It would not be possible to do a full review of iLife '09 after having had it for as short a period of time as I have, but I still wanted to give you the skinny on what I've noticed. As you all know, I was very excited to see a new version of iLife at MacWorld, and I think that Apple has done nothing to shake my confidence in iLife in general. It's still a solid package, a great value, and a must-own for any Mac user.

iPhoto

Let's be honest; there really isn't a whole ton of new stuff available in iPhoto '09, but the three biggest features are, indeed, great. So far the facial tagging is awesome, and the more I tag, the more accurate it becomes. I have thousands of photos to go through to tag everyone, but it's pretty amazing how accurate it is. Some things seem to confuse it, and it does make the same mistake frequently (substituting one friend for another) but overall iPhoto is learning.

Geotagging is also pretty cool, but the UI for it feels unncessarily clunky. I guess I just need to get used to it, but it isn't as slick as what's built into Flickr.

The built in export to Flickr and Facebook are awesome, and it's nice to not have to rely on third parties for this functionality anymore. I particularly like the Facebook uploader because it'll tag your photos with the names of relevant contacts (something I realized a bit too late; gotta rename my tags now), but be aware, they aren't actual Facebook tags (meaning the tag isn't associated with the contact you tagged, it's just a generic name tag). Overall, nothing revolutionary there, but it's nice to have those features integrated instead of added on.