The Mac Box Set was a software package made by
Apple Inc.
Apple Inc. is an American multinational technology company headquartered in Cupertino, California, United States. Apple is the largest technology company by revenue (totaling in 2021) and, as of June 2022, is the world's biggest company ...
, including the latest version of
macOS
macOS (; previously OS X and originally Mac OS X) is a Unix operating system developed and marketed by Apple Inc. since 2001. It is the primary operating system for Apple's Mac (computer), Mac computers. Within the market of ...
(then Mac OS X),
iWork
iWork is an office suite of applications created by Apple Inc. for its macOS and iOS operating systems, and also available cross-platform through the iCloud website.
It includes the presentation application Keynote, the word processing and ...
, and
iLife.
The Mac Box Set was updated twice after its original release. The first release was introduced and shipped on the same date iLife and iWork '09 were, January 9, 2009. It included the retail discs for Mac OS X 10.5.6 Leopard, iLife '09, and iWork '09. This was commonly called "Mac Box Set '09". The next release started shipping shortly after Mac OS X Snow Leopard was introduced. The only thing that changed in this release was that the Mac OS X version was 10.6.3 Snow Leopard. This shipped until after iLife '11 was introduced, where the iLife version was updated. Everything else stayed the same.
The Mac Box Set retailed for US$169 for a single-user license and US$229 for the “family pack.”
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Editions
These were the versions of the Mac Box Set:
* Version 1: Mac OS X 10.5.6 Leopard, iLife '09, and iWork '09
* Version 2: Mac OS X 10.6.3 Snow Leopard, iLife '09, and iWork '09
* Version 3: Mac OS X 10.6.3 Snow Leopard, iLife '11, and iWork '09
References
MacOS