You can use iMovie HD for a bit longer...

With iMovie HD officially no longer supported, I found one solution from

jbooleanOct 17, 2014 11:31 PM
Re: Possible to use iMovie HD with Yosemite?in response to Dan Bryant1

Just figured it out!

Find iMovie HD.app, control click on it and View Package Contents. Open Contents/MacOS/iMovie HD. That seems to bypass the check.

Once you do double click that, terminal opens up and you get a view why it no longer works AND that this option will be removed in a future release.(see below)

SINCE iMovie will not import soundtracks and transitions, at least that is what the threads say, now you might be able to export your clip with soundtrack intact to a file and then import it into iMovie. No, you can't remove the soundtrack or change the transitions, but if you like what you have you can have it available for future DVDs in the new iMovie.

Hopefully this does work ( I just found it this morning) so you will have enough time to get all your iMovie files exported.

Thanks to jbooleanfor the suggestion!

Hopefully this does work ( I just found it this morning) so you will have enough time to get all your iMovie files exported.

Good Luck to all

FROM TERMINAL - I underlined the removal part

2014-10-18 07:26:33.876 iMovie HD[38500:455826] Warning once: This application, or a library it uses, is using NSQuickDrawView, which has been deprecated. Apps should cease use of QuickDraw and move to Quartz.

2014-10-18 07:26:34.813 iMovie HD[38500:455826] *** WARNING: Method selectedRowEnumerator in class MediaBrowserOutlineView is deprecated. It will be removed in a future release and should no longer be used.

2014-10-18 07:26:34.962 iMovie HD[38500:455826] *** WARNING: Method setCachesBezierPath: in class NSBezierPath is deprecated. It will be removed in a future release and should no longer be used.

2014-10-18 07:26:39.045 iMovie HD[38500:455826] could not get directory contents at file://localhost/Users/jimmol/Library/FontCollections/: Error Domain=NSCocoaErrorDomain Code=257 "The file “FontCollections” couldn’t be opened because you don’t have permission to view it." UserInfo=0xd503de0 {NSURL=file://localhost/Users/xxxxxxx/Library/FontCollections, NSFilePath=/Users/jimmol/Library/FontCollections, NSUnderlyingError=0xd956420 "The operation couldn’t be completed. Permission denied"}

DVFreeThread - CFMachPortCreateWithPort hack = 0xd8cc530, fPowerNotifyPort= 0xa099930

When I opened a movie using the Open from the menu bar

2014-10-18 07:26:51.586 iMovie HD[38500:455826] *** WARNING: Method selectRow:byExtendingSelection: in class MediaBrowserOutlineView is deprecated. It will be removed in a future release and should no longer be used.

2014-10-18 07:26:52.187 iMovie HD[38500:455826] *** WARNING: Method setDrawsGrid: in class MediaBrowserTableView is deprecated. It will be removed in a future release and should no longer be used.

objc[38500]: Class TSSandboxPrefs is implemented in both /Library/Frameworks/TSLicense.framework/Versions/A/TSLicense and /Library/QuickTime/Flip4Mac WMV Import.component/Contents/MacOS/Flip4Mac WMV Import. One of the two will be used. Which one is undefined.

objc[38500]: Class TSSandboxPrefs is implemented in both /Library/Frameworks/TSLicense.framework/Versions/A/TSLicense and /Library/QuickTime/Flip4Mac WMV Advanced.component/Contents/MacOS/Flip4Mac WMV Advanced. One of the two will be used. Which one is undefined.

2014-10-18 07:26:57.052 iMovie HD[38500:455826] Could not find image named 'back'.

DVFreeThread - CFMachPortCreateWithPort hack = 0xc209f90, fPowerNotifyPort= 0x2908e8b0