Filed under: Software Update, Apple
iLife Support 8.1
iLife '08 users, there is an update awaiting your attention. iLife Support 8.1 'supports system software components shared by all iLife '08 applications, improves overall stability, addresses a number of other minor issues, and supports general compatibility issues.'Sounds like a good deal to me. Update away!
Thanks to everyone who sent this in.

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Reader Comments (Page 1 of 1)
Fraser Drew said 5:13PM on 9-26-2007
+ iMovie, +iPhoto, + Garageband, +iDVD, all .1 updates
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Mont said 5:17PM on 9-26-2007
I'm getting updates to iDVD (v.7.0.1) iMovie (v.7.1) GarageBand Update (v.4.1) and iPhoto Update (v.7.1) too - not just iLife Support (v.8.1)
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storre said 5:19PM on 9-26-2007
Bring the Lisa back!
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5cents said 6:17PM on 9-26-2007
wow spam ahoy!
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Jason Golden said 6:21PM on 9-26-2007
@Fraser: iDVD is a .0.1 update. The others are .1.
I feel like none of the blogs are focusing on the real big changes to iMovie - they really went out of their way to address some of the audio level concerns from initial release. More here:
iMovie 7.1 new features include:
• Multiple Clip Selection: Select multiple clips in order to assign keywords, paste adjustments or reorganize clips in your project faster than ever.
• Fine Tuning: Quickly refine the start or end frame for any clip without leaving the Project view.
• Still Frame Creation: Freeze the action for creating a dramatic ending or applying the “Ken Burns” effect on any frame of your video clip.
• Frame-by-Frame trimming: Adjust each clip to the perfect start or end frame using frame-by-frame precision trimming.
• Audio Ducking level control: Dip music tracks and background tracks to the perfect level as voice over or other audio comes in and out of your movie.
• Manual Audio Fades: Make smoother sounding audio transitions by manually adjusting the fade duration.
• Performance Improvements: Enjoy your video more quickly by switching between any of your Events.
• Set Duration for Transitions and Stills: Change the duration of photos or length of your transitions without accessing Preferences.
• Show Current Playhead Time: Get duration or timing information at a glance as you skim through your Events or movie.
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Phillip Platz said 8:06PM on 9-26-2007
@Jason: Sounds like they took (most of) the steps necessary to allow me to upgrade to iMovie '08, then! Exciting!
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MasterLeep said 8:29PM on 9-26-2007
Unfortunately it doesn't fix my problem where if you have hundreds of photos on the iPhone, they cannot be imported into iPhoto.
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Tom said 10:05PM on 9-26-2007
@MasterLeep:
Is your iPhone not showing up in iPhoto, or is it showing up with 0 photos (even tho you know you've got lots)?
I had the latter happen to me. Cycling power to the phone didn't help, doing a full iPhone reset didn't help, but what did help was logging out of my account and logging back in. Try it!
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Eric Carroll said 12:47AM on 9-27-2007
Does anyone else find humor in the i - Life Support name?
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Rhywun said 10:18PM on 9-26-2007
I don't own iLife. Why was I given the update?
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byron church said 10:31PM on 9-26-2007
iLife as in iphoto , iMovie Garage band and the like
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Marcos said 9:13AM on 9-27-2007
No one pointed out what a great name for an update this is: "iLife Support". Genius.
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Reovox said 4:19AM on 9-27-2007
I hope this fixes the continued crashing in iPhoto...was uploading a calendar and crashed at 100% upload, crashes when importing photos, crashes whenever it feels like it!
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Victor Agreda Jr said 11:04AM on 9-27-2007
Yeah, at first I thought Apple was getting into the medical software business... Pay $100 a year or we pull the plug on granny!
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Steve said 12:29PM on 9-27-2007
Still can't spotlight search keywords from outside iPhoto. Uber annoying.
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sjk said 4:17AM on 9-29-2007
Spotlight searching for iPhoto keywords works fine on my iMac G5 with all the latest software versions.
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