Apple is on a roll today in terms of software updates. The company has just seeded thethird OS X 10.9.2 betato its registered Mac developers andrevamped Pages, Keynote and Numberson the web (excuse me, iCloud) with a slew of new capabilities, including – finally! – password protection for your iWork documents. Earlier in the day, Apple has managed to post aminor Podcasts app refreshand a bug fix focused update to iMovie for Mac.
And now, new versions of Pages and Numbers for iOS and OS X have arrived plus an enhanced version of Apple’s presentation software Keynote with new transitions, improved presenter display options, better Microsoft PowerPoint and iCloud compatibility and more.
These software updates allow for a nice feature parity across Apple’s iWork suite of apps on the web, iOS and OS X platforms…
Keynote 6.1 for Macoffers two new transitions for your presentations – Droplet and Grid – and comes with enhanced presenter display options.
In line with today’s iWork for iCloud refinements, Keynote 6.1 now makes it easy to share password-protected presentations via iCloud link.
Keynote now lets you put date, time and duration values in your charts and ensures that custom number formats in charts are preserved on import of Keynote ’09 and Microsoft PowerPoint presentations.
And speaking of PowerPoint, improved PowerPoint 2013 support as well as general bug fixes and stability improvements are included in the package.
Keynote 6.1 is $19.99 in the Mac App Store.
Keynote 2.1 for iOSalso brings new transitions, a remote feature for controlling presentations on your Mac version and more.
Keynote 2.1 for iOS is $9.99 in the App Store.
Pages 2.1 for iOScontains a character counter, password-protected DOCX exports, new chart options and more.
Pages 2.1 is $9.99 in the App Store.
Pages 5.1 for Machas a vertical ruler, customizable alignment guides, new special characters and keyboard shortcuts for styles and more.
Pages 5.1 is $19.99 in the Mac App Store.
Numbers 3.1 for Maccan now sort data by multiple column values, chart date and duration values, or sort a subset of rows, and more.
Numbers 3.1 is $19.99 in the Mac App Store.
Numbers 2.1 for iOShas gained the ability to view and edit spreadsheets in landscape orientation, chart date and duration values and more.
Numbers 2.1 is $9.99 in the App Store.
As for the newiMovie 10.0.2 for Mac, it’s mostly bug fixes and stability improvements:
iMovie 10.0.2 is $14.99 in the Mac App Store.
In addition to these iMovie, iWork and Podcasts refreshes, the company has issued new versions ofEpson Printer DriversandQuickTime Codecs.
