Pre-installed software on brand new macbook pro 13" retina 2015

iPhoto no longer exists. It was Replaced by Photos, which is installed by default.

for the rest of them, they are not pre-installed. They must be downloaded form the Mac App Store.

If you are not getting them for free, sign out of the Mac App Store, and sign back in. That usually makes them be available for download for free.

Do not download them if the Buy option is there, as you will be charged.

Also, you can go to the Up To Date Program if you still cannot get them for free:

http://www.apple.com/creativity-apps/mac/up-to-date/

Starting in October 2014, Apple announced that Pages, Numbers, and Keynote are available free with every qualifying new Mac. If you purchased a qualifying Mac that did not include Pages, Numbers, and Keynote, you can apply for these apps through the Up-To-Date Program by following the steps below.

Iphoto is now Photos. GarageBand and IMovie was part of Ilife. Now if you want them, you need to go to the app store for apple products and pick them. This also applies to Pages, Numbers and Keynote.

Maybe things have changed over the years and you may have to click on Buy to download for the first time. Then afterwards they will always show up in the Purchases tab.

If clicking on Buy prompts for payment with a credit card, you may need to call Apple Support and ask them what the h*** is going on and have them help you.

What I meant was in past years, the free apps would show up in App Store/Purchases and they could be downloaded for free there. Apple may have changed how they provide the free apps now. I don't know.

So, you didn't purchase your new MBP Retina from Apple (local store or online store)? If not, you need to contact the seller about how to get those apps on your system. It used to be when clicking on Buy then Buy would turn to Download and all was well. But I'm talking about when the Mac was purchased from Apple.

There are a variety of apps that come preinstalled on the new MacBook Pros (and other apple computers) that are normally paid apps. As soon as you sign into your Apple ID, it will adopt those preinstalled applications to that Apple ID and they will appear as "purchased" in your purchase history. If you were to sign out and sign in with another Apple ID, those apps still belong the the first Apple ID so it will prompt you to enter in the first Apple ID's password whenever you want to update the app. This is obviously an issue for people buying used products, either from Apple (refurbished products) or from non AAR's. Basically the only solution is to contact Apple Support, and contact an iTunes advisor who will be able to issue a code that will allow you to re-download the app with your current Apple ID. Hopefully Apple will find a better way to manage this. But this is how it is right now. Hope that helps.

Putting aside the fact you just responded to a year old thread, I doubt very much it is going to change.

They way it is currently done is by design.

You are only entitled to the free Apps when you buy a new computer. The Apps like Numbers, Pages, iMovie etc.. are not free normally. Its a bonus when buy a new computer.

If you buy a second hand or used computer then there's no reason for you to get the Apps for free. If you have already bought them, or have an Apple ID that got them from the purchase of a new computer then they remain available on the Apple ID that bought them. Otherwise there's no reason to expect the apps for free. You do have to buy them.

Only the first Apple ID that gets used on the new computer is entitled to the free Apps.

On used computers, the previous owner should have wiped it, so no Apps remain on it. If the previous owner did not wipe it completely, this does not mean you get Apps for free. The computer still should be wiped, so nothing remains on it that can be tied to the previous owners Apple ID.

BlackFire2802 wrote:

What do you mean over the years? I just bought the latest macbook pro model, days past...not years. And YES it asks me to confirm payment for the purchase of iMovie for example.....

What the.....

I thought you bought a 2015 model, which is not the current one.

Free apps come with new Macs only.

Csound1 wrote:

BlackFire2802 wrote:

What do you mean over the years? I just bought the latest macbook pro model, days past...not years. And YES it asks me to confirm payment for the purchase of iMovie for example.....

What the.....

I thought you bought a 2015 model, which is not the current one.

Free apps come with new Macs only.

Year old thread. Back in January of 2016 the 2015 model would have been the current one.

Have you logged into the App Store with your AppleID to download the apps you're missing from the Purchases tab?

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