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I have a mid 2009 MacBook Pro which is only compatible with El Capitan, evidently. I need to download iMovie but the app store is telling me that the current iMovie, which it wants to download by default, is not compatible with my OS. Where can I download the latest version of iMovie which is compatible with El Capitan? Thank you
MacBook Pro, OS X El Capitan (10.11.6)
There may be a couple of options. Don't know if they will work. There may be some issues with you not having bought the computer under your Apple ID.
1. You can download iMovie 9.0.9 and from there upgrade to iMovie 10 from the App store, and you should get the latest version of iMovie that will run on El Capitan. You can download iMovie 9.0.9 at this link:
2. Another possibility requires your friend's cooperation. Again, I don't know if it will work. If he/she will put his version of iMovie in the trash, but not empty the trash, and then, on your computer, sign into the App store with his/her applie ID , then you can try to download iMovie onto your computer. Afterwards your friend can remove from the trash her/her iMovie folder and replace it in the Applications folder.
-- Rich
There may be a couple of options. Don't know if they will work. There may be some issues with you not having bought the computer under your Apple ID.
1. You can download iMovie 9.0.9 and from there upgrade to iMovie 10 from the App store, and you should get the latest version of iMovie that will run on El Capitan. You can download iMovie 9.0.9 at this link:
2. Another possibility requires your friend's cooperation. Again, I don't know if it will work. If he/she will put his version of iMovie in the trash, but not empty the trash, and then, on your computer, sign into the App store with his/her applie ID , then you can try to download iMovie onto your computer. Afterwards your friend can remove from the trash her/her iMovie folder and replace it in the Applications folder.
-- Rich
Hi Rich,
Thank you for your help. I've tried searching for "iMovie for El Capitan" in the app store, but it does not come up. My version is 10.11.6, which I understand is the most up to date my mid 2009 MacBook Pro is capable of using.
By any chance do you have a link to the correct iMovie version I need?
Thanks!
Fred
Sorry. I meant what version of iMovie is currently on your Mac. Or do you not have iMovie at all? If you had previously downloaded an older version of iMovie then the download prompt that you receive from the App store would include a note that you can download the "latest compatible" iMovie version that will run on your operating system. Since you didn't receive that prompt you probably don't have an iMovie version -- is that right?
The most current version of iMovie that El Capitan will run is version iMovie 10.1.6. As you have said, you won't find that by searching the App store. I don't have a link for iMovie 10.1.6 and haven't been able to find a source for one.
Is your 2009 Mac a used computer from a friend or relative?
-- Rich
Rich,
Thank you for your Speedy reply. I do not have iMovie on my computer at all. I wanted to download it. Yes I just got this computer from a friend of mine. Sure wish I could afford a new one but I can't because I served in the military twice, was injured on active duty and the VA it's basically turned their back on me for a couple decades.
Hi Rich,
Thanks for the effort but my Mac will not open that file. It says that it's an update and I need an earlier version of iMovie already installed on my computer.
Do you happen to have another link I can try?
Thanks again!
Fred
Mea culpa. I did not realize that the link was for an iMovie 9 update.
If you Google iLife '11 Amazon or iLife '11 e-bay you will be able to buy the iLife package that contains iMovie 9. Then you update it to iMovie 9.0.9 and from there update to iMovie 10.
Here's an e-bay link:
Apple iLife '11 - 1 User (Retail) (1 User/s) - Full Version for Mac 1725442000 | eBay
-- Rich
What exact version, if any, is your MacBook Pro presently running?
-- Rich
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