Apple Introduces iLife

MARKHAM, Ontario—January 7, 2003—Apple® today introduced iLife™, anintegrated suite of Apple´s industry-leading digital lifestyle applications,featuring brand new versions of iPhoto™, iMovie™ and iDVD™, and therecently-released iTunes™ 3. iLife is the only integrated suite to includeall of the four applications required for today´s "digitallifestyle"�digital music, photography, moviemaking and DVD creation�and isthe first product to offer the benefits of seamlessly integrating them.

"iLife does for our digital lifestyle what Microsoft Office did for officeproductivity�all the applications you need are in one box, and they all worktogether," said Steve Jobs, Apple´s CEO. "Apple is far ahead of its PCcompetitors in offering the best-in-class applications for digital music,photography, moviemaking and DVD creation, and now they all work togetherseamlessly."

iLife includes incredible new versions of iPhoto, iMovie and iDVD withdozens of advanced new features, all seamlessly integrated to allow users toeasily access their digital music, photos and movies from within eachapplication. For example, users can now select music from their iTuneslibrary to use in their iPhoto slideshows, movies or DVD menus from directlywithin iPhoto 2, iMovie 3 or iDVD 3�without interrupting the creativeprocess by having to switch back and forth between applications.

iPhoto 2 now includes one-click photo Enhance, which can dramaticallyimprove less-than-perfect pictures; a new Retouch tool for removingscratches, hair, lens dirt, etc.; photo archiving to a CD or DVD to preserveand share your iPhoto library; and the ability to email photos with oneclick using Mac® OS X Mail, Eudora, Entourage and AOL.

iMovie 3 features pro-quality special effects, including the new "Ken Burns"effect for adding emotionally powerful motion to still photos; powerful newaudio editing tools and blockbuster sound effects from Skywalker Sound´sseven-time Academy Award winner Gary Rydstrom; pro-quality special videoeffects such as Aged Film, Letterbox and Earthquake; and the ability to addchapter markers to movies for DVD navigation and scene selection.

iDVD 3 includes 24 new pro-quality, Apple-designed, customizable DVD menuthemes; automatically created DVD scene selection menus from iMovie chaptermarkers; and the ability to personalize iDVD 3 themes with personal photos,music and movies using iDVD Drop Zones.

Pricing & Availability
The iLife applications will be included with all new Macintosh® computers.On January 25, iPhoto 2 and iMovie 3 will be available for free download at102.p.syniva.es. The iLife retail package with a single installer for all fourapplications will be available January 25 at the Apple Store (102.p.syniva.es(https://102.p.syniva.es/canadastore) and through Apple Authorized Resellersfor a suggested retail price of $75 (CDN). iTunes 3 is currently availablefor free download at 102.p.syniva.es.

iLife requires Mac OS X version 10.1.5 or later and a Macintosh with aPowerPC G3 or G4 processor; 256MB RAM is recommended. A built-in USB port isrequired for importing photos to iPhoto from a digital camera and a built-inFireWire® port is required to input digital video from a camcorder. DVDburning from iDVD requires a Macintosh equipped with an Apple SuperDrive(DVD-R/CD-RW) and DVD archiving from iPhoto requires Mac OS X version 10.2"Jaguar" or later.

Apple Canada Inc. is headquartered in Markham, Ontario and is a wholly-owned subsidiary of Apple Computer, Inc. Apple products are available at more than 450 Authorized Apple Canada Dealer locations across Canada.

Press Contact:
Tara Hendela
Apple Canada
(905) 513-5853
[email protected]