When you update to the latest version of iMovie for macOS from iMovie versions 7, 8, or 9, you'll need to update your existing iMovie projects and events. You can either automatically update projects and events when you first open iMovie, or you can manually update projects and events later.
Automatically update when you first open iMovie
Imovie Trial For Mac 10.12.6; What version of OS X are you running? If you look to Amazon, you can find older versions of Final Cut that will work on your Mac and OS X version. Another alternative is to find the version of iLife that had the iMovie version called iMovie '06 HD. This version of iMovie is THE BEST EVER version of iMovie Apple. When you update to the latest version of iMovie for macOS from iMovie versions 7, 8, or 9, you'll need to update your existing iMovie projects and events. You can either automatically update projects and events when you first open iMovie, or you can manually update projects and events later.
To automatically update projects and events on your Mac and on any connected storage devices, click Update. Projects and events are copied into a new library that works with the latest version of iMovie.
Speedtouch password default. You can see the new library in the iMovie sidebar:
- Your updated projects appear in an event called Updated Projects.
- If you previously shared or finalized any of these projects, those video files appear in an event called Finalized Movies.
In the Finder, an iMovie Library file is created alongside your original iMovie Theater, iMovie Projects, and iMovie Events folders. You can still open the iMovie Projects and iMovie Events folders with iMovie versions 7, 8, or 9. If you don't plan on using older versions of iMovie, you can delete the iMovie Projects and iMovie Events folders.
Manually update projects and events
If you clicked Update Later, you can manually update projects and events so they'll work with the latest version of iMovie. If you connected an external drive with older iMovie projects and events, but already updated your iMovie app, you can also manually update projects and events.
- Open iMovie.
- Choose File > Update Projects and Events.
- Click Update in the dialog that appears.
Delete old projects and events
After you update projects and events to a library, you can delete the old projects and events folders:
- In the Finder, choose Home from the Go menu.
- Open the Movies folder.
- Find the 'iMovie Events' and 'iMovie Projects' folders and drag them to the trash.
Here's how manually delete iMovie projects and events stored on an external drive:
- In the Finder, open your external hard drive.
- Find the 'iMovie Events' and 'iMovie Projects' folders and drag them to the trash.
After you've dragged the folders to the trash, choose Finder > Empty Trash to remove them from your Mac. Make sure there is nothing else in the trash that you want to keep before emptying the trash.
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.
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
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