riley0747

Q: how do i upload a movie from iMovie from one device to another to continue working on it

Im working on a movie on iMovie and I need to upload it to an iPad at my school and finish working on it at school but I can't figure out how to transfer it from my computer to another device at all..

MacBook Air, OS X El Capitan (10.11.6)

Posted on Oct 2, 2016 2:01 PM

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Q: how do i upload a movie from iMovie from one device to another to continue working on it

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  • by Jim Wanamaker,

    Jim Wanamaker Jim Wanamaker Oct 2, 2016 3:13 PM in response to riley0747
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    Oct 2, 2016 3:13 PM in response to riley0747

    You are using iMovie for the MAC on your air. That is a different app than the IOS IMovie that is on your iPad. The projects you create on one can not be also edited in the other. All you can do is share your project from your air iMovie to a file as a movie and then synch it to iMovie on the iPad using iTunes.

  • by riley0747,

    riley0747 riley0747 Oct 2, 2016 3:42 PM in response to Jim Wanamaker
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    Oct 2, 2016 3:42 PM in response to Jim Wanamaker

    If I did that then could I add clips to it? and how would i do that?

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    Jim Wanamaker Jim Wanamaker Oct 2, 2016 4:14 PM in response to riley0747
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    Oct 2, 2016 4:14 PM in response to riley0747

    It will show up in iMovie on the iPad as a video clip. You cannot change it just use it in an iMovie project as you would any other video clip you add to your iPad iMovie project.

  • by riley0747,

    riley0747 riley0747 Oct 2, 2016 6:46 PM in response to Jim Wanamaker
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    Oct 2, 2016 6:46 PM in response to Jim Wanamaker

    OK thank you! How do I send it to the iMovie on the ipad though?

  • by Jim Wanamaker,

    Jim Wanamaker Jim Wanamaker Oct 2, 2016 7:31 PM in response to riley0747
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    Oct 2, 2016 7:31 PM in response to riley0747

    I am not that familiar with iPad so there may be other ways to do it. One way is to import the clip into Photos app on your air. Then when you synch iPad with iTunes select to synch your Photos videos. The problem here is I believe it will synch all the videos you have in Photos videos which may not be what you want. As I said there may be a simpler way. Hopefully someone will join this thread with an alternative option. Have you looked in IOS iMovie help for import options?