imovie problems in osx 10.6.8

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I’m sure that I don’t have an imovie version and can’t seem to find one that will be accepted in this osx…what do I need to know or download to obtain a working version.

I’m still new to an apple product so any advice would be appreciated greatly..

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Open the App Store.
In the search box, type “iMovie”
There should be a “Get” button at the bottom right of the iMovie box
Click on “Get” and it should download and install.

Edit: I just realized you have Snow Leopard. The above probably won’t work.
Try this link: https://discussions.apple.com/thread/4577909

Or maybe this one on Amazon.

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Nathan Parker

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Look here https://support.apple.com/downloads/ilife

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Nathan Parker

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Thank you so much Alex for your reply…but so far my osx will not accept any of these support programs, I think because I don’t have an iLife on my mac..

gratefully,

Greg

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You need iMovie 9.0.4. iMovie 9 shipped with iLife 11.

It’s possible on the Mac App Store, if you attempt the download of iMovie, that the Mac App Store will prompt you to download an earlier version of iMovie suited for Snow Leopard (occasionally this works).

If not, you can try to find iLife 11 on eBay or Amazon, or it is available for free on MacintoshGarden.org.

After installing iLife 11, you can run Software Update to update to iMovie 9.0.4, which is the latest Snow Leopard compatible version.

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Thanks a million for your help, Nathan…I’m just curious though, why is iLife critical to finding and installing iMovie? And does it contain a compatible version of iMovie, is that why? And you think that software update will find 9.0.4…so far this oxs has been rejecting most of what I try to install..

gratefully,

Greg

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Nathan Parker

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iMovie comes with iLife. That’s the only way to install iMovie on a legacy Mac. New Macs can now download iMovie separately from the Mac App Store, and you may still be able to visit the Mac App Store on your Mac and see if it will allow you to download iMovie for Snow Leopard. if it doesn’t, you’ll need iLife to get iMovie. You can either buy iMovie ’09 on eBay or download it for free on MacintoshGarden.org (I did so on MacintoshGarden.org with iLife ’06 on a PowerBook G4, and it worked well), then you can update your copy to iMovie 9.04 using the iLife update links Alex provided.

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Nathan Parker wrote:

iMovie comes with iLife. That’s the only way to install iMovie on a legacy Mac. New Macs can now download iMovie separately from the Mac App Store, and you may still be able to visit the Mac App Store on your Mac and see if it will allow you to download iMovie for Snow Leopard. if it doesn’t, you’ll need iLife to get iMovie. You can either buy iMovie ’09 on eBay or download it for free on MacintoshGarden.org (I did so on MacintoshGarden.org with iLife ’06 on a PowerBook G4, and it worked well), then you can update your copy to iMovie 9.04 using the iLife update links Alex provided.

Thank you for your advice and for the links, Nathan…apologies for this delay…it seems that I haven’t been receiving any news reports since the changeover, so I have lost touch.

gratefully,

Greg

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