How do i get iwork on my mac

If you didn't already know, Apple is giving away their newest operating system, Mavericks , for most of your computers.

While the folks over at Microsoft surely despise this tactic, those of use Mac users still running Snow Leopard surely do appreciate it. While one free thing is cool, how about more free things?

Apple has already been giving away the iWork apps for newly purchased iOS devices , but what about us Mac users? If you already own the iWork suite, upgrading is free, but if you've never owned it, things get tricky, but not impossible.

You can still get iWork for free, you just have to trick the Mac App Store into thinking you already have it. Download it and install it onto your computer, no need to open it or anything. Once it's done downloading, install it onto your Mac. For some, you might receive the warning below, which says it can't be opened.

Once you're done installing the trial version of iWork, you should almost instantaneously see three new updates in the Mac App Store for Pages, Keynote, and Numbers. Tap Update All and newly updated full versions of each application will be downloaded onto your device, free of cost. There's a workaround to download all three iWorks apps for free. Redmond Pie offers the trick: Basically, you download and install the iWork '09 trial on your Mac, launch and quit each app once, and then head to the Mac App Store to update your apps--for free.

Not only do you get the full and latest versions of iWork, they'll be associated with your Apple ID and available to any other Macs you have. I tried this the last night and it worked like a charm, but you have to first make sure you've got the latest version of OS X Yosemite installed, or else you'll probably get error messages. His work has appeared on websites including Salon, Pingdom and Internet Blog. His photography has been printed in "Maxwell Magazine" as well as the "World of Knowledge" textbook series for children.

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You now have an iWork 09 folder inside your Applications folder, containing trial versions of Pages, Numbers and Keynote. Launch Pages, Numbers and Keynote, then quit each app. This step was suggested by the instructions based on the article. It doesn't seem to be necessary any more - I had only launced one of the programs. The trial suite can be upgraded to iWork 9.

I cannot verify if this step is necessary since I had installed that upgrade. I suspect it can be skipped. You still have an iWork 09 folder inside your Applications folder, containing trial versions of Pages v4. Launch the Mac App Store , go to the updates tab, and activate show incompatible updates.

Selecting one of those apps will take you to the app's page. There , select update. The store asks for purchase confirmation and your password if required by your settings. Then it will attempt to update the application, and fail, telling you that they require Repeat for all three five, if you installed iMovie and Garageband from your original DVDs applications anyway, since from then on this application will appear in your Purchased tab.

So let's loose them: delete the iWork09 folder from Applications or move it to the Thrash.