> Here’s how to download iWork apps Pages, Keynote and Numbers absolutely free > from Apple on your old Mac running OS X Yosemite. Head past the jump for > complete details. > Apple’s iWork suite of apps has been around for quite a while, but has been a > paid affair until recently. In fact, if you have bought a Mac after 2013, > then you’re entitled to Apple’s productivity suite absolutely free. But if > you have an older Mac, one bought prior to 2013, then you have to pay for > each individual app, which includes Pages, Keynote and Numbers, each costing > $19.99. > Simply follow our guide below and you’ll have iWork for Mac absolutely free > and save $60 straight away. > Note: Though the guide has been shaped up for OS X Yosemite, but we found out > that even if you’re running Mavericks, you can still get iWork for free using > this method. > Step 1: To begin, download and install the official iWork ‘09 trial on your > Mac from Apple here > <http://appldnld.apple.com.edgesuite.net/content.info.apple.com/iWork/Trial/2Z693-6764.01022009.awq23/iWork09Trial.dmg>. > Step 2: Once the iWork ‘09 trial is installed, launch each app individually > once and quit them. > Step 3: Now launch the Mac App Store and navigate to the Updates section, or > alternatively just search for ‘iWork’. > Step 4: You should now be seeing Pages, Keynote, and Numbers listed as free > updates for your Mac. > Step 5: Simply install the updates like you would for any other app. > Step 6: Once the update process is complete, you’ll notice that the trial > apps are no more, and instead have been replaced by the latest version of > Pages, Numbers and Keynote, and guess what? They’re full and final copies! > But the fun doesn’t end there; click on the Purchases tab in the Mac App > Store and you’ll notice that the apps are now associated with your Apple ID > and you can download them on any other Mac you might have. > As you can see, this is a bug that Apple doesn’t seem to have caught up with > yet, and is something that we have witnessed before with iWork and Aperture > last year > <http://www.redmondpie.com/mac-app-store-bug-allows-users-to-download-iwork-ilife-and-aperture-for-free/>. > So if you really wanted that update to iWork, now would be the time, before > Apple wakes up and patches up this vulnerability. > > > --
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