Import song from GarageBand into iMovie on iPad.

Seems like this should have been addressed by now! I love both apps and it seems like this would be a natural fit. Please fix this.

I think they should add the ability to add to the ipad music library because then you would be able to add to imovie through that

Unfortunately apple did nothing in the new os to address this issue. But I don't think it's an OS problem. It's using iTunes and the iPod-like storage of audio on the iPad that's creating the problem. Make it possible to either save directly from garage band to the iPad's music library or allow Garage Band to save to a completely different, but shared folder with iMovie.

Question: Do the Apple support folks read this? It sure doesn't seem like it and if not then this forum is a total waste of our time. Does anyone know how to contact Apple directly to submit suggestions for improving their apps? I think other, non-Apple, app developers do this...and actually respond by making updates to address user suggested improvements.

I beleive these are comunity froums for other people to help other people. I'd imagine the only Apple employees who read this are the mods.

The problem still exists today. iOS 5 didn't resolve it. One still have to connect to a computer to get the GB song on the iPad over to iTunes and resync so that iMovie on the iPad can access and use it.

There are some solutions here:

http://penobscotriver.edublogs.org/

I was able to upload a song today from an email to iMovie. If you are able to email yourself the song in GarageBand, that might be a workaround. Just select open in iMovie was you download the song within your email. Good luck!

Hey folks. The newest update for iMovie solves this problem. When using Garage Band on your iPad, you can now choose to save to iMovie. The music is automatically inserted into whatever iMovie project you're working on. The only problem now is that the music doesn't show up as a music file... it just gets inserted into an iMovie project. Not ideal since I would like to be able to get the music myself as a file and insert it where I want and move it around but at least it's possible to get the music without connecting to another computer's iTunes or Mskvns email solution (which I didn't even try since the new iMovie handles it now.

Good work Apple but please keep working on it... Saving "directly" into the iTune library on the iPad would be a fantastic improvement since iMovie would be able to import the saved music when and where you want it.

How? That would work for me in the short term! Could you import it as a music file, or just straight into a project?

Hi SergeantPeppercorn - what I did was send the song to myself in an email. In the mail app on the iPad, I clicked on the file as if to download and it gave me the option to open in IMovie. IMovie then opened with the song already loaded in the project. Hope it works for you!

Disclaimer: I don't have an iPad yet... It's in the mail!

Are Garageband and iMovie able to save to iCloud?

If they do, can't you just save there and open it back in the other app?

To get it first export it and send it to your emails which you access using your iPad. Then go to your sent box on your iPad if you hold the attachments there should be an option to open it in iMovie

You go and send it through e-mail to your self and then you download it and then you see it and you share it but it says import to iMovie ok