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Apple to offer filmmaker workshops for Tribeca Film Festival

by Michael Grothaus (Apr 17th, 2012)

Filmmakers in New York will want to be sure to stop by the West 14th Street and Soho Apple stores beginning April 20th through April 28th. The company is offering a series of filmmaking talks and workshops at the two locations in honor of the Tribeca Film Festival. The Apple Store, West ...

Daily Update for April 16, 2012

by Steven Sande (Apr 16th, 2012)

It's the TUAW Daily Update, your source for Apple news in a convenient audio format. You'll get all the top Apple stories of the day in three to five minutes for a quick review of what's happening in the Apple world. You can listen to today's Apple stories by clicking the inline player ...

Apple pulls iWork, Aperture trials from site

by Kelly Hodgkins (Apr 16th, 2012)

Apple pulled the trial versions of Aperture 3 and productivity suite iWork '09 from its website, according to a report from MacStories. The links that previously contained download instructions now redirect users to the Mac App Store. An Apple support forum post suggests the Aperture trial was ...

iWork.com to be discontinued, Apple suggests iCloud as a replacement

by Chris Rawson (Mar 9th, 2012)

Apple has sent an email notice to all users of the iWork.com public beta indicating that the service will be shut down July 31, 2012. "With a new way to share iWork documents between your devices using iCloud, the iWork.com public beta service will no longer be available," Apple states. "As of July ...

Apple announces updates to iWork, GarageBand, iMovie apps for iPad

by Megan Lavey-Heaton (Mar 7th, 2012)

Apple has updated the iWork apps, GarageBand and iMovie for iOS to go along with today's announcement of the new iPad. GarageBand now has a Smart Strings feature, a note editor and the ability to push songs through iCloud. The iMovie update has added storyboards and new editing tools, going along ...

March 2012 Apple Event Metaliveblog: Welcoming our new iPad overlords

by Erica Sadun (Mar 7th, 2012)

Welcome to our March 2012 Apple Event Metaliveblog. Today, we'll be covering an event expected to introduce the next generation of iPad hardware. What else is on offer? Apple TV? iWork 12? We don't know. Join us as we discover along with you! Want to chat with other TUAW readers during the event? ...

Apple updates Keynote to address Lion issues

by Chris Rawson (Dec 2nd, 2011)

Apple has updated Keynote, its presentation application and iWork's analog to Microsoft PowerPoint, to version 5.1.1. According to Apple, "This update addresses issues when working with large Keynote presentations on OS X Lion. It also includes improvements in stability and accessibility for ...

Mac 101: Getting iWork files on your Mac onto iCloud

by Matt Tinsley (Nov 18th, 2011)

Here's another Mac 101 tip for novice Mac users. When I first heard about iCloud syncing iWork documents between Apple devices I became quite excited. Like many, I create iWork documents on my Mac and then access them on my iPad or iPhone on the move. Up until now, I've been using Dropbox to ...

Mac 101: Locating the root path of a Pages document in Pages

by Matt Tinsley (Nov 16th, 2011)

Here is a Mac 101 tip for novice Mac users. Running Pages in Mac OS X Lion means you never have to worry about saving a document, it just happens automatically. While this is wonderful, this new feature has caused me to scratch my head a few times while I acclimatise to this simple, but quite ...

OS X Lion has a hidden 'drop box' for easy file syncing between Macs

by Chris Rawson (Nov 2nd, 2011)

Mac OS X Hints has discovered that Macs running OS X Lion and registered with iCloud have a hidden "drop box" in the user's Library folder that allows for easy document and file syncing between Macs. A folder within ~/Library (which Lion hides by default) called "Mobile Documents" contains iWork ...

iWork for iOS beta 4 released to developers

by Megan Lavey-Heaton (Oct 1st, 2011)

Apple has released a fourth beta build of iWork for iOS to developers. This comes a little more than a day after iTunes 10.5 beta 9 was issued. The beta is available now through the Apple Developer Center. ...

iTunes 10.5 beta 8 and iWork for iOS beta 3 available to developers

by Chris Rawson (Sep 9th, 2011)

Apple has provided an eighth beta seed of iTunes 10.5 and a third beta of iWork for iOS to developers. This is the first time in the development cycle for iTunes 10.5 that a new beta for the music player hasn't simultaneously come alongside a new iOS beta; iOS 5 is still in its seventh beta as of ...

Microsoft working to add Lion features to Office 2011

by Steven Sande (Jul 28th, 2011)

Like it or not, Microsoft Office 2011 for Mac is the most widely-used office suite for Mac users in the enterprise. While the existing version doesn't support OS X Lion features like Auto Save, Versions, and full-screen mode, MacNN is reporting that Microsoft's Mac Business Unit is hard at work ...

Apple discontinues most boxed software

by Mike Schramm (Jul 20th, 2011)

Considering that the Lion release today (which has gone swimmingly) was a vote of confidence, Apple has moved to get most of its boxed software out of the Apple Store completely, sending a notice out to retailers to discontinue titles like iWork '09, iLife '11, Aperture 3, and most of ...

Speculation: Apple website hints at iWork update for Lion

by Steven Sande (Jul 19th, 2011)

While working on a post about OS X Lion's full-screen apps, I stumbled upon something interesting. If you look at the image above, it shows Pages as a full-screen app. There's even a tag line -- "Never miss the fine print with full-screen for Pages." I'm running Pages version 4.0.5 (852) right ...