I want to keep iMovie 6 HD software while I upgrade my imac. I would like to transfer the iMovie 6HD software to another imac to use as a "time capsule" and upgrade the imac that it's currently on to High Sierra which can't run this old software.
Is there a way I can transfer iMovie 6 HD to another imac to use for editing, etc?
Thanks for any advice from the community.
iMac (27-inch Mid 2010), Mac OS X (10.6.8)
Hi,
Control-click on the iM6 application icon, and click on Copy in the drop down menu. Then Edit/Past iM6 into the applications folder on your new Mac.
After you paste it and try to open, you may get a message that it won't work on your system. If so you will need to do a bit of fiddling to make it work. Follow the directions in Ziatron's post below:
As Klaus1 says, iM6 will run on High Sierra. It does on my computer.
-- Rich
EDIT: If you can't paste it directly onto your second computer, then paste it or drag it into an external drive formatted Mac OS Extended (journaled), and from there copy/paste or drag it into your second computer Always safer to make a duplicate and work with the duplicate when using the drag feature, just in case something goes wrong.
-- Rich
Then something is wrong. When you control click on the iM6 application icon, you should get this:
The app should not open with a control-click. No application opens with a control-click. Try it on other apps on your computer and see. If you do not get the above pictured drop down menu, then restart your computer and give it another try. Or perhaps your mouse is not functioning properly. Instead of right-clicking try an actual Control-click using the Control key on your keyboard.
-- Rich
I actually found the disc with iMovie 6HD on it and successfully installed it on an older OS computer that will be my "time capsule." When I get my new computer with HIgh Sierra OS, I'll try your suggestion there too.
thanks~
When I "right clicked" i.e. "control clicked on the icon it just opened the application. I didn't see an option to Show Package contents...?? Perhaps this is only available on a later OS than my OSX 10.6.8 where I tried it.
Ah, I had "control clicked" the icon in the Applications folder on the dock which opened the app. Then I "control clicked" the iMovie icon on the dock and I got the Options/Open menu; then I "control clicked" the iMovie icon in the finder and got a menu including "open enclosing folder" which I did. It was the Applications folder and then I "control clicked" the iMovie icon and finally got "show package contents." Showing me the image was what helped. Thanks!
OK, I created the alias for iMovie HD, dragged it to the desktop of my other computer but when I clicked it to open it there I got the message: alias can't be opened because the original item can't be found. The two computers are on the same network connected through wifi. Thoughts about what I might try next or am doing wrong?
The Alias and the app that it references need to be on the same computer.
You need to Copy the iM6 app on Computer #1, paste it into the applications folder of Computer #2, and go through the same process that you did on Computer #1. That is, create a new Alias on Computer #2.
-- Rich
There is a video on iTube showing that iMovie 6 works with High Sierra:
iMovie HD 6 Running in macOS High Sierra - YouTube
Migration Assistant should do the job for you.
You are welcome. Glad it worked.
-- Rich
How can I transfer iMovie 6HD software to another imac
