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Follow this procedure to get the highest version of iMovie that your operating system will run. This assumes that at one point in time you had an earlier version of iMovie on your computer, though you might have deleted it:


To update/redownload iMovie 10, drag your iMovie 10 app from the Applications folder into the trash, but do not empty the

trash. (You can skip that step if you had iMovie 10 on your computer before, but deleted it.) Sign in to the app store and open your purchases folder by clicking on your name at the bottom of the app store side bar. You will see your purchases displayed, including iMovie 10. Redownload/update iMovie from there. If not successful, drag your present iMovie app out of the trash (if you moved it there) and return it to the Applications folder.


-- Rich


Jun 24, 2020 7:54 AM

This is really obscure, but really easy.

It turns out that the full iMovie 9 app is included with the freely available iMovie 9.0.9 'update'...it just takes a little know-how and elbow grease to liberate it.

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Here's what you do:

  1. Download iMovie 9.0.9 Update
  2. Double click iMovie9.0.9Update.dmg to mount it
    • open ~/Downloads/iMovie9.0.9Update.dmg
  3. Use Terminal.app to expand (not execute) the pkg archive
    • pkgutil --expand /Volumes/iMovie 9.0.9/iMovie9.0.9Update.pkg ~/Downloads/iMovie/
  4. Rename Payload to Payload.zip
    • mv ~/Downloads/iMovie/iMovie9.0.9Update.pkg/Payload ~/Downloads/iMovie/iMovie9.0.9Update.pkg/Payload.zip
  5. Unpack Payload.zip (to Payload 2)
    • open ~/Downloads/iMovie/iMovie9.0.9Update.pkg/Payload.zip
  6. Move iMovie to the Applications folder
    • mv ~/Downloads/iMovie/iMovie9.0.9Update.pkg/Payload 2/Applications/iMovie.app /Applications/iMovie 9.0.9.app

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Tada!

Enjoy!

You have to do some of these steps from the command line, so you might as well do all of them from the command line to make it faster and less error prone:

Download imovie for mac mojave os

Make sure you unplug any cameras or phones from your computer before opening iMovie for the first time,otherwise it'll take a while to catalog everything before you can begin to use it.

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This should work, in 2020, on all of the MacOS releases:

  • 10.12 Sierra
  • 10.13 High Sierra
  • 10.14 Mojave
  • 10.15 Catalina

If you have an older version of OS X, you may just need to download an older version of iMovie 9:

As long as the file size is about 1 GB, it probably contains the full version,meaning that a slight modification of the process outlined above will likely work.

Mojave

If you try to get iMovie 10 from the App Store and you don't have the absolute latest version of macOSyou might get a warning like this:

Would could not complete your purchase

iMovie can't be installed on 'Macintosh HD' becausemacOS version 10.14.6 or later is required.

HOWEVER, if you first install iMovie 9 with the method shown above,when you next visit the App Store you will find that you now have the 'Upgrade' option.

Neat!

  • See Get iMovie 9 On Mac OS Sierra! (Works As Of 2020!)

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