Downloading a Historic Version of iMovie

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Downloading a Historic Version of iMovie

I have been given a 2016 macbook which is running Monterey. It was suffering from the screengate issue and I took it to get it repaired. My friend that gave it to me completely wiped the thing and as such - there is no instance of iMovie.

I have tried downloading it from the AppStore but the current version won't work on this Macbook - I need OSX 13.5 ...and this Macbook doesn't support it.

I don't have a version installed, so I can't drag it to trash as some of the other suggestions have said.

I'm getting frustrated now - all I wanted it for was to do some simple video edits and I can't find anywhere to get a working version of iMovie from.

Can anyone help me please?

Posted on Jul 9, 2024 10:42 AM

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Rich839

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Jul 9, 2024 11:52 AM in response to Johnny_Platt

Hi,

You would need the original purchaser's Apple I.D. and password to obtain the highest version of iMovie that your operating system will run. That might violate your friend's iMovie license agreement regarding transfers, so we cannot recommend that procedure here.

I can't think of any Apple authorized way to obtain iMovie in your situation. Perhaps someone who knows of a legal way will chime in here.

-- Rich

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