How can my music library not be used in a personal movie ? How can I get around this, and drag it into what I'm making ?

How can my music library not be used in a personal movie ? How can I get around this, and drag it into what I'm making ?

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Posted on Dec 19, 2022 3:05 PM

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Posted on Dec 19, 2022 3:16 PM

It may be a licensing issue. The last paragraph in the link above states:


If you can't access a song in iMovie

“If your Music library includes protected files, they are unavailable and do not appear in the browser.

To use a song you’ve purchased from the iTunes Store in your project, you have to be the copyright holder of the song or have express permission from the copyright holder. For more information about using content in iMovie see the iMovie software license agreement by choosing iMovie > About iMovie, then click License Agreement.”

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Dec 19, 2022 3:16 PM in response to Agua_Matty

It may be a licensing issue. The last paragraph in the link above states:


If you can't access a song in iMovie

“If your Music library includes protected files, they are unavailable and do not appear in the browser.

To use a song you’ve purchased from the iTunes Store in your project, you have to be the copyright holder of the song or have express permission from the copyright holder. For more information about using content in iMovie see the iMovie software license agreement by choosing iMovie > About iMovie, then click License Agreement.”

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Dec 19, 2022 3:38 PM in response to Carol B.

The text before that (in the same document) states "You can drag audio files like M4A, MP4, MP3, WAV, and AIFF files from the Finder right into the timeline of your iMovie project... If your Music library includes protected files, they are unavailable and do not appear in the browser."

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