Blast from the past! iWeb and Aperture live (for now) on Apple.com

You know, there is a saying: “Once you publish it on the Internet, it lives forever.” » Usually, this refers to that cringe-worthy social media post you made after hitting multiple White Claw six-packs with your friends. But it also refers to discontinued Apple products that are mostly forgotten.

Maxim Leyzerovich at The link is legit: Apple still hosts this old product page on a server somewhere, but you can’t really do much on the page. The Click to Play button opens a window for QuickTime, which has a button that takes you to a QuickTime for Windows download page. The Video Tutorials link takes you to Apple’s Mac products site, and the How to Help link takes you to the Apple Store location locator.

But wait, there’s more! Kaylemate posted on

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iWeb, iLife, and Aperture were discontinued a long time ago, but they were never really forgotten by long-time Mac users – and by Apple too, it seems. But you can count on these websites being shut down sooner rather than later, especially now that we’re drawing attention to them. Apple doesn’t like to dwell on the past.

If you’re wondering how a gigantic corporation could let something like this happen, don’t be too surprised. As anyone who has tried to build a website (personal or business) will tell you, it’s easy to overlook a few files on your web host. Maybe a backup restore was involved, and these old files were part of it. Anyway, it happened. Enjoy the nostalgia while it lasts.