What is iLife?

iLife is a collection of applications bundled into every new Macintosh or available for purchase from Apple. The most recent version is iLife '09 and includes the following applications:

• iPhoto is an image management application. It allows users to import photographs from cameras or disks, edit the photographs using basic image editing tools, or create albums and slide shows which can be published on the web or saved to a file.
• iMovie allows users create movies from a variety of file sources. The sources can include digital video cameras, DV-encoded movie files or a collection of pictures. The final result can be written to DVD, CD, DV camera or saved as a file.
• iDVD allows users to create a DVD from movies, photographs from iPhoto, or both. iDVD provides users with a variety of themes and menu schemes. Music stored in the user's iTunes library can be added to the project.
• GarageBand allows users to create multi-track songs from a collection of music loops or from musical instruments attached to the computer.
• iWeb allows users to create simple web pages using content provided by iPhoto, iMovie and iTunes.

In January 2009 Apple released iLife 09, an update to the iLife 08 package released in August 2007. iLife 09 includes updated versions of iMovie, iPhoto, iDVD and GarageBand. iTunes, which is not part of iLife is available for free online and is available for update via Software Update under the Apple menu. For more information about what's new in iLIfe 09 go to the iLife 09 webpage.

University affiliates can purchase the iLife package at a reduced price by visiting the Education section of theApple Store.