Apple App Store: Don't be stupid and purchase immediately! iWork, iLife and Aperture update for free

If you are like me, then usually you check the facts make sure that you only purchase when the price is where you want it and then go for it and get the additional pleasure of purchasing the right stuff at the right price. You make sure you beat the system.

But sometimes you don't wait and against all reasoning you purchase something on the spot. Definitely you'll regret it as I do most often.

But really terrible is when you purchase something that you thought all along that you should get for free, which is free for all that purchase a new piece of hardware. But you were almost always loyal and stuck with the product. Then they release Mavericks and you think you must update immediately because any improvement in the OS makes your life much easier. And since they introduced all the remodeled applications you convince yourself that this is the day you are going to upgrade.

BIG Mistake.


First of all the applications are not worth it, the improvements in some are extremely minor, such as iPhoto that has not seen a really big improvement for a long time. Next imagine that you paid dollars for programs like pages and numbers that you can even use less now than before. You already knew you cannot get rid of Microsoft Office but at least you thought there's one that could actually give you the right tools in a more colorful way than Microsoft (It's all so white, you know).

Ok I make the purchase. Big Mistake! I hold of the purchase of Aperture as I kind of consider going to Lightroom and Adobe.

The last bit was lucky. But just 2 days after I upgraded I read that Apple is giving iWorks and iLife programs for free for previous owners of the software. Actually they link your non App Store purchases with the System and you get the free update (function downgrade but more colors! That they maybe are going to fix like for movie editing software.).

I just spent $90 dollars on the apps that I would have gotten for free and I hope that some poor soul is going to do a class action suit and all the people that purchased the software get a refund automatically ;).

But I was able to get Aperture for free and I made all my colleagues aware of my mistake, so they can benefit. And I was also partially successful as I updated all the programs for free for our extended family members.

So it's not a complete failure, but definitely again one that does not taste right and I will remember for some time until I make the next Big Mistake. Did I mention that I still want to purchase Office 365 (subscription model)?