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.
This iMovie video editor is an essential video editing program for Windows. Create stunning clickable slideshows with photos, videos, music, and voice-overs. Download directly to YouTube or record in formats such as MP4, MOV, WMV, AVI, etc. Improve your video with professional tools and more than 300 free elements integrated. If you try to download iMovie as a stand-alone application, it will be $14.99 coming out of your pocket. The same happens with the mobile apps, in which case they cost $4.99. Luckily for new Apple users, if you purchased your brand new Mac, iPad, iPhone or iPod touch after September 1 of 2013 you will get access to iMovie and so many other. IMovie download lets you turn basic videos into stunning creations. With a familiar and user-friendly interface, the program is ideal for beginners and social media marketers. While the final output isn’t as professional as Final Cut Pro ’s files, the app is still a better choice compared to other programs to edit videos. I have a late-2011 MBP running High Sierra and I'd like to install the latest version of iMovie that's compatible with it. I managed to install iMovie 9.0.9 from Apple's website (that's the latest version they offer) but there's no option to update it? When I click 'Check for Updates' from. It turns out that if you have iMovie 9, the App Store will allow you to upgrade to iMovie 10 without the normal checks. I'm running macOS High Sierra 10.13.6 and the App Store just let me upgrade iMovie a moment ago. Get iMovie 9 # 1.
Here's what you do:
- Download iMovie 9.0.9 Update
- Double click
iMovie9.0.9Update.dmgto mount itopen ~/Downloads/iMovie9.0.9Update.dmg
- Use Terminal.app to expand (not execute) the
pkgarchivepkgutil --expand /Volumes/iMovie 9.0.9/iMovie9.0.9Update.pkg ~/Downloads/iMovie/
- Rename
PayloadtoPayload.zipmv ~/Downloads/iMovie/iMovie9.0.9Update.pkg/Payload ~/Downloads/iMovie/iMovie9.0.9Update.pkg/Payload.zip
- Unpack
Payload.zip(toPayload 2)open ~/Downloads/iMovie/iMovie9.0.9Update.pkg/Payload.zip
- Move
iMovieto theApplicationsfoldermv ~/Downloads/iMovie/iMovie9.0.9Update.pkg/Payload 2/Applications/iMovie.app /Applications/iMovie 9.0.9.app
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:
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.
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.
Imovie Download For High Sierra 10.13.6
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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