I have MacOS Big Sur 5K late 2014 and I want to install Imovie in it. When I try to install it, it says it needs software update, I did and it still wouldnt instal saying it needs an older version. What version do I need to instal and from where.
iMac 27″, macOS 11.7
Hi,
If you have, or ever have had, iMovie 10 on your Mac, even if you had deleted it, you can get the highest iMovie version that your present operating system will support with the following method: 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 or lost 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
Hi,
If you have, or ever have had, iMovie 10 on your Mac, even if you had deleted it, you can get the highest iMovie version that your present operating system will support with the following method: 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 or lost 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
Thank you Rick839 for the reply but I didnt delete anything from this and I recently got it so it doesnt have Imovie. I need to install it from scratch but every time I try to download it from app store it says that my Imac is too old for this version. So help me get a right version please.
Try the procedure I described anyway. Can't hurt.
As I understand it, you bought a used Mac that did not contain iMovie on it. If so, you probably will not be able to get iMovie unless you obtain it from another Mac computer or find it on the internet someplace. Downloading from unapproved third party websites is not authorized by Apple and runs the risk of mal-ware. The rules of this forum prohibit us from discussing such procedures.
The problem is that the iMovie version that likely originally was on your Mac was acquired under another person's Apple I.D. Therefore, it cannot be updated or acquired via your I.D. through the available authorized channels.
-- Rich
Imovie version in MacOS Big Sur 5K late 2014
