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Q: How to Re-install iMovie?

I uninstalled by mistake the iMoive that came together with the system.

 

How to re-install it?

 

Thanks.

iMac, OS X Yosemite (10.10.5)

Posted on Jan 23, 2016 7:37 AM

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Q: How to Re-install iMovie?

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  • by GeeD,

    GeeD GeeD Jan 23, 2016 7:49 AM in response to Mal.Cia
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    Jan 23, 2016 7:49 AM in response to Mal.Cia

    Lauch App Store and select Purchased.  Sign in with your Apple ID that you used when setting up the new computer.  You should see iMovie on the list with a button to download.

     

    Geoff.

  • by Mal.Cia,

    Mal.Cia Mal.Cia Jan 23, 2016 9:50 AM in response to GeeD
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    Jan 23, 2016 9:50 AM in response to GeeD

    Hi GeeD,

     

    Thank you for your quick response.

     

    There's no iMovie in the Purchased page. Is that because it was upgraded using a different Apple ID?

     

    Cheers,

     

    Mal

  • by GeeD,

    GeeD GeeD Jan 23, 2016 10:02 AM in response to Mal.Cia
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    Jan 23, 2016 10:02 AM in response to Mal.Cia

    Yes, the program is registered to a particular Apple ID.  You have to use the same ID to re-download it free of charge. 

     

    Geoff.

  • by Mal.Cia,

    Mal.Cia Mal.Cia Feb 20, 2016 6:56 PM in response to GeeD
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    Feb 20, 2016 6:56 PM in response to GeeD

    The iMovie came together with Mac OS X.

     

    When upgrading, I didn't use the admin account, instead I used my wife's Apple ID. As a result, the program was registered to my wife's Apple ID.

     

    Is there anything I can do to re-install the program under the administrative account's Apple ID?

     

    Thanks,

     

    Mal

  • by GeeD,

    GeeD GeeD Feb 21, 2016 2:07 AM in response to Mal.Cia
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    Feb 21, 2016 2:07 AM in response to Mal.Cia

    "the administrative account's Apple ID?"


    The computer administrator account is local to the computer and nothing to do with Apple IDs.  Apple IDs are personal.  When the computer is first set up one associates it with an Apple ID.  This is the Apple ID to which the software is registered.  It is possible that imovie is hidden in the Purchased tab - see: Hide and unhide purchases in the Mac App Store - Apple Support

    for how to deal with this.


    Geoff.