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Soundtrack on iMAC

Hello,

I like the soundtrack selections on for iMovie in the iPhone. Is there a way I can get those soundtracks for my MAC iMovie?


Thanks,

Mike

MacBook Pro 13″, macOS 10.15

Posted on Aug 28, 2020 5:13 AM

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Posted on Aug 28, 2020 7:49 AM

Unfortunately the Mac does not have the iOS Sound Track feature that is on iPhone and iPad.


You can go to the audio sidebar in iMovie for Mac, click on Sound Effects, and scroll all the way to the bottom of the displayed

effects and jingles. You will find some of the sound track songs there.



You can import the soundtracks from your iPhone iMovie onto your Mac. Put the soundtrack songs into an iPhone iMovie project and the transfer the project (as opposed to the standalone video) to your Mac using the Air Drop feature. Air Drop must be enabled on both devices, and the two devices must be located less than 30 feet apart. The iPhone iMovie project will then transfer to your Mac's downloads folder. Open the downloads folder and double click on the project's icon. It will open in a Mac iMovie project. All the songs will be in there where you can Edit/Copy, Edit/Paste them in to new projects or events. Also, you could create a new event titled Sound Track Songs, and drag the songs into it from the Media Browser display when you click on the project's name under the Project Media heading in the project sidebar. Then you could access the songs for different projects.


-- Rich

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Aug 28, 2020 7:49 AM in response to mebu99

Unfortunately the Mac does not have the iOS Sound Track feature that is on iPhone and iPad.


You can go to the audio sidebar in iMovie for Mac, click on Sound Effects, and scroll all the way to the bottom of the displayed

effects and jingles. You will find some of the sound track songs there.



You can import the soundtracks from your iPhone iMovie onto your Mac. Put the soundtrack songs into an iPhone iMovie project and the transfer the project (as opposed to the standalone video) to your Mac using the Air Drop feature. Air Drop must be enabled on both devices, and the two devices must be located less than 30 feet apart. The iPhone iMovie project will then transfer to your Mac's downloads folder. Open the downloads folder and double click on the project's icon. It will open in a Mac iMovie project. All the songs will be in there where you can Edit/Copy, Edit/Paste them in to new projects or events. Also, you could create a new event titled Sound Track Songs, and drag the songs into it from the Media Browser display when you click on the project's name under the Project Media heading in the project sidebar. Then you could access the songs for different projects.


-- Rich

Soundtrack on iMAC

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