George Skiles

Q: had to buy iMovie update, now i have two

I was updating apps after installing Maverick and when I came to IMovie, it did not have an update so I purchased it. It downloaded and updated my previous iMovie, now I have two.

IMAC, Mac OS X (10.6.6)

Posted on Nov 1, 2013 8:55 AM

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  • by Mr. Apple101,Helpful

    Mr. Apple101 Mr. Apple101 Nov 1, 2013 9:14 AM in response to George Skiles
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    Nov 1, 2013 9:14 AM in response to George Skiles

    Hey George,

     

    If you already had iMovie 11 installed on your mac then the Mac App Store should have provided you with a free download of the new iMovie 10. If prior to the update you did not have iMovie 11 or had an earlier version of it then the Mac App Store would not have been listed iMovie as a free download. Here is the article that provides this info.

     

    With that in mind, the new iMovie 10 is considered a new application and installs separately in the applications folder. So you will have two versions of iMovie on your mac, the previous version and the new one.

     

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    Let me know if this explains what you're seeing.

  • by George Skiles,

    George Skiles George Skiles Nov 1, 2013 2:28 PM in response to Mr. Apple101
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    Nov 1, 2013 2:28 PM in response to Mr. Apple101

    Thank you, I did have an earlier version. The only thing is when I bought the new iMovie it downloaded the new one and updated my older one. I am not sure if I should delete one of them

  • by Mr. Apple101,Solvedanswer

    Mr. Apple101 Mr. Apple101 Nov 3, 2013 3:49 AM in response to George Skiles
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    Nov 3, 2013 3:49 AM in response to George Skiles

    I chose to leave both for now on my mac. Having both versions of iMovie will not cause any problems. If you find later on that you're running out of free space on your computer you can always delete the data from the older version of iMovie to help free up storage space.