Stuck on iMovie Needed Permissions

Settings > General > Reset > Reset Location & Privacy > Enter passcodes (device and screentime if you have it) > open iMovie again and give access as required.

^ This worked!

Please ignore all other clever ideas as Allow/Disallow, green check, etc. does nothing. As of today (12/13) deleting the iMovie app and reloading it works perfectly. The problem occurs when you skip past the popup for music on the initial launch and there is no way to recover from it. Apple will fix it at some point, but dropping the app and reloading it (about 10 seconds for me) saved me from reading anymore less-than-helpful suggestions. :)

This is happening based on Content & Privacy restrictions.

Go to Screen Time->Content & Privacy Restrictions->Media & Apple Music

Do Allow Changes and then you should be able to change iMovie option after Needed Permissions screen. Change back to Don’t Allow after.

Seems like you were already allowing Photo changes, but same process for whoever is encountering this issue.

If you see a Green Check Mark on either Photos or the Music icon, the app is happy with the settings. No check mark or an X on either one, this is restricting the iMovie from launching because it’s limited in its permissions). If you have 2 Green Check Marks, you won’t even see this screen. So from what I have said before and in this comment, focus on anything without a Green Check Mark.

Still think the app is being restricted some way in these permissions. No other recommendations other than temporarily giving full permission to both Photos (Allow->iMovie->Full Access) and Media & Apple Music (Allow->iMovie green switch to On) through Screen Time->Content & Privacy Restrictions I mentioned previously. You may need to go back after granting Full Access for this change to be saved and then change the Photo/Music option.

After you can successfully launch iMovie, you may select back to Don’t Allow which applies to Future Apps but will retain the settings you just set for apps now and previously gave permissions to.

If the app is open and you restrict the iMovie settings (Limited or No Access for Photos and turning the Green switch off for Music), the Need Permissions screen will pop back up.

Also, I am on an iPhone 15 Pro Max 17.7.2 and encountered the issue with iMovie after updating to 3.0.4, so perhaps there are other unknown bugs/issues with other iOS versions and hardware.

Same issue here. Changing screen time settings doesn’t help.

I also have this issue and have checked everywhere mentioned. There is no ability to give Music Access, it does not exist anywhere in the settings.

Photos is checked.

Will not load and fades down due to Music access not checked.

There is no entry in Apps > iMovie relating to music, only photos.

iOS v.18.2 (22C152)

The only workaround was to delete the app and redownload (hopefully anything you did before you had saves elsewhere then in iMovie.

The permissions popped up as you went through the installation afresh.

Uninstall and reinstall worked. None of the other tips above worked!

After updating just now and restarting my phone….Let’s me say full access but still gets stuck on screen saying I need permissions. Help!!!!

Thank you!!!!!!! This worked for me. Critical because the "Delete the app and reinstall" was not an option. My daughter had a large project she spent hours on and I'm assuming deleting the app would have deleted all her work. phew.

(response to joelfromwollstonecraft: Settings > General > Reset > Reset Location & Privacy > Enter passcodes (device and screentime if you have it) > open iMovie again and give access as required.

^ This worked!

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Thank you!!!!!!! This worked for me. Critical because the "Delete the app and reinstall" was not an option. My daughter had a large project she spent hours on and I'm assuming deleting the app would have deleted all her work. phew.

(response to joelfromwollstonecraft: Settings > General > Reset > Reset Location & Privacy > Enter passcodes (device and screentime if you have it) > open iMovie again and give access as required.

^ This worked!

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I just now tried the reset instructions above. It’s still stuck at permissions. I ended up using a different editing app for now. I’ll troubleshoot this at some point if another iMovie update doesn’t solve it. Thanks.

Did you lose all your previous movie projects when you did that. I switched to a linux editor and put a new ipad purchase on hold until apple fixes this. There is no reason for apple to have full access to Photos and vids.