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In abstract:
- Apple has eliminated the older free variations of Pages, Numbers, and Keynote from the Mac App Retailer, changing them with Creator Studio-compatible variations.
- In keeping with Macworld, these new variations stay free however will immediate customers to subscribe for extra AI capabilities and superior options.
- Beforehand downloaded older variations can nonetheless be re-downloaded from buy historical past however gained’t obtain future updates, signaling Apple’s shift towards subscription-based productiveness software program.
Apple has simplified their Mac productiveness software program lineup by eradicating its outdated free productiveness apps, leaving solely the variations which can be appropriate with the brand new Creator Studio subscription.
When Apple launched Creator Studio, it up to date the iOS and iPadOS apps to be appropriate with the brand new subscription. On the Mac, nevertheless, new variations of all of the apps have been launched, with new icons, whereas the outdated variations nonetheless remained. You possibly can obtain the outdated Last Minimize Professional, Pages, Keynote, Numbers, and so on. or you might obtain new variations that work with Creator Studio.
Now, for the free apps Pages, Numbers, and Keynote, Apple has eliminated the variations, leaving solely these which can be appropriate with Creator Studio.
To be clear: the Creator Studio appropriate variations are nonetheless completely free, and you’ll nonetheless do all the things you used to do with the older free apps. However they are going to nag you to subscribe to Creator Studio to get entry to extra options like extra templates and AI-powered capabilities.
When you’ve got beforehand downloaded Pages, Numbers, or Keynote in your Mac it is possible for you to to search out them in your Mac apps historical past (click on your profile image within the decrease left) if you wish to obtain them once more, however you may count on they gained’t be up to date any longer.
The paid Mac apps Last Minimize Professional, Logic Professional, Movement, Compressor, and Pixelmator Professional are nonetheless listed on the App Retailer–each of their present paid types and within the subscription-required Creator Studio variations.
