Collaborating on a single iMovie project?

If you are using Apple iMovie, the way to share a project between computers is to create an iMovie library for the one project. Create the project on the new library. Copy the library to an external drive that is formatted Mac OS Extended (Journaled) or APFS. Then transfer the external drive back and forth between the separate computers. The user would open the external drive, access the library, edit the project, and then pass on the drive to another user. All computers must be using the same exact version of iMovie that was used to create the project.

The problem with simply exporting the movie to an external drive is that a standalone movie is difficult to edit. You won't have a file that is in editable form like a project would be. The edits that are embedded in the video can't be changed. You will have one big clip. However, you can still do some editing, like splitting the clip into segments, deleting segments, trimming segments, overlaying new titles in come instances, added effects, etc.

I'm not exactly sure that kind of a communal setup that you are using. If there were a central place where you could store the iMovie library and have each computer be able to access it, that might work. It is not recommended to store iMovie libraries on a network drive, however. It would need to be stored on an external drive formatted as indicated above.

-- Rich

-- Rich

You are very welcome. 😊

-- Rich