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{{short description|DVD authoring application by Apple}}
{{Use mdy dates|date=October 2013}}
{{lowercase|title=iDVD}}
{{Infobox software
| name = iDVD
| logo = IDVD icon.png
| screenshot = IDVD7.png
| caption = Screenshot of iDVD '08
| developer = [[Apple Inc.]]
| released = {{Start date and age|2001|01|09}}
| latest_release_version = '11 (v7.1.2)
| discontinued = yes
| latest_release_date = {{Start date and age|2011|07|11}}
| operating_system = [[Mac OS 9]], [[Mac OS X]]
| genre = [[DVD authoring]]
| license = [[Proprietary software|Proprietary]]
| website = {{webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120118075244/http://www.apple.com/ilife/idvd/|date=January 18, 2012|title=Homepage}}
}}

'''iDVD''' is a discontinued [[Mac (computer)|Mac]] application made by [[Apple Inc.|Apple]], which can be used to [[DVD authoring|create DVDs]].

iDVD lets users design DVD menus (like a main menu and chapter selection menu) and burn movies, slideshows, and music onto a [[DVD]] that can be played on a commercial [[DVD player]]. It was created as part of Apple's "digital hub" strategy, as a companion tool to [[iMovie]]. Early versions were received positively, but later versions languished as [[internet video]] overtook DVDs, and iDVD was abandoned in 2011.

== Features ==
iDVD includes over 150 Apple-designed themes. Themes set the layout, background art, typography, and soundtrack for DVD menus and submenus, and each theme includes a main DVD menu, a chapter navigation menu, and an Extras screen. Users can customize the fonts, add freeform text boxes, and change the position and style of buttons.{{Sfn|Pogue|Miller|2011|pp=380-395}} (In iDVD, the term ''button'' refers to thumbnails like "Play" and "Scene Selection" in DVD menus, that can take viewers to different parts of the movie; these buttons can be selected with the TV remote when playing a burned disc.{{Sfn|Pogue|Miller|2011|pp=374-375}})

Most themes include "drop zones," decorative placeholders for movies, slideshows, or individual photos. On the burned disc, these "drop zone" movies and slideshows play on a loop while viewers are in a menu. Depending on the selected theme, each menu screen can have between 6 and 12 buttons. If users add more movies than can fit on one screen, iDVD adds submenus to fit those new movies. Users can also manually create submenus. Each menu can have its own theme.{{Sfn|Pogue|Miller|2011|pp=374-406}}

iDVD integrated tightly with the rest of the [[iLife]] suite. [[iMovie]] projects and [[iPhoto]] slideshows can be exported from those applications to iDVD.{{Sfn|Pogue|Miller|2011|p=259, 413}} In the case of iMovie projects, scene selection menus are automatically created in accordance with chapter markers that were set within iMovie.{{Sfn|Pogue|Miller|2011|p=379-380}} iDVD's Media panel can be used to import media from the user's [[iTunes]] library, [[iPhoto]] library, and Movies folder.{{Sfn|Pogue|Miller|2011|p=328, 410-418}} iDVD also has a Map view, which shows a flow chart of the project's menu hierarchy. The Map view includes an Autoplay tile, and any video dragged onto that tile will automatically play when the DVD is inserted into a player, before the menu appears; the DVD may consist of nothing but Autoplay material, and hence contain no menus.{{Sfn|Pogue|Miller|2011|p=408-412}} A menu bar button lets users enable gridlines showing the [[Safe area (television)|TV-safe area]] (as old televisions often cut off some of a video's outer areas).{{Sfn|Pogue|Miller|2011|p=428}} iDVD also incorporates a "OneStep DVD" function, which automatically rewinds the connected [[Camcorder#Analog and digital|miniDV-tape camcorder]], imports its footage, and directly burns it to a DVD.{{Sfn|Pogue|Miller|2011|p=398}}

== History ==

=== Background ===
iDVD was part of Apple's push into [[digital video]] in the late 1990s and early 2000s. Apple had already released iMovie, and [[Steve Jobs]] thought users would want to burn their iMovie projects onto a DVD to show their movies to friends and family. Apple executives decided to add DVD-R drives to Macintoshes and make a simple tool to burn these movies.<ref name=":6">{{Cite book |last=Isaacson |first=Walter |url= |title=Steve Jobs |title-link=Steve Jobs (book) |publisher=[[Simon & Schuster]] |year=2011 |isbn=978-1-4516-4853-9 |edition=1st |location=New York, NY |pages=381–382 |language=en |author-link=Walter Isaacson}}</ref> In April 2000, Apple bought Astarte's DVD department and used their software as the basis for [[DVD Studio Pro]], while also creating a simpler version for consumers, iDVD.<ref>{{Cite web |last=Ehrman |first=Stephen |date=October 18, 2005 |title=Apple hat neuen Deutschland-Chef |url=https://www.heise.de/news/Apple-hat-neuen-Deutschland-Chef-138598.html |access-date=2023-05-13 |website=heise online |language=de}}</ref><ref>{{Cite magazine |last=Dernbach |first=Christoph |date=2017-05-31 |title=Auf Schnäppchenjagd: Die Strategie hinter den Firmenübernahmen von Apple |url=https://www.heise.de/select/mac-and-i/2017/3/1497018795371870 |magazine=Mac & i |language=de |volume=2017 |issue=3 |pages=8 |issn=2193-8938 |access-date=2023-05-13 |archive-date=May 13, 2023 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230513201439/https://www.heise.de/select/mac-and-i/2017/3/1497018795371870 |url-status=live }}</ref><ref name=":8">{{Cite web |last=McLean |first=Prince |date=January 28, 2009 |title=iDVD hung out to dry as Apple pushes movies online |url=https://appleinsider.com/articles/09/01/28/idvd_hung_out_to_dry_as_apple_pushes_movies_online |access-date=2023-05-13 |website=AppleInsider |language=en |archive-date=May 13, 2023 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230513210802/https://appleinsider.com/articles/09/01/28/idvd_hung_out_to_dry_as_apple_pushes_movies_online |url-status=live }}</ref> One of the acquired Astarte employees was Mike Evangelist, responsible for iDVD's product marketing and design. Jobs rejected Evangelist's early design proposal in favor of a simpler single-window interface.<ref>{{Cite news |date=2008-01-10 |title=Reading the runes for Apple |language=en-GB |work=The Guardian |url=https://www.theguardian.com/technology/2008/jan/10/apple.steve.jobs |access-date=2023-05-13 |issn=0261-3077 |archive-date=May 13, 2023 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230513201439/https://www.theguardian.com/technology/2008/jan/10/apple.steve.jobs |url-status=live }}</ref><ref name=":6" />

=== Announcement ===
[[File:IDVD2.png|thumb|iDVD 2 had the same minimalistic brushed metal interface as iDVD 1.]]
Steve Jobs introduced iDVD at Macworld Expo SF in January 2001, as a companion tool to [[iMovie]]. The intended [[workflow]] was for users to be able to record footage with a [[digital camcorder]], import it and edit it in iMovie, and then use iDVD to add DVD menus and burn their movie to a writable DVD.<ref name=":1" /> iDVD was bundled with [[Power Mac G4]] models with a [[SuperDrive]], and Apple also began selling writable DVDs for $10 each. Simultaneously with iDVD, Apple announced DVD Studio Pro, a DVD authoring tool for professional users sold separately from [[Final Cut Pro]].<ref name=":0" />

iDVD 1 had a brushed-metal, single-window interface, and includes pre-made themes, as well as the ability to create custom themes. It encoded movies to the [[MPEG2]] format required by DVD players, using the [[PowerPC G4]]'s AltiVec SIMD execution unit (called the "Velocity Engine" by Apple). According to Apple, encoding an hour-long DVD with the Velocity Engine would take 2 hours, as opposed to 25 hours with software encoders. During the keynote where he introduced iDVD, Jobs criticized competitors' predictions that the [[personal computer]] was "yesterday's platform" and would be supplanted by internet-connected mobile devices. Instead, Jobs said the PC would become the "digital hub" linking these peripherals, including camcorders and DVD players.<ref name=":1">{{Cite web |last=Siracusa |first=John |date=January 2001 |title=MacWorld Expo San Francisco 2001 |url=http://arstechnica.com/reviews/01q1/macwldsf/mwsf-8.html |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20010124094200/http://arstechnica.com/reviews/01q1/macwldsf/mwsf-8.html |archive-date=January 24, 2001 |access-date=May 13, 2023 |website=Ars Technica}}</ref><ref name=":0">{{Cite magazine |last=Snell |first=Jason |date=March 2001 |title=Apple's iDVD: Disc Warrior, Come Out to Play |magazine=[[Macworld]] |page=38}}</ref> iDVD 1 could not burn movies longer than an hour.<ref name=":0" />

=== Updates ===
iDVD 2 increased the maximum movie length to 90 minutes.<ref>{{Cite web |date= |title=OS X Utilities Updates: iDVD 2; Perfboard; more |url=https://www.cnet.com/tech/computing/os-x-utilities-updates-idvd-2-perfboard-more/ |access-date=2023-05-13 |website=CNET |language=en}}</ref> iDVD 3 gained support for movie chapters, and "drop zones" where users can replace a theme's default photos and video clips by dragging and dropping their own.<ref name=":7" /> iDVD 4 extended the maximum movie length from 90 minutes to 2 hours, by adopting the same MPEG encoding techniques as Apple's DVD Studio Pro and Final Cut Pro. It also added the Autoplay tile and the Map view showing a hierarchy of all menus.<ref>{{Cite web |last=Carlson |first=Jeff |date=March 30, 2004 |title=iDVD 4 |url=https://www.macworld.com/article/170259/idvd4.html |access-date=2023-05-13 |website=Macworld |language=en |archive-date=May 15, 2023 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230515024924/https://www.macworld.com/article/170259/idvd4.html |url-status=live }}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |last=Kashiwabara |first=Jessica |title=Test Apple iLife '04 : notre avis |url=https://www.cnetfrance.fr/produits/apple-ilife-04-39146004.htm |access-date=2023-05-13 |website=CNET France |language=fr |archive-date=May 13, 2023 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230513185508/https://www.cnetfrance.fr/produits/apple-ilife-04-39146004.htm |url-status=live }}</ref> iDVD 5 added support for [[DVD±RW]], and gained the "OneStep DVD" feature, which could automatically rewind the tape of a connected camcorder, import its footage, and burn it to a DVD.<ref name="Carlson5.0">{{Cite web |last=Carlson |first=Jeff |date=February 17, 2005 |title=iDVD 5 |url=https://www.macworld.com/article/174512/idvd5review.html |access-date=2023-05-13 |website=Macworld |language=en |archive-date=May 13, 2023 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230513185511/https://www.macworld.com/article/174512/idvd5review.html |url-status=live }}</ref><ref name="iDVD5BurningSecret">{{Cite web |date=January 31, 2005 |title=iDVD 5's Burning Secret |url=https://www.macworld.com/article/174266/idvd5burning.html |access-date=2023-05-13 |website=Macworld |language=en |archive-date=May 13, 2023 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230513185507/https://www.macworld.com/article/174266/idvd5burning.html |url-status=live }}</ref> iDVD 5.0.1 added support for burning double-layer ([[DVD+R DL]]) discs with compatible SuperDrives; French Mac news site ''MacBidouille'' found a way to enable double-layer mode with third-party drives, and described the restriction as arbitrary.<ref>{{Cite web |last=Duncan |first=Laurie A. |date=May 27, 2005 |title=Burn dual-layer with iDVD using your unsupported DVD burner |url=https://finance.yahoo.com/news/2005-05-27-burn-dual-layer-with-idvd-using-your-unsupported-dvd-burner.html |access-date=2023-05-13 |website=Engadget |language=en-US |via=Yahoo Finance}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |date=2005-05-23 |title=Oops, Apple did it again! |url=http://www.hardmac.com/niouzcontenu.php?date=2005-05-17 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20050523013925/http://www.hardmac.com/niouzcontenu.php?date=2005-05-17 |archive-date=May 23, 2005 |access-date=2023-05-13 |website=HardMac}}</ref> iDVD 6 added widescreen support, and a "Magic iDVD" feature that automatically chose a theme and arranged clips and photos.<ref>{{Cite web |last=Turner |first=Daniel Drew |title=iLife '06 review: iLife '06 |url=https://www.cnet.com/reviews/ilife-06-review/ |access-date=2023-05-13 |website=CNET |language=en |archive-date=May 15, 2023 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230515024922/https://www.cnet.com/reviews/ilife-06-review/ |url-status=live }}</ref><ref name=":3">{{Cite web |last=Carlson |first=Jeff |date=January 31, 2006 |title=iDVD 6 |url=https://www.macworld.com/article/178671/idvd6.html |access-date=2023-05-13 |website=Macworld |language=en |archive-date=May 15, 2023 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230515024926/https://www.macworld.com/article/178671/idvd6.html |url-status=live }}</ref><ref>{{Cite news |last=Pegoraro |first=Rob |date=February 12, 2006 |title=Apple's Upgraded iLife Has Benefits, but It's No Bargain |newspaper=[[The Washington Post]] |url=https://www.washingtonpost.com/archive/business/2006/02/12/apples-upgraded-ilife-has-benefits-but-its-no-bargain/19232598-b202-4dee-810a-9d2ac2dbb249/ |access-date=May 13, 2023 |archive-date=August 27, 2017 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170827203716/https://www.washingtonpost.com/archive/business/2006/02/12/apples-upgraded-ilife-has-benefits-but-its-no-bargain/19232598-b202-4dee-810a-9d2ac2dbb249/ |url-status=live }}</ref> iDVD '08 gained new themes and a "Professional Quality" setting,<ref>{{Cite magazine |last=Carlson |first=Jeff |date=November 2007 |title=iDVD '08 |url= https://search.ebscohost.com/login.aspx?direct=true&db=bth&AN=27530368&lang=en-gb&site=eds-live&scope=site |magazine=Macworld |volume=24 |issue=11 |pages=69}}</ref> which does a 2-pass [[variable bitrate]] encoding. The Professional Quality setting improves colors and sharpness, and can fit a two-hour long movie onto a single-layer DVD.{{Sfn|Pogue|Miller|2011|p=395}}

iDVD received no new features or themes after version '08.{{Sfn|Pogue|Miller|2011|p=374}}<ref>{{Cite web |last=Foresman |first=Chris |date=2009-03-02 |title=Ars Reviews iLife '09: making the cut with iMovie and iPhoto |url=https://arstechnica.com/gadgets/2009/03/ilife-09-review-imovie-iphoto/ |access-date=2023-05-13 |website=Ars Technica |language=en-us |archive-date=May 13, 2023 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230513132028/https://arstechnica.com/gadgets/2009/03/ilife-09-review-imovie-iphoto/ |url-status=live }}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |last=Lowensohn |first=Josh |title=Apple iLife '11 full review is in |url=https://www.cnet.com/culture/apple-ilife-11-full-review-is-in/ |access-date=2023-05-13 |website=CNET |language=en |archive-date=May 15, 2023 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230515024921/https://www.cnet.com/culture/apple-ilife-11-full-review-is-in/ |url-status=live }}</ref>

== Reception ==
After the announcement, Andrew Gore described iDVD as "the most easily misunderstood new product" Apple announced in January but predicted that iDVD "will be to DVD-R what iTunes is to CD-RW".<ref>{{Cite magazine |last=Gore |first=Andrew |date=March 2001 |title=Apple Goes Platinum |magazine=[[Macworld]] |pages=9–10}}</ref> In the following years, several news outlets described the reaction to iDVD as positive.<ref name=":2">{{Cite web |last=McCullagh |first=Declan |date=2002-10-14 |title=Apple: Burn DVDs--and we'll burn you |url=http://news.com.com/2100-1023-955805.html |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20021014112749/http://news.com.com/2100-1023-955805.html |archive-date=October 14, 2002 |access-date=2023-05-13 |website=[[CNET]]}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |last=Fisher |first=Ken |date=2002-08-29 |title=Apple stymies some potential iDVD users |url=https://arstechnica.com/uncategorized/2002/08/1580-2/ |access-date=2023-05-13 |website=Ars Technica |language=en-us |archive-date=May 13, 2023 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230513140359/https://arstechnica.com/uncategorized/2002/08/1580-2/ |url-status=live }}</ref> ''Macworld'' and ''EMedia'' magazine said that iDVD would help popularize DVD authoring among the masses.<ref>{{Cite journal |last=Sauer |first=Jeff |date=July 2001 |title=Apples's new DVD Authoring offspring |url=https://search.ebscohost.com/login.aspx?direct=true&db=bth&AN=4793904&lang=en-gb&site=eds-live&scope=site |journal=EMedia Magazine |volume=14 |issue=7 |pages=32}}</ref><ref>{{Cite journal |last=Capps |first=Robert |date=2003-04-02 |title=DVDs for the Making |url=https://eds.s.ebscohost.com/eds/detail/detail?vid=0&sid=09dd87e1-1873-46e8-915d-f54584ce2b46@redis&bdata=Jmxhbmc9ZW4tZ2Imc2l0ZT1lZHMtbGl2ZSZzY29wZT1zaXRl#AN=9604833&db=bth |journal=Macworld |volume=20 |pages=40}}</ref>

In a three-part review of the first version, Jason Snell said it was easy to use but buggy.<ref>{{Cite web |last=Snell |first=Jason |date=March 31, 2001 |title=iDVD Diary, Part 3: Preview, Burn, and Play |url=https://www.macworld.com/article/151512/25idvddiary3.html |access-date=2023-05-14 |website=Macworld |language=en |archive-date=September 30, 2022 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220930222227/https://www.macworld.com/article/151512/25idvddiary3.html |url-status=live }}</ref> CNET rated iDVD 2 a 7/10, criticizing the need to switch to iMovie to edit footage and the inability to burn DVDs with third-party DVD drives.<ref name=":9">{{Cite web |last=Dreier |first=Troy |title=iDVD 2.0 review: iDVD 2.0 |url=https://www.cnet.com/reviews/idvd-2-0-review/ |access-date=2023-05-13 |website=CNET |language=en |archive-date=September 28, 2022 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220928234550/https://www.cnet.com/reviews/idvd-2-0-review/ |url-status=live }}</ref> CNET reported several bugs with iDVD 4,<ref>{{Cite web |title=iDVD 4.x: Possible solution for burning/multiplexing issues |url=https://www.cnet.com/tech/computing/idvd-4-x-possible-solution-for-burningmultiplexing-issues/ |access-date=2023-05-13 |website=CNET |language=en |archive-date=May 13, 2023 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230513185514/https://www.cnet.com/tech/computing/idvd-4-x-possible-solution-for-burningmultiplexing-issues/ |url-status=live }}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |title=iDVD 4.x: More suggestions for successful burns |url=https://www.cnet.com/tech/computing/idvd-4-x-more-suggestions-for-successful-burns/ |access-date=2023-05-13 |website=CNET |language=en |archive-date=May 13, 2023 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230513185513/https://www.cnet.com/tech/computing/idvd-4-x-more-suggestions-for-successful-burns/ |url-status=live }}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |title=iDVD 4 crashing when attempting to burn DVDs |url=https://www.cnet.com/tech/computing/idvd-4-crashing-when-attempting-to-burn-dvds/ |access-date=2023-05-13 |website=CNET |language=en |archive-date=May 13, 2023 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230513185511/https://www.cnet.com/tech/computing/idvd-4-crashing-when-attempting-to-burn-dvds/ |url-status=live }}</ref> and iDVD 5.<ref>{{Cite web |title=iDVD 5 (#4): Burning disc doubles drive space requirement; disc image naming |url=https://www.cnet.com/tech/computing/idvd-5-4-burning-disc-doubles-drive-space-requirement-disc-image-naming/ |access-date=2023-05-13 |website=CNET |language=en |archive-date=May 13, 2023 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230513185508/https://www.cnet.com/tech/computing/idvd-5-4-burning-disc-doubles-drive-space-requirement-disc-image-naming/ |url-status=live }}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |title=iDVD 5.0.x: Problems burning/saving iMovie HD 5.0.x projects |url=https://www.cnet.com/tech/computing/idvd-5-0-x-problems-burningsaving-imovie-hd-5-0-x-projects/ |access-date=2023-05-13 |website=CNET |language=en |archive-date=May 15, 2023 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230515030426/https://www.cnet.com/tech/computing/idvd-5-0-x-problems-burningsaving-imovie-hd-5-0-x-projects/ |url-status=live }}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |title=iDVD 5.0.x (#3): More Problems burning/saving iMovie HD, iPhoto 5.0.x projects; Error -1 |url=https://www.cnet.com/tech/computing/idvd-5-0-x-3-more-problems-burningsaving-imovie-hd-iphoto-5-0-x-projects-error-1/ |access-date=2023-05-13 |website=CNET |language=en |archive-date=May 13, 2023 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230513185506/https://www.cnet.com/tech/computing/idvd-5-0-x-3-more-problems-burningsaving-imovie-hd-iphoto-5-0-x-projects-error-1/ |url-status=live }}</ref> Reviewing iDVD 5, [[PCMag]] gave it 4.5 stars, and said its burning speed was superior to most competing apps.<ref>{{Cite web |last=Ozer |first=Jan |date=2005-01-27 |title=Apple iDVD 5 |url=https://uk.pcmag.com/apple-idvd-5/27049/apple-idvd-5 |access-date=2023-05-13 |website=PCMag UK |language=en-gb |archive-date=May 15, 2023 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230515024921/https://uk.pcmag.com/apple-idvd-5/27049/apple-idvd-5 |url-status=live }}</ref> In a 2006 review of iDVD 6, reporter Jeff Carlson described iDVD's preview as choppy, even on a fast Mac, but said that this didn't affect playback of the burned disc on a DVD player.<ref name=":3" /> ''Ars Technica'' criticized iDVD 6's<!-- article is about iDVD '08, which just came out and which they hadn't yet reviewed; they're criticizing the previous version --> performance and menu customization features.<ref>{{Cite web |last=Jade |first=Charles |date=2007-08-07 |title=iLife '08 makes its debut |url=https://arstechnica.com/gadgets/2007/08/ilife-08-makes-its-debut/ |access-date=2023-05-13 |website=Ars Technica |language=en-us |archive-date=May 13, 2023 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230513191203/https://arstechnica.com/gadgets/2007/08/ilife-08-makes-its-debut/ |url-status=live }}</ref>

In 2007, ''Macworld''{{'s}} Jeff Carlson called iDVD an "afterthought" and framed its future as an open question, after Steve Jobs unenthusiastically referred to "people who still want to make DVDs" in a media event.<ref name=":4" /> Apple executives and [[Gartner]] researcher Mike McGuire said that the neglect of iDVD and DVD Studio Pro was caused by reduced customer interest following the rise of [[internet video]].<ref>{{Cite web |last=Dalrymple |first=Jim |date=August 27, 2007 |title=Analysis: Apple rethinks its DVD stance |url=https://www.macworld.com/article/187091/dvd-23.html |access-date=2023-05-14 |website=Macworld |language=en |archive-date=May 14, 2023 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230514100501/https://www.macworld.com/article/187091/dvd-23.html |url-status=live }}</ref> In 2009, ''[[Ars Technica]]'' described iDVD as a "quaint anachronism as more and more video is shared and streamed online".<ref>{{Cite web |last=Foresman |first=Chris |date=2009-03-02 |title=Ars Reviews iLife '09: making the cut with iMovie and iPhoto |url=https://arstechnica.com/gadgets/2009/03/ilife-09-review-imovie-iphoto/ |access-date=2023-05-13 |website=Ars Technica |language=en-us |archive-date=May 13, 2023 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230513132028/https://arstechnica.com/gadgets/2009/03/ilife-09-review-imovie-iphoto/ |url-status=live }}</ref> Several outlets noted that iDVD was not mentioned during the iLife '09 keynote presentation, and was not mentioned on the iLife '09 retail box despite being included in the bundle.<ref>{{Cite web |last=Absous |first=Vincent |date=January 29, 2009 |title=iDVD se fait très discret dans iLife '09 |url=https://www.macg.co/news/voir/133567/idvd-se-fait-tres-discret-dans-ilife-09 |access-date=2023-05-13 |website=MacGeneration |language=fr |archive-date=May 13, 2023 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230513210802/https://www.macg.co/news/voir/133567/idvd-se-fait-tres-discret-dans-ilife-09 |url-status=live }}</ref><ref name=":8" />

== Limitations ==
Until version 3.0.1, iDVD could only run on [[Macintosh|Macs]] with a built-in SuperDrive. In July 2002, Apple-certified vendor [[Other World Computing]], which sold third-party external DVD drives, released a "DVD Enabler" patch that allowed iDVD to work with their Mercury Pro drive and presented iDVD compatibility as a selling point. In response, Apple threatened a [[Digital Millennium Copyright Act|DMCA]] lawsuit, and OWC backed down, withdrawing DVD Enabler. Journalists criticized the SuperDrive restriction, with ''Ars Technica''{{'s}} editor-in-chief calling it a "scheme to promote hardware sales".<ref name=":2" /><ref>{{Cite web |last=Fisher |first=Ken |date=2002-08-29 |title=Apple stymies some potential iDVD users |url=https://arstechnica.com/uncategorized/2002/08/1580-2/ |access-date=2023-05-13 |website=Ars Technica |language=en-us |archive-date=May 13, 2023 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230513140359/https://arstechnica.com/uncategorized/2002/08/1580-2/ |url-status=live }}</ref>

iDVD 3.0.1 gained the ability to run on Macs without a SuperDrive, though on these machines, it could only create and save projects, not burn them to a disc.<ref>{{cite web |last1=Carlson |first1=Jeff |title=Using iDVD 3.0.1 on Non-SuperDrive Macs |url=https://tidbits.com/2003/07/28/using-idvd-3-0-1-on-non-superdrive-macs/ |website=TidBITS |access-date=17 May 2023 |language=en |date=28 July 2003}}</ref> iDVD 5 remained unable to burn DVDs with third-party drives, though it gained the ability to save finished projects as a [[disk image]], which could be burned with third-party drives using other applications like [[Roxio Toast]].<ref name="Carlson5.0"/><ref name="iDVD5BurningSecret"/> iDVD 6 added the ability to burn DVDs with third-party drives.<ref name=":3" />

== Availability ==
iDVD 1 only worked on [[Mac OS 9]], while later versions only ran on [[Mac OS X]].<ref name=":9" />

Until 2011,<ref name=":5">{{Cite book |last=Pogue |first=David |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=VeWU70M9YMMC |title=Mac OS X Lion: The Missing Manual |date=2011-10-20 |publisher=O'Reilly Media |isbn=978-1-4493-9749-4 |pages=396 |language=en |author-link=David Pogue}}</ref> iDVD was bundled with all new Macs that had a SuperDrive.<ref>{{Cite web |last=Fisher |first=Ken |date=2002-08-29 |title=Apple stymies some potential iDVD users |url=https://arstechnica.com/uncategorized/2002/08/1580-2/ |access-date=2023-05-13 |website=Ars Technica |language=en-us |archive-date=May 13, 2023 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230513140359/https://arstechnica.com/uncategorized/2002/08/1580-2/ |url-status=live }}</ref> iDVD was no longer preinstalled on Macs shipping with [[Mac OS X 10.7|OS X 10.7 Lion]],<ref name=":5" /><ref>{{Cite web |last=Frakes |first=Dan |date=July 28, 2011 |title=Buy a new Mac, get iLife for all your Macs |url=https://www.macworld.com/article/213567/new_mac_lion_ilife.html |access-date=2023-05-13 |website=Macworld |language=en |archive-date=May 13, 2023 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230513201442/https://www.macworld.com/article/213567/new_mac_lion_ilife.html |url-status=live }}</ref> and was not available on the Mac App Store unlike other iLife apps. It was, however, still available in the boxed copy of iLife '11.<ref>{{Cite web |last=Carlson |first=Jeff |date=2011-01-06 |title=iLife '11 on the New Mac App Store |url=https://jeffcarlson.com/2011/01/06/ilife-11-on-the-new-mac-app-store/ |access-date=2023-05-13 |website=Jeff Carlson |language=en |archive-date=May 13, 2023 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230513201449/https://jeffcarlson.com/2011/01/06/ilife-11-on-the-new-mac-app-store/ |url-status=live }}</ref> Since iDVD is a 32-bit application,<ref>{{Cite web |last=Bazoge |first=Mickaël |date=April 12, 2018 |title=Sous macOS, les logiciels 32 bits sentent de plus en plus fort le sapin |url=https://www.macg.co/os-x/2018/04/sous-macos-les-logiciels-32-bits-sentent-de-plus-en-plus-fort-le-sapin-101985 |access-date=2023-05-13 |website=MacGeneration |language=fr |archive-date=May 13, 2023 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230513201459/https://www.macg.co/os-x/2018/04/sous-macos-les-logiciels-32-bits-sentent-de-plus-en-plus-fort-le-sapin-101985 |url-status=live }}</ref> it is not compatible with [[macOS 10.15 Catalina]].<ref>{{Cite web |last=Cunningham |first=Andrew |date=2019-10-07 |title=macOS 10.15 Catalina: The Ars Technica review |url=https://arstechnica.com/gadgets/2019/10/macos-10-15-catalina-the-ars-technica-review/ |access-date=2023-05-13 |website=Ars Technica |language=en-us |archive-date=April 15, 2021 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210415133817/https://arstechnica.com/gadgets/2019/10/macos-10-15-catalina-the-ars-technica-review/ |url-status=live }}</ref> Alternatives include Toast Titanium, and a free and open-source application called Burn.<ref>{{cite web |last1=Breen |first1=Christopher |title=How to burn movies to disc in an iDVD-less world |url=https://www.macworld.com/article/223873/how-to-burn-movies-to-disc-in-an-idvd-less-world.html |website=Macworld |access-date=17 May 2023 |language=en}}</ref>

== Version history ==
{| class="wikitable"
|-
! '''Version'''
! '''iLife'''
! '''Release date'''
!{{Tooltip|Ref|References}}
|-
| 1
| {{n/a}}
| January 9, 2001
|<ref name=":1" />
|-
| 2
| {{n/a}}
| October 31, 2001
|<ref>{{Cite web |date=2001-10-31 |title=Apple Releases iDVD 2 |url=https://tidbits.com/2001/10/31/apple-releases-idvd-2/ |access-date=2023-05-13 |website=TidBITS |language=en |archive-date=February 1, 2023 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230201133853/https://tidbits.com/2001/10/31/apple-releases-idvd-2/ |url-status=live }}</ref>
|-
| 3
| iLife
| January 31, 2003
|<ref name=":7">{{cite magazine |last=Snell |first=Jason |date=March 2003 |title=iPhoto, iMovie, iDVD, iTunes evolve into iLife |magazine=[[Macworld]] |location= |issue= |page=18 |issn= |quote=}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |date=January 23, 2003 |title=Apple delays iLife launch |url=https://www.cnet.com/culture/apple-delays-ilife-launch/ |access-date=2023-05-13 |website=CNET |language=en |archive-date=May 13, 2023 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230513173201/https://www.cnet.com/culture/apple-delays-ilife-launch/ |url-status=live }}</ref>
|-
| 4
| iLife '04
| January 16, 2004
|<ref>{{Cite web |last=Cook |first=Brad |date=January 5, 2004 |title=Macworld: Apple intros iLife '04, adds GarageBand |url=https://www.macworld.com/article/169346/ilife-7.html |access-date=2023-05-13 |website=Macworld |language=en |archive-date=May 13, 2023 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230513201449/https://www.macworld.com/article/169346/ilife-7.html |url-status=live }}</ref>
|-
| 5
| iLife '05
| January 22, 2005
|<ref>{{Cite web |last=Cook |first=Brad |date=January 10, 2005 |title=MWSF: Apple brings out iLife '05 |url=https://www.macworld.com/article/173982/ilife05.html |access-date=2023-05-13 |website=Macworld |language=en |archive-date=May 13, 2023 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230513201449/https://www.macworld.com/article/173982/ilife05.html |url-status=live }}</ref>
|-
| 6
| iLife '06
| January 10, 2006
|<ref>{{Cite magazine |last=Blogs |first=Wired |title=iLife '06 Updates |language=en-US |magazine=Wired |url=https://www.wired.com/2006/01/ilife-06-update/ |access-date=2023-05-13 |issn=1059-1028 |archive-date=May 13, 2023 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230513201439/https://www.wired.com/2006/01/ilife-06-update/ |url-status=live }}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |title=Apple Announces iLife '06 |url=https://www.apple.com/uk/newsroom/2006/01/10Apple-Announces-iLife-06/ |access-date=2023-05-13 |website=Apple Newsroom (United Kingdom) |language=en-GB |archive-date=May 13, 2023 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230513201442/https://www.apple.com/uk/newsroom/2006/01/10Apple-Announces-iLife-06/ |url-status=live }}</ref>
|-
| '08 (v7)
| iLife '08
| August 7, 2007
|<ref name=":4">{{Cite web |last=Carlson |first=Jeff |date=August 21, 2007 |title=Review: iDVD '08 |url=https://www.macworld.com/article/187010/idvd08.html |access-date=2023-05-13 |website=Macworld |language=en |archive-date=October 6, 2022 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20221006204648/https://www.macworld.com/article/187010/idvd08.html |url-status=live }}</ref>
|-
| '09 (v7.0.3)
| iLife '09
| January 27, 2009
|<ref>{{Cite web |last=Foresman |first=Chris |date=2009-03-02 |title=Ars Reviews iLife '09: making the cut with iMovie and iPhoto |url=https://arstechnica.com/gadgets/2009/03/ilife-09-review-imovie-iphoto/ |access-date=2023-05-13 |website=Ars Technica |language=en-us |archive-date=May 13, 2023 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230513132028/https://arstechnica.com/gadgets/2009/03/ilife-09-review-imovie-iphoto/ |url-status=live }}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |last=Dalrymple |first=Jim |date=January 25, 2009 |title=Apple to release iLife '09 on January 27 |url=https://www.macworld.com/article/194670/ilife-17.html |access-date=2023-05-13 |website=Macworld |language=en |archive-date=May 13, 2023 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230513132027/https://www.macworld.com/article/194670/ilife-17.html |url-status=live }}</ref>
|-
| '11 (v7.1)
| iLife '11
| October 20, 2010
|<ref>{{Cite web |last=Caldwell |first=Serenity |date=October 20, 2010 |title=Apple releases iLife '11 |url=https://www.macworld.com/article/208478/ilife_11.html |access-date=2023-05-13 |website=Macworld |language=en |archive-date=May 13, 2023 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230513201439/https://www.macworld.com/article/208478/ilife_11.html |url-status=live }}</ref>
|}

== See also ==

* [[List of DVD authoring applications]]

==References==
{{Reflist}}

=== Bibliography ===

* {{Cite book |last1=Pogue |first1=David |title=iMovie '11 & iDVD: The Missing Manual |last2=Miller |first2=Aaron |date=March 16, 2011 |publisher=[[O'Reilly Media]] |isbn=978-1-4493-0651-9 |language=en |author-link=David Pogue}}
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