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> Anybody have any thoughts on what Logic does for Apple that Aperture didn't? I'm not familiar with Aperture. According to Wikipedia it and iPhotos were aband

> Anybody have any thoughts on what Logic does for Apple that Aperture didn't? I'm not familiar with Aperture. According to Wikipedia it and iPhotos were abandoned to the benefit of Photos. Not knowing why Apple made this choice, I don't know if doing something equivalent with Logic would make sense. I do know Logic. It's a well respected DAW and some musicians do buy a Mac just to be able to use Logic. Also, DAWs take a long time term to learn well, so when the time comes for a Logic user to upgrade or replace an old machine, they'll probably buy a new Mac. (More convenient, less hassle.) All this of course helps Mac sales. And while Mac sales might not be much these days compared to iPhone and iPad sales, the margins on Macs are still high, so why shouldn't Apple continue to sell Macs?

mortenjorck 6y ago
> I do know Logic. It's a well respected DAW and some musicians do buy a Mac just to be able to use Logic. I think you just hit on the test Apple has historically used to decide which pro software to continue developing and which to discontinue. Logic and Final Cut are both decades-old industry standards that demonstrably sell Mac hardware. Aperture, though? It was too new to have the installed base of either. It debuted around the same time as Lightroom, and as competitive as it may have been, I have a hard time imagining a Windows user in the 2000s specifically eyeing it as a reason to switch to Mac.