iLife Gets Better; Just Don’t Ask It to Find a Face

Walt reviews the new features of iPhoto, GarageBand and iMovie in Apple’s iLife ’09.
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Mac Faithful to Get an iLife

iLife ’09–the latest iteration of Apple’s multimedia application suite (iPhoto, iMovie, GarageBand, iWeb, iDVD)–arrives at market tomorrow with a groaning board of new features, among them facial-recognition in iPhoto, video stabilization in iMovie and a Learn to Play function and artist lessons in GarageBand.

Macworld ’09: Garageband "Learn to Play," "Artist Lessons"

Phil Schiller returns to the stage to explain Garageband ’09. Our team was challenged to help people learn to play a musical instrument and they came through, says Schiller. Garageband now offers a feature called “Learn to Play” which offers not just nine basic lessons for guitar and piano, but “Artist Lessons” from the likes of John Fogerty, Norah Jones and Sting.
Sting in GarageBand 09

Macworld ’09: Garageband “Learn to Play,” “Artist Lessons”

Phil Schiller returns to the stage to explain Garageband ’09. Our team was challenged to help people learn to play a musical instrument and they came through, says Schiller. Garageband now offers a feature called “Learn to Play” which offers not just nine basic lessons for guitar and piano, but “Artist Lessons” from the likes of John Fogerty, Norah Jones and Sting.
Sting in GarageBand 09

The New iLife: We Test Upgrade of Apple Suite

Apple’s new iMac includes a radical-looking keyboard, but the bigger change is the major update to its iLife software suite. Katherine Boehret tests the new programs with a particularly close look at iPhoto and iMovie.
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