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. Download iMovie for macOS 10.15.6 or later and enjoy it on your Mac. ‎With a streamlined design and intuitive editing features, iMovie lets you create Hollywood-style trailers and beautiful movies like never before.

This is really obscure, but really easy.

1. Is iMovie free with MacOS Sierra? According to Apple’s web page which indicates the apps included with Sierra (macOS Sierra: All apps included on your Mac), iMovie is included.
2. IMovie for Mac is a basic video editing software for Mac. But it will cost $14.99 if users want to download iMovie for Mac as a stand-alone software, which means this video editor for Mac can not be freely downloaded from AppStore.

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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.

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

Tada!

Enjoy!

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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.

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:

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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!

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