Mac Box Set
Why Buy A Mac Box Set?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 worlds most powerful operating system; iLife 09, featuring the new iPhoto, iMovie, GarageBand, iWeb, and iDVD; and iWork 09, Apples productivity suite including the new Pages, Numbers, and Keynote. Its 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 worlds most powerful operating system
- iLife 09, featuring the new iPhoto 09, iMovie 09, GarageBand 09, iWeb 09, and iDVD
- iWork 09, Apples 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 worlds most advanced operating system is now even better. Leopard is loaded with innovations–starting with an amazingly trouble-free installation if youre upgrading your Mac. Then its 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 youre 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 youre 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, thats 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, Apples 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 e
Features
- Featuring the latest versions of iLife, Mac OS X Leopard, and iWork, the new Mac Box Set is the next best thing to getting a new Mac
- Give your Mac the upgrades it deserves with the Mac Box Set, and save 40%
- iLife 09 helps you get the most out of your photos, movies, and music; featuring the new iPhoto 09, iMovie 09, GarageBand 09, iWeb 09, and iDVD
- iWork 09 gives you everything you need to make impressive documents, spreadsheets, and presentations in minutes; includes Pages 09, Numbers 09, and Keynote 09
- 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
Customer Reviews & Opinions
Like buying a new Mac!
I had a 2006 iMac running Tiger OS and iLife HD. I never really had the desire to upgrade my OS until I changed jobs and the company that I work for now is using Leopard. Time Machine is such a wonderful feature, and best of all, I was able to use it with my external USB drive. No additional drives to buy. Not only that, but after seeing the new features of iLife09, especially iWeb and iMovie, I knew I wanted that software package too. I was amazed to see that you could buy all three bundled for over 40% off the cost of all three! It’s just like I bought an all new iMac for a fraction of the price! Sounds like a infomercial, but it’s true. Installation was simple, and I’m loving the OS and new software. Truly a great deal for us with a computer a few years old, and wanting to breath new life into it.
fast Mac
I had to add more memory for the new software, needs at least 1 gig.It only cost me $32.00 for 2 gig more, now 2.5 gig. Don’t know if it’s the software or memory, but it runs much better now. Worth every penny.
Well worth the price!
I have a 2005 iMac G5 2.0GHz with 1GB RAM. I ordered the MacBoxSet from Amazon last week and received it in only 2 days using free super saver shipping! Installing the updates to OS 10.5 (from 10.4) and iLife 09 were quick, easy, and painless. Those two updates alone are well worth the price of this set, but also getting iWork 09 is a nice bonus. TimeMachine is a great new tool (I also bought an Apple TimeCapsule at the same time as the MacBoxSet and easily set up my first home wifi network for my iPod Touch and someday AppleTV or Netflix Roku).
There have been so many improvements made to the iLife suite over the past few years. The new ‘Faces’ feature in iPhoto 09 is simply amazing! I’m also looking forward to playing around with iWeb (which my old version of iLife did not have), as well as editing my sister’s wedding video in iMovie 09.
I thought I’d need to upgrade to 2GB RAM for good performance, but my old iMac is doing great with just 1GB. This was a very small investment to make to bring my Mac up-to-date, and it allows me to delay spending 10-times as much on a new Mac for another couple of years.
The MacBoxSet is highly recommended!
Great deal!
This is a great way to get all the latest Mac software. Came quickly and worked beautifully.
Great Value
This is a great value, iWork, iLife and OS X 10.5 all for $169.99 (about $150 on Amazon). Apple has finally made it worthwhile to buy all three.
Great Apps at an even better price
I purchased the Mac Box Set, and definetly happy with my purchase. Not only do you get the most up-to-date version of Leopard (10.5.6), but iWork 09 and iPhoto 09, cheaper than you would by buying both separately.
Both are great. Love the faces feature in iPhoto and the compatability of iWork with Office documents.
Great New Life for Older iMac!
I had already upgraded my memory, and I made the mistake of watching the Keynote address at MacWorld. Oh my. I just HAD to have iLife and iWork!
This package is better priced than at Apple, and everything works as promised. In spite of the learning curve (as I expected), I’m having a blast with the new features, and will be getting a laptop to show off my creations since I work in a Windows shop.
Apple, as usual, does it again.
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