Mac Box Set [OLD VERSION]

Mac Box Set [OLD VERSION]
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Mac Box Set [OLD VERSION]
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Software Summary

Manufacturer: Apple Computer
Brand: Apple
Format: DVD-ROM
Release Date: 2009-01-27
Platform: Mac, Mac OS X, PowerMac
Model: MB997Z/A
Product features:
  • Mac OS X LeopardThe world's most advanced operating system, Mac OS X v10.5.6 Leopard installs easily, works with the software and accessories you already have, and is packed with over 300 new features
  • iLife '09 Get the most out of photos, movies, and music on your Mac.
  • iWork '09Get everything you need to make impressive documents, spreadsheets, and presentations in minutes.
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Software Reviews of Mac Box Set [OLD VERSION]

Customer Review: Glad I upgraded
Summary: 5 Stars

I had put off upgrading my aging iMac G5 to Leopard for fear that I'd upset the apple cart, and because none of the features sounded like things I couldn't live without. (Time Machine? Sounds great, but I already have a serviceable automatic backup program.)

Then I finally had to upgrade in order to run a certain application for work. I'm glad I did.

The Cover Flow option brings the excellent user experience of iTunes to the desktop, letting you "flip" through large preview icons of all sorts of files. The ability to easily page through a PDF without opening it is another nice time-saver, especially if you have several documents that have similar cover sheets and might otherwise be hard to differentiate from one another as icons.

I was worried that the newer OS would run slow on my four-year-old 2GHz Mac, but I need not have worried. If anything, it seems speedier than Tiger and even seems to have resolved a few conflicts I had with the old OS.

Best of all, this bundle gave me an excuse to upgrade iLife, which I hadn't upgraded in at least three versions. I was impressed by so many of the more recent features in iPhoto, including a feature called Faces (which does a decent job of "learning" the names of who's in each photo) and another called Places, which lets me locate photos taken with a GPS-enabled camera on a map. Easy posting to Facebook is also a nice time-saver. The animated slide show templates that it provides are fun and turn your vacation photos into virtual scrapbooks.

I don't use the other iLife apps as much as iPhoto, but even a simple tour has left me inspired. The latest version of iDVD provides several very professional-looking user interfaces, or Themes, for your DVD. And GarageBand and iMovie look like a lot of fun to try out, if only I had the time.

I haven't taken the time to install any of the iWork applications, because I frankly don't think I'll use them: I'm locked into the Microsoft Office death-vice and rely on seamless compatibility with those applications.

Nevertheless, if you plan to take advantage of even a third of the hundreds of new features in the Mac Box Set, it would seem to be a worthwhile upgrade at a good price.

Description of Mac Box Set [OLD VERSION]

MAC BOX SET RETAIL-INT
Give your Mac the upgrades it deserves with the latest versions of the Apple software for your Mac--all in one box: Mac OS X v10.5.6 Leopard, the world's most powerful operating system; iLife '09, featuring the new iPhoto, iMovie, GarageBand, iWeb, and iDVD; and iWork '09, Apple's productivity suite including the new Pages, Numbers, and Keynote. It's the next best thing to getting a new Mac.

The new Mac Box Set. Give your Mac the upgrades it deserves with the Mac Box Set. And save 40%.
Get the latest versions of the Apple software for your Mac--all in one box:

  • Mac OS X v10.5.6 Leopard, the latest version of the world's most powerful operating system
  • iLife '09, featuring the new iPhoto '09, iMovie '09, GarageBand '09, iWeb '09, and iDVD
  • iWork '09, Apple's productivity suite for home and office including Pages '09, Numbers '09, and Keynote '09

Mac OS X Leopard. More fun. More productivity. More Mac.
With Mac OS X Leopard, the world's most advanced operating system is now even better. Leopard is loaded with innovations--starting with an amazingly trouble-free installation if you're upgrading your Mac. Then it's never been easier to find, arrange, and share everything on your computer. Organize your files in stacks, browse files with Cover Flow, use Quick Look to preview files without even opening them, go back in time to restore old files with Time Machine, send email using personalized stationery, add effects to video chats, and much more.

Desktop
Enjoy a gorgeous new look, with Stacks to keep your files organized.

Finder
Preview your files in the Finder and flip through them with Cover Flow.

Quick Look
View, play, or read the contents of a file without even opening it.

Time Machine
Automatically back up everything on your Mac and find old files.

Spaces
Group your windows in different spaces and quickly switch between them.

Mail
Email personalized stationery, create to-do lists, and take notes.

iChat
Add effects to video chats and show off photos, movies, and presentations.

Safari
Surf the Internet using the fastest browser on the Mac.

Parental Controls
Make sure your kids have a safe experience using the computer.

Boot Camp
Run Windows software right on your Mac at native speed.

See the Mac OS X Leopard product page for more information.

iLife '09. Get the most out of your photos, movies, and music.
iLife '09 makes it easier than ever to get the most out of the photos, movies, and music on your Mac. In iPhoto '09, you can organize and find your photos in two new ways: Faces, based on who is in your photos, and Places, based on where they were taken. iMovie '09 lets you make the movie you want in the time you have. With new themes, you can give your movie a professional look in seconds. Or use the new Precision Editor to fine-tune your masterpiece. With Basic Lessons in GarageBand '09, you can learn to play piano and guitar. And you can compose and record your own songs with new guitar amps and stompbox effects.

iPhoto '09: Organize and search your photos by faces and places.
Organize and find your photos in two new ways: Faces, based on who is in your photos, and Places, based on where you took them. With Faces, iPhoto automatically detects and even recognizes faces in your photos to help you organize and find photos by people. Places lets you search and sort photos by location, using data from a GPS-enabled camera or the camera on iPhone to categorize photos by location. iPhoto '09 also offers a number of great ways to share photos. Create an instant slideshow--complete with animated titles and captions. Publish them on your Facebook page and automatically notify Facebook friends. Or create a beautiful, professionally printed photo book, complete with photo-wrapped cover and matching dust jacket.

iMovie '09: Create a movie in minutes or edit your masterpiece.
Make a great movie in the time you have. Give your movie a professional look in seconds by applying Apple-designed themes with matching titles and transitions. You can even enhance your vacation videos by using eye-catching, animated travel maps. Refine your masterpiece with the new Precision Editor: Use the magnified filmstrip to make precise cuts--even reposition and adjust the duration of titles, transitions, and effects. With enhanced drag-and-drop editing, you can replace or insert clips using a single pop-up menu or even add cutaways, picture-in-picture, and green-screen effects. Smooth shaky clips with automatic video stabilization. And add further polish to your movie by choosing animated titles, transitions, and cinema-quality video effects from the new Preview Palette.

GarageBand '09. Learn to play: Start a jam session. Record and mix your own song.
Now you can learn to play an instrument right on your Mac. GarageBand '09 introduces Basic Lessons to help you learn piano and guitar. Interactive video lessons teach you the fundamentals at your own pace. And when you're ready, you can purchase an Artist Lesson and learn how to play a hit song from the artist who made it famous, including Sting, Fall Out Boy, Colbie Caillat, and others. With GarageBand '09, you can rock like a legend with new amps and stompbox effects that re-create the sound of legendary guitar rigs--right on your Mac. Jam with virtual instruments in Magic GarageBand Jam, using a new full-screen view that lets you mix, play along, and record.

iWeb '09: Design, publish, and update your own websites just the way you want them.
Now you can design, publish, and update your own websites just the way you want them. With iWeb '09, you can create a site quickly using Apple-designed themes and page templates. Then customize it by adding photos or movies and typing text into placeholders. You can also add dynamic, interactive widgets to your site, such as RSS feeds, HTML snippets, iSight photos and videos, or a countdown timer, using the handy iWeb Widget Browser. Ready to go live? Publish your site with one click to MobileMe. Or use built-in FTP publishing to publish your site to virtually any hosting service. With iWeb '09, you can even link your site to your Facebook account and automatically update your Facebook profile when you publish.

iDVD: Hollywood-style DVDs made easy.
Create your own DVD in less time than it takes to watch one. With iDVD, you can premiere your movies and photo slideshows on a professional-quality DVD with animated menus, buttons, scene selection, and more--all customizable to suit whatever you're sharing. Or you can use Magic iDVD. Choose from a collection of themes, select the movies and photos you want to feature, then have Magic iDVD automatically create a complete DVD project, with main menu, buttons, menus, and more, that's ready to burn and share with family and friends.

See the iLife '09 product page for more information.

iWork '09. Documents, spreadsheets, and presentations. The Mac way.
iWork '09, Apple's office productivity suite, is the easiest way to create documents, spreadsheets, and presentations the Mac way. Pages is both a streamlined word processor and an easy-to-use page layout application. It allows you to be a writer one minute and a designer the next, always with a perfect document in the works. Numbers, with its great-looking templates, easy-to-create formulas, and dynamic tables and charts, gives you simple ways to make sense of your data. Use Keynote to create your presentations, and you'll be a hard act to follow. Its powerful yet easy-to-use tools and dazzling effects put the show in slideshow. Packed with over 250 Apple-designed themes and templates--including 60 new designs overall--iWork lets you create projects that look polished from the first page or slide. And iWork is compatible with Microsoft Office, so it's easy to share your work.

Pages '09: Creating the perfect brochure, flyer, report, or resume is faster and easier than ever.
Pages is both a streamlined word processor and an easy-to-use page layout application. It starts with an enhanced Template Chooser that lets you skim more than 180 Apple-designed templates. You can easily create stunning documents, from a simple letter to a professionally polished resume to a multipage newsletter and more. Or start with a blank page and let your words and creativity take their own course. Reports, resumes, brochures, newsletters, invitations--whatever you write, Pages puts powerful tools at your fingertips. So you can create beautiful, media-rich documents in minutes.

Numbers '09: Create spreadsheets, organize data, and write formulas with simple yet powerful tools.
Plan a wedding. Save for retirement. Track your workouts. Keep a baby journal. Spreadsheets can help you organize and plan, and great-looking, Apple-designed templates will help you get started. Choose from 30 templates to use for home, work, and school. Tables are already made. Formulas have been figured out. Fonts are in place. They're all ready to go. Just find something you like and make it your own. If you're starting with a blank sheet, that's easy, too. Spreadsheets are built on a flexible, free-form canvas. So you can move tables, charts, graphics, and text anywhere you want on the page. Effortlessly create formulas using an intuitive browser with more than 250 functions. Add interactive controls such as sliders, steppers, and checkboxes that let you play "what if" in real time. Scale your document with a drag of the mouse to create the perfect printout using the interactive print view. You can even add photos, movies, and music to your spreadsheet with just a few clicks.

Keynote '09: With great new features in Keynote, creating a show-stopping presentation is surprisingly simple.
Even if you've never used Keynote before, you'll find creating a presentation surprisingly simple. An enhanced Theme Chooser lets you skim through an impressive collection of 44 Apple-designed themes. Once you've chosen the perfect canvas for your presentation, simply substitute placeholder text and graphics with your own words and images. Easy-to-use tools let you add elements such as tables, charts, shapes, photos, and videos to slides. Finish off your masterpiece with cinematic animations and transitions that look as though they were created by your own special effects team. With Keynote, you have all the tools you need to make an amazing presentation amazingly simple.

See the iWork '09 product page for more information.

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