A few of the Apple Mac Apps have gone free... Keynote: Was £19.99 now free Numbers: Was £19.99 now free Pages: Was £19.99 now free iMovie: Was £14.99 now free Garageband: Was £4.99 now free
Now mentioned by Martin Lewis' Money Saving Expert site and Newsletter
All comments (42)
speric07
18 Apr 17#1
Anyone managed to get rid of Garageband completely? It still takes up 2GB of storage space, despite uninstalling 4 times and deleting the application root folder! ... it reminds me of the AOL days when you installed the spam on the CD in order to get free dial-up for a month and then could never get rid of the stuff!
Added heat as good for people who don't know about it.
MrBeatnik
18 Apr 17#2
Oooooo. Heat. Need about 1000 of each. (seriously). Just purchased 5000 of each on VPP. Thanks OP.
Keynote, Pages and Numbers is only free for 10.12 users
Plumbboy55
18 Apr 17#5
No idea why this is not gaining more heat. Useful if you already own an iPad.
toninhopapoose
18 Apr 17#6
Probably because they've been free for years.
Muyhee
18 Apr 17#7
Thanks for the heads up
MisterTIBS
18 Apr 17#8
Oooh! The appstore app is also free!
Hmmm.. Never realised these were ever paid for.
IgnatiusJ
18 Apr 17#9
toninhopapoose] "Probably because they've been free for years."
Not for all imacs. Slightly older ones didn't get them for free. Had to pay £19.99 like the OP says.
IgnatiusJ
18 Apr 17#10
Heat added. Thank you.
UN_98
18 Apr 17#11
I wiped my mac then reinstalled Sierra and it was gone. Not why I did it but a welcome bonus :smile:
herbertsimpson
19 Apr 17#12
Please note kirkyuk's comment, some may be wasting time?
hobsgrg
19 Apr 17#13
They've been free since September 2013 but only with new hardware purchases though
xeroc
19 Apr 17#14
I'm guessing what's left over are the samples and/or loops it downloads. They're stored in a different location in case you reinstall (so you don't have to redownload large files)
I already own them, I want to uninstall them, then DL them again, for free.
twomoons
19 Apr 17#17
Love garageband and taught myself how to play a techno version of the ever so popular 'Shaddap ya face - Joe Dolce' just downloading Keynote now...have some heat OP.
GizModio
19 Apr 17#18
Well, this is very helpful actually!
These apps used to all be free. Until Apple decided to charge for them recently. (Meaning if you install a fresh copy of let's say; El Capitan, you'd notice that these applications aren't included.
Good find!
amour3k
19 Apr 17#19
And there was me stupidly thinking, FREE Apple Devices?. :-(
Hehehehehe, oh well?, lol. ;-)
iAmLegendFam
19 Apr 17#20
They're all rated horribly
ScroopEgerton
19 Apr 17#21
Can I use Garageband on my iPhone 4?
dmp1967
19 Apr 17#22
Thanks
savemethemoney
19 Apr 17#23
Thanks OP. I have an early 2013 MBP Retina 15" and did not have any of these Apps. Have some well deserved heat! :sunglasses:
OrangeAgent
19 Apr 17#24
let the Apple hating commence
jackbremer
19 Apr 17#25
Yes, I'd stick to Google Suite and not bother with Apple's apps.
bojangles
19 Apr 17#26
meh I have office
KPGills
19 Apr 17#27
They have been free for years for anyone who buys a new Apple Mac or iOS device
loopylloyd
19 Apr 17#28
Already on my iPhone SE?
yahoo007
19 Apr 17#29
Always been free as far as I can recall.
hobsgrg
19 Apr 17#30
But if you bought your device before September 2013 you had to pay for it! So good for people who have older machines that don't want to or need to upgrade.
Cameron583
19 Apr 17#31
They were only free for the original purchaser of the mac. If you then wiped it and used a different account, you wouldn't have access to the apps anymore.
jg213
19 Apr 17#32
I just bought garageband last week on Mac
jg213
19 Apr 17#33
can I get these apps and not download them for now? don't need some of them but just incase they start charging for them again.
aceuk
20 Apr 17#34
Apple won't start charging for the apps. This is a permanent price change. From now on they will always be free.
Great to see them go free. I much prefer Pages and Numbers to Word and Excel.
IgnatiusJ
20 Apr 17#37
designaw - "Great to see them go free. I much prefer Pages and Numbers to Word and Excel"
Why do you say that designaw? They get such bad reviews. Just curious.
designaw
21 Apr 17#38
I find the interface clearer and simpler to use and less cluttered and complex than Word and Excel. I've done a lot of complex layout projects on Word for clients and it is appalling, so many bugs with styles and so unreliable. I do my accounts with Numbers and it does everything I want it a much simpler and attractive manner. I do my own work on Pages and Numbers and client work in Word and Excel when I have too. I'm haven't read the reviews but I used Apple Works in the old days and the new apps are a great improvement and ideal for anyone looking for a suite with much of Office's functionality and compatibility but with a more polished and considered interface that feels like a made for Mac application rather than a port from Windows.
IgnatiusJ
22 Apr 17#39
designaw - "Great to see them go free. I much prefer Pages and Numbers to Word and Excel"
IgnatiusJ - "Why do you say that designaw? They get such bad reviews. Just curious."
designaw - "I find the interface clearer and simpler to use and less cluttered and complex than Word and Excel. I've done a lot of complex layout projects on Word for clients and it is appalling, so many bugs with styles and so unreliable. I do my accounts with Numbers and it does everything I want it a much simpler and attractive manner. I do my own work on Pages and Numbers and client work in Word and Excel when I have too. I'm haven't read the reviews but I used Apple Works in the old days and the new apps are a great improvement and ideal for anyone looking for a suite with much of Office's functionality and compatibility but with a more polished and considered interface that feels like a made for Mac application rather than a port from Windows."
Thank you very much for your explanation. I really appreciate that.
Hardawan
25 Apr 17#40
Heat
haggisheid
28 Apr 17#41
That changed, It was only free on certain ipads, I bought a 16gb ipad air 2 a year ago and it wasn't free, only 64gb models and up
kentris
10 May 17#42
There was a glitch/workaround whereby you installed the iLife Trial suite and then you updated the app effectively giving you the full paid version for free. That's what I did.
Opening post
Keynote: Was £19.99 now free
Numbers: Was £19.99 now free
Pages: Was £19.99 now free
iMovie: Was £14.99 now free
Garageband: Was £4.99 now free
Now mentioned by Martin Lewis' Money Saving Expert site and Newsletter
All comments (42)
Added heat as good for people who don't know about it.
(seriously). Just purchased 5000 of each on VPP. Thanks OP.
GarageBand by Apple
https://appsto.re/gb/zQgxy.i
iMovie by Apple
https://appsto.re/gb/r0rFw.i
Keynote by Apple
https://appsto.re/gb/ODmIv.i
Pages by Apple
https://appsto.re/gb/EysIv.i
Numbers by Apple
appsto.re/gb/…v.i
Hmmm.. Never realised these were ever paid for.
Not for all imacs. Slightly older ones didn't get them for free. Had to pay £19.99 like the OP says.
support.apple.com/en-…503
These apps used to all be free. Until Apple decided to charge for them recently. (Meaning if you install a fresh copy of let's say; El Capitan, you'd notice that these applications aren't included.
Good find!
Hehehehehe, oh well?, lol. ;-)
I have office
macrumors.com/201…rs/
(see update at the bottom of the page)
Why do you say that designaw? They get such bad reviews. Just curious.
IgnatiusJ - "Why do you say that designaw? They get such bad reviews. Just curious."
designaw - "I find the interface clearer and simpler to use and less cluttered and complex than Word and Excel. I've done a lot of complex layout projects on Word for clients and it is appalling, so many bugs with styles and so unreliable. I do my accounts with Numbers and it does everything I want it a much simpler and attractive manner. I do my own work on Pages and Numbers and client work in Word and Excel when I have too. I'm haven't read the reviews but I used Apple Works in the old days and the new apps are a great improvement and ideal for anyone looking for a suite with much of Office's functionality and compatibility but with a more polished and considered interface that feels like a made for Mac application rather than a port from Windows."
Thank you very much for your explanation. I really appreciate that.