iLife '11 Updated: iMovie and GarageBand Receive Minor Updates

Yesterday, Apple issued a series of minor updates for the current versions of iMovie and GarageBand. These applications along with iPhoto, iWeb, and iDVD comprise the iLife ’11 software suite. Solely focused on bug fixes, the updates serve to improve the performance of each respective application. According the the support document released alongside the updates, the changes are as follows:

GarageBand 6.0.1

This update improves overall stability, and addresses compatibility and a number of other minor issues.

• Fixes an issue related to undoing Flex Time edits.
• Removes occasional latency that can occur on guitar tracks.
• Restores ability to use the Quantize Note Timing menu for tracks with Groove Matching.

This update is recommended for all GarageBand ’11 users.

iMovie 9.0.1

This update improves stability and fixes other minor issues, including:

• Fixes an issue where stabilization would not be applied correctly to some video clips from iPhone and iPod touch.
• Fixes an issue that prevented use of some valid Facebook passwords that contained non-alphanumeric characters.
• Improves compatibility with some cameras that create content in multiple formats.
• Improves performance when scrolling the Project Library.

This update is recommended for all users of iMovie 9.0.

Both updates, combined, weigh in at less than 100MB, and can be installed via Software Update or obtained directly from Apple’s download page here.