The folks over at
AppleBitch have
astutely pointed out that a new version of iWork should be on the
horizon quite soon, due to some much-needed updates that have yet to
arrive. With the
shutdown of iWork.com,
and the migration of all its cloud document storage functionality to
iCloud, some updates to the iWork software will no doubt be required.
All the iWork software allows you to hit a Share button to host
documents online, but these buttons currently point you to the iWork.com
interface, which is now defunct. Presumably Apple will want to have
iWork software integrate with
iCloud
instead. They will also likely want to integrate the iCloud file
syncing capabilities that iOS apps have right now into iWork for Mac.
With the current version of iWork, the only way to get your files
from iCloud into your Mac software is to manually download them from the
iCloud web interface. Surely this is something that warrants further
integration, now that iCloud is Apple’s primary document sharing
service.
It’s been over three years since the last major update to
iWork,
and there’s now a pretty big incentive for Apple to release a new
version. Once Mountain Lion is released to the masses, a new iWork suite
might be quick on its heels.
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