstantial either.

Those poor saps using dialup are the ones I feel for. What is 120 MB at 56K? Two days or sumthin'?

I remember my first modem: 1200 baud. I recall being able to read BBS messages faster than the modem could transmit. Uphill... Both ways... and WE LIKED IT!

Details iMovie3 ~ iPhoto 2

[djupedal]

New in iMovie 3.0.1
>>
New resizeable window; Liquid Timeline editing interface
Custom volume control for clips, music and sound effects
Ken Burns effect for still photos
Stunning sound effects from Skywalker Sound
Pro-quality video effects and titles
DVD chapter markers
Send movies to iDVD with one click
Media browsers let you use your iTunes music and iPhoto pictures

=======

New in iPhoto 2
>>
Make photos picture-perfect with one click of the Enhance button.
Eliminate unwanted blemishes with the new Retouch brush.
Archive photos to CD or DVD for easy organization and safekeeping.
Create slideshows complete with soundtracks from iTunes.
Burn slideshow DVDs with a click of the iDVD button.*
Email photos from iPhoto using your favorite email application.
Use the new printing templates to get the most from your expensive photo
paper.
Unlimited keywords help keep your photos organized.
Retrieve accidentally deleted images from the new iPhoto Trash.

*Requires Apple SuperDrive

Speaking of software update...

[nsayer]

One thing I read recently (perhaps here?) about softwareupdate was that Apple was going to release an SDK for softwareupdate so that third parties could use it as a mechanism to keep users up-to-date.

I think that is fantastic.

Re:Speaking of software update...

[goombah99]

I absolutely am crazy about software update. I use it with my servers (Xserves) and generally there's an update out before I even know there's a security hole needing a patch. We have not even had to hire a professional sysadmin. Just little old me and the mac admin tools keep me in good shape. I still have not figured out how to set up Ldap or raid on my linux boxes but it's a two-click snap on the macs.

With fink I can keep my unix apps up to date, and not worry about a bunch of cruft filling up my /usr/bin and /lib (one reason I hate gnu-darwin). And software update keeps my apples apps up to date.

but what I really wish I had was something to keep my MS apps up todate. after all 99.9% of all the security holes are in those. That's one reason I adopt apple apps every time they emit a new one (safari means I can get rid of IE, keynote means I can get rid of powerpoint). (I wonder if keynote will use software update?)

But the thing I worry about is that software update (and fink update) are barn door sized security holes. I trust apple not to screw up. And I weakly trust fink project. But if third party apps were allowed to use software update I'd be a little bit worried about getting trojaned.

I think maybe they need to have some sort of MD5 registry hosted by apple if they want to let third parties use this mechanism.

Re:Speaking of software update...

[mrpuffypants]

i seem to recall apple authenticating via some type of encrypted source but for all I know it could just be:

"You there?"....."Yeah"....."Are you the guy from Apple?"....."....yeah"....."ok, gimme the stuff"

iMovie.. Why 82MB? Anwer + New questions...

[henele]

Well, the app size in Finder is 46MB, then in /Library/iMovie/Documentation there is 60MB of manuals and lessons in PDFs in a number of different languages (no sample .DV stuff inflating the download).

If they wanted to they could offer smaller, country specific versions (which they might already do)...

Also, it wasn't in a .DMG format.. I thought that was the new OS X way of doing things..

Re:iMovie.. Why 82MB? Anwer + New questions...

[Steve Ballmer's Fat]

Also, it wasn't in a .DMG format.. I thought that was the new OS X way of doing things.

It is, but when you need to put multiple files (such as the documentation you mentioned) into different directories an installer is easier and more appropriate.

Updating for iPhoto Library Manager users

[jfaughnan]

iPhoto Library Manager is a freeware utility authored by Brian Webster that has been popular among iPhoto 1.x users. iPhoto 1.x had performance issues with > 1000 or so photos, which is not a very large collection. iPhoto Library Manager allows one to partition a large collection into smaller swappable "libraries" with better performance.

iPhoto 2 uses a different storage format than iPhoto 1.x used.

As of 1/31/03 Brian is testing iPhoto Library Manager for compatibility with iPhoto 2. He recommends LM users delay installing iPhoto 2 until he reports on his test results in a "few days".

I am sure we will soon hear if iPhoto 2 has cured iPhoto 1.x's performance and scaling problems. Since iPhoto 2 does allow mini-album exports, better performance would remove the need for iPhoto Library Manager. Consolidating those disparate libraries may be interesting, however.

(I'd love to hear why iPhoto 1.x scales so very poorly. I do know that a bug that causes iPhoto to "forget" to use the more efficient library outline/roll view doesn't help.)

john

I'm waiting for iWanker

[Anonymous Coward]

If Apple manages to pull it off.

In *my* day...

[King Babar]

I remember my first modem: 1200 baud. I recall being able to read BBS messages faster than the modem could transmit. Uphill... Both ways... and WE LIKED IT!

Fiddle-de-fee! You young whippersnappers always had it the easy way. In my day we had none of your fancy pants 1200 baud modems. Nosiree, we had punchcards and mechanical teletypes. Phone lines, bah! It is a very little known fact, but David Rhodes first sent his solicitation letters via carrier pigeon! A very dirty business, that. But we LIKED it!

Next week, if you're good, I'll tell you how we used to fashion inodes of out chert. Now, run along now...

not somthing to take lightly.

[goombah99]

True but the specific cases you name (SSH, Stuffit, Apache third party apps) were all security hole fixes. So you can believe these were scrutinized out the wazoo. I'm not opposed to that. But contrast that with the lastest update of imovie 3. that was just a pure update. if we had 3rd party vendors doing that, it would be ripe for exploitation and the result would be root level acces to every mac in the world in a matter of a week. not somthing to take lightly.

Re:Educational update

[nilepoc]

I do hope you got the keynote with this. Currently Apple is offering ilife with Keynote for $14.95. (this is the deal on the education page).

Alas, I am a student, and don't qualify.

www.nilepoc.com

iMovie annoyance

[Steve Cowan]

Well I have updated my iMovie and taken the new one for a whirl...

I was initially excited to hear about the resizeable window, because the previous (full screen) iMovie just looked stupid at resolutions above 1024 x 768. Big voids of space between the three main elements (the timeline, the bin, the viewer) just made using higher screen resolutions a pain, so I would always scale down my screen just to run iMovie.

I figured the resizeable window would be great, but when I make it fill my screen, the viewer gets bigger while the clip bin and the timeline don't expand at all. I would really like to see it expand so that you could see more thumbnails without having to scroll, but instead you just get a GIANT preview screen.

I find the single-window nature of iMovie to be very limiting. I know, I know, it's a consumer app, it's supposed to be very simple for very simple people, but I was always under the impression power is supposed to lurk behind the simplicity for those who need it.

If Apple is going to keep iMovie all in one window, they should make the panes between the screen elements moveable as well, so that I can have a bigger bin when I need it, and then make it small at my whim so I can watch a bigger preview.

Re:iMovie annoyance

[godawful]

looks like you've graduated to final cut express[apple.com]

Re:iDVD and external drives

[britain]

This'll be small comfort, I'm sure, but the SuperDrive is a Pioneer DVD-R/RW drive that makes fairly regular discount appearances under CenDyne and a couple of other brand names. I haven't tried this yet (but my birthday's coming up, and as long as I'm dreaming, God, I would also like a pony), but it is documented that if you install the drive in your G4 tower, iDVD will be none the wiser that you didn't get it at the factory.