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iApp Updates Coming: iMovie, iTunes, iPhoto and New App?

Tuesday December 9, 2003 12:36 pm PST by Arnold Kim
Reliable sources report that Mac users will be seeing iApp updates in the near future, possibly as early as MacWorld Expo in January 2004.



As rumored, iMovie 3.5 is in the works, but will not bring major new features to the consumer DV application. Minor improvements and interface tweaks are instead expected.



Apple last updated iTunes to version 4.1 alongside the introduction of the Windows version of the jukebox. According to reports, we will soon see another iTunes 4 update with improvements related to Purchased Music, iPods and Music Store Availability.



iPhoto will also be finally seeing some improvements... with Apple adding support for Photo Albums and Photo Print services to "some" countries outside the United States.



Also near release is a completely new Application... no details yet available, but could also be introduced as early as the January MacWorld Expo.

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AirUncleP
107 months ago
Continual Improvement. You have to like it. As for a new app.....My guess is iTracks. A scaled down version of Soundtrack.
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jeremy.king
107 months ago
iOffice?
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James.Paul
107 months ago
Look forward to the updates, has been 12 months since a major update with most of them. Would love to see iMovie become a movie management tool as well. Something like iTunes where you can store your movie files, browse the collection and then play, export etc. I hope that the new app will be a web publishing tool that can create basic web pages using images from iPhoto, sounds from iTunes etc.
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mvc
107 months ago
iPhoto with multiple albums - oh pleeease yes. Anyone with young kids knows how BIG the iPhoto library can get! :p
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MrMacMan
107 months ago
iWorks?


Appleworks == need of serious repair... they better be working on it... really.

Apple just needs to bring the 'all in one' into the Word Processor... like yesterday.
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Dahl
107 months ago
Great to hear about the iPhoto updates, I would love some more options when you make a book though Kodak.
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Kid Red
107 months ago
While iTrack may be cool and fun, I think the the iOffice/iWorks-complete overhaul of Appleworks adding KeyNote other features to create an Office alternative- makes more sense. It would be another reason to go mac, it would allow mac users to completely free them of M$ dependence. As well as make macs look like a 'total solution package'. No knock on M$, they just seem to make their software bigger then it needs to be, that's called, um, mm, bloat-ware? I think Apple could make a nice Appleworks type office app and would be a possible $49 paid iApp.

iTrack is just a fun tool for some, and would have to be free.
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AmigoMac
107 months ago
I'm looking forward to use appleworks... I got it as a gift but has not been often used ... sometimes I go better to x11 and Openoffice.org ... a general check to the iapps is needed to celebrate the 20 years...
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JohnGillilan
107 months ago
Throughout all the discussions of new iApps, I don't recall anyone mentioning anything about iDVD. Everytime I have used it for projects, it has been quite buggy. It takes forever to load and crashes frequently. I don't expect a new version in January, but a small update for better performance would be nice.
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theFly
107 months ago
While I would love to a see an major upgrade to Appleworks, I have to wonder that if (as rumored), Microsoft will be introducing the next version of Office and VirtualPC during the keynote, that the likely hood of an Office app being introduced at the same time is slim to none.

How about a scaled down version of LiveType. Someone up there mentioned a scaled version of Soundtrack, but I'd think with iMovie, LiveType might be more useful.

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