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iMovie/Apple Music

How do I use a song from Apple Music in an iMovie? I have a MacBook-pro 2020.

Posted on Jan 11, 2021 9:48 PM

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Posted on Jan 11, 2021 11:22 PM

Hi, bd2829,


Apple Music is DRM (Digital Rights Management) protected and cannot be used in iMovie. Downloading the music to iTunes will not remove the DRM protection. Aside from that, Apple Music is a subscription service intended for streaming music for personal listening, and not intended to be used in other apps.


You can still purchase songs from iTunes that can be used in iMovie.


-- Rich

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Jan 11, 2021 11:22 PM in response to bd2829

Hi, bd2829,


Apple Music is DRM (Digital Rights Management) protected and cannot be used in iMovie. Downloading the music to iTunes will not remove the DRM protection. Aside from that, Apple Music is a subscription service intended for streaming music for personal listening, and not intended to be used in other apps.


You can still purchase songs from iTunes that can be used in iMovie.


-- Rich

Jan 13, 2021 9:03 AM in response to bd2829

To add a song to a project, click on the Audio item above the media browser and then click on Music in the sidebar. You will get a list of your iTunes songs in the browser screen. From there you can drag the song into your project by dragging it to the audio well below the video timeline. Alternatively, you can open the iTunes app and drag a song directly from your iTunes library into the iMovie timeline. Further, any audio file that you have on your desktop can be dragged into iMovie as long as it is in a supported audio format, such as AAC, Mp3, aiff, or WAV.


Here's a link to an online help menu that explains how to add an audio clip to an iMovie project.


https://help.apple.com/imovie/mac/10.1/#/mov91a895a64


-- Rich

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