iMovie MacOS Version Issue with iOS 15

Just to see what happens you might try the following procedures that are easy to do (a matter of rebooting while holding down certain keys). Not likely to solve it but worth a try.

Resetting the System Management Controller

Try resetting the System Management Controller (but no longer available for the new M1 computers):

https://support.apple.com/en-us/HT201295

Resetting the NVRAM or PRAM

Try resetting the NVRAM or PRAM:

https://support.apple.com/en-us/HT204063

Contact Apple Support

If none of the above resolve your issue, contact Apple Support.  They may have up to date information. Also, the techs there have the capability of remotely accessing your computer that we cannot do here.  To contact apple support click on the Get Support item in the upper right hand corner of this forum’s screen.  Navigate to a place where you can enter your phone number.

-- Rich

It could be that iMovie has not kept up with iPhone's latest update. You could try redownloading Mac iMovie. If its an update problem then likely Apple will address it in the next update.

You might also try posting your question in the iOS iMovie forum. Here's the link:

https://discussions.apple.com/community/ios_apps/imovie_for_ios

--Rich

As of now iMovie 10.2.5 can't import from iOs 15.0.1

I find it a bit ....(fill in the blank) that a company like Apple can't sync up iOs and iMac software.

I guess we have to wait for an update from apple

That is frustrating, for sure.

So, when you try to export an iOS iMovie project to your Mac using AirDrop, it doesn't work? The project should appear in your Mac's downloads folder and when you double click on it it should open in a Mac iMovie project. That's the way it works on my older Mac iMovie and iOS iMovie versions, but for some reason you are getting the error message.

-- Rich

Ah. I see now what you were saying. Yeah, that's an issue that Apple will need to address.

As a temporary workaround you could export the iOS project as a video to your Mac, and from there import the video into iMovie as one long clip. Editing will be a bit limited but you can still do quite a lot: splitting and trimming, deleting split segments, adding effects, adding other clips, changing the background music, adding titles, doing overlays, detaching audio, and so on. It's just the embedded edits that can't be changed, although somtimes you can cut out a title or transition and add a new one, or reimport the original photo or clip, insert it, and add new edits like a title.

-- Rich

Exporting the projects is not a problem everything works as it should except that it can't be opened by double clicking, or importing it from within iMovie with the current version 10.2.5

Any update? Having same issue

To cover the bases, have you tried Control-clicking on the iOS project in the Downloads folder and using the Open With . . . function in the resulting pop up menu to open it in iMovie?

-- Rich

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