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jltfarrell Author

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Registration Code for purchase of iMovie

I bought iMovie for my MacBook. In order to use it correctly it asked me for my Registration Code. Where is my REGISTRATION CODE ?

MacBook Pro 13″, macOS 13.6

Posted on May 10, 2024 3:23 AM

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jltfarrell Author

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Posted on May 16, 2024 1:23 PM

Don't ask me how, but I bought an App called "Imoviemaker". I had never seen iMovie before and thought this was it. I paid for it. I then started asking questions to this group because it wasn't functioning as I expected. A couple of responses led me to believe that I had been conned. I then downloaded the real "iMovie" and everything is ok now. I think I fell for it because I was very tired at the time.

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jltfarrell Author

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May 16, 2024 1:23 PM in response to Keith Barkley

Don't ask me how, but I bought an App called "Imoviemaker". I had never seen iMovie before and thought this was it. I paid for it. I then started asking questions to this group because it wasn't functioning as I expected. A couple of responses led me to believe that I had been conned. I then downloaded the real "iMovie" and everything is ok now. I think I fell for it because I was very tired at the time.

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May 10, 2024 5:04 AM in response to jltfarrell

I always thought that iMovie was free?

Normally you go to the App Store and open the account used to purchase the computer.

iMovie should be under "Purchases" to download for free.

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May 16, 2024 1:58 PM in response to jltfarrell

Was it on the app store?

It can happen to anybody.

As long as it was just your money and not your identity or computer credentials, you got off cheap.

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May 17, 2024 7:08 AM in response to Ian R. Brown

Yeah, I have been bit by that, too in a sense. Do a search on how do something in iMovie, and you get instructions for Filmora.

Not a bad program, and it does more than iMovie - I had to get it to blur some faces - but not free, and some deceptive marketing practices.

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May 17, 2024 1:26 AM in response to Keith Barkley

I guess this is what the OP saw . . . obviously intended to deceive.

This is what you actually get when you click on it . . . no more mention of "iMoviemaker"!

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May 10, 2024 12:48 PM in response to jltfarrell

Where did you buy your iMovie from?

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jltfarrell Author

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May 10, 2024 1:12 PM in response to thesurreyfriends

I was conned. I have now got the correct iMovie from the Apple Store.

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May 16, 2024 11:52 AM in response to jltfarrell

Could you provide more details so I can inform the community what happened so we can warn others?

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