iMovie Update - Not Allowing Me To Update

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iMovie Update - Not Allowing Me To Update

I updated my computer to the recent update, I then went to use iMovie, however, I had a notification appear saying I must update it to use the app. I went to update hit, filled in my Apple ID information and the loading wheel appeared, however, then bounced back to the button saying "update" (it did not work). I have restarted my laptop multiple times also and it refuses to let me use or update iMovie? If I delete the app then re-download it, will my previously made movies be gone?

MacBook Pro 13", macOS 10.15

Posted on Jan 21, 2020 10:46 PM

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Rich839

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Jan 22, 2020 9:15 AM in response to georgie244

Try dragging your iMovie app from the Applications folder into the trash, but don't empty the trash. Then sign in to the app store and open your purchases folder by clicking on your name at the bottom of the app store side bar. You will see all of your purchases, including iMovie. See if you can update it from there. If the update is not available or unsuccessful you can drag your iMovie app out of the trash and put it back into the applications folder.

Your iMovie projects are located in the iMovie library in your Movies folder (Go/Home/Movies). As long as you don't delete the iMovie library folder itself, your projects will remain intact. So never touch the iMovie library folder. However, if you update to a newer version of the iMovie app and open your iMovie library with it your iMovie library will be updated and you may not be able to open it using the previous old version of the iMovie app. It won't matter because all of your projects will open in the updated iMovie version.

-- Rich

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