Distribute Apple Creator Studio to Apple devices
Overview
Apple Creator Studio is a collection of Apple creativity apps for iPhone, iPad, and Mac devices.
The Apple Creator Studio versions of Final Cut Pro, Logic Pro, Pixelmator Pro, Motion, Compressor, and MainStage require a subscription to use. IT teams can assign the one-time purchase versions of these apps to Mac computers using device management.
Apple Creator Studio also includes Keynote, Pages, Numbers, and Freeform. Users who get these apps through Apple School Manager or Apple Business can continue to view, edit, create projects, and collaborate with others without a subscription. The subscription unlocks premium content and features. If you’re not planning to use the subscription features, you can suppress prompts to subscribe on behalf of your users.
Update to the Apple Creator Studio versions of Keynote, Pages, and Numbers
For iPhone and iPad: Update the apps as you normally would.
For Mac: You need to deploy the new universal version of each app (version 15.1 or later), which can coexist on the Mac with the 14.5 versions until you’re ready to upgrade everyone.
Collaboration requires the latest version of each app.
Important: If users have password-protected documents, before you remove the 14.5 versions of Keynote, Pages, and Numbers, notify users to follow the steps in the Apple Support article Install Keynote, Pages, and Numbers 15.1 or later for Mac.
Customize the Apple Creator Studio versions of Keynote, Pages, and Numbers
You can use any of the following to customize the app launch experience:
To suppress an app’s initial data and privacy information screen and accept an app’s privacy disclosure on behalf of your organization, use the
suppressAgreementskey.To suppress an app’s What’s New screen, use the
suppressWhatsNewkey.Note: In addition to listing new features, the What’s New screen informs users that they agree to the terms of the software license agreement for Keynote, Pages, or Numbers when they tap or click Continue. If you use the
suppressWhatsNewkey to suppress the What’s New screen, you also agree to the terms of the software license agreement for Keynote, Pages, or Numbers on behalf of your organization.To suppress all prompts to subscribe from displaying for users in your organization, use the
suppressPromptskey to suppress premium content, premium features, and prompts to subscribe to Apple Creator Studio.
The keys work with managed preferences in Keynote, Pages, and Numbers for Mac. The suppressPrompts key requires Keynote, Pages, and Numbers versions 15.1 or later; suppressAgreements requires versions 15.3 or later. The suppressWhatsNew key requires versions 15.4 or later.
<key>mcx_preference_settings</key><dict> <key>suppressAgreements</key> <true/> <key>suppressWhatsNew</key> <true/> <key>suppressPrompts</key> <true/></dict>The keys also work with a managed app configuration in Keynote, Pages, and Numbers for iPad, iPhone, and Mac. The suppressPrompts and suppressAgreements keys require versions 15.3 or later. The suppressWhatsNew key requires versions 15.4 or later.
<dict> <key>suppressAgreements</key> <true/> <key>suppressWhatsNew</key> <true/> <key>suppressPrompts</key> <true/></dict>Note: If users are signed in with a Managed Apple Account in the App Store or Media & Purchases, Keynote, Pages, and Numbers automatically suppress prompts to subscribe to Apple Creator Studio. The suppressPrompts key suppresses prompts for users signed in with an unmanaged (personal) Apple Account in the App Store or Media & Purchases and for users who aren’t signed in to an Apple Account.