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iMovie for Mac

Edit personal videos and share them.

Free
In English
Version 10.4.3
3.6
Based on 76 user rates

iMovie overview

With a streamlined design and intuitive editing features, iMovie lets you create Hollywood-style trailers and beautiful movies like never before. Browse your video library, share favorite moments, and create beautiful movies that you can edit at resolutions up to 4K. You can even start editing movies on an iPhone or iPad, and finish them on a Mac.

Browse and share video
  • See all your video clips and photos organized in one place
  • Quickly share a clip or a portion of a clip
  • Background import lets you begin watching and sharing video instantly
Make Hollywood-style trailers
  • Choose from 29 trailer templates with stunning graphics and original scores by some of the world’s top film composers
  • Customize movie studio logos, cast names, and credits
  • Select the best videos and photos for your trailer with the help of animated drop zones
Create beautiful 4K and HD movies
  • Edit movies at up to 4K resolution with video from iPhone 6s or later, GoPro, and other Ultra HD cameras on compatible Macs (1)
  • Support for 1080p HD video at 60 frames per second for smoother, more life-like action shots
  • Import movies and trailers created using iMovie on iPhone or iPad to finish them on your Mac
  • Enhance your movie by adding titles, transitions, and 3D globes and travel maps
  • Speed up and slow down the action with fast-forward and slow-motion effects
  • Create sophisticated picture-in-picture, side-by-side, and green screen effects
  • Create a soundtrack using built-in music and sound effects, songs from your iTunes library, songs you’ve recorded in GarageBand, and your own narration
Fine-tune every clip
  • Instantly improve the look and sound of your video using one-click Enhance
  • Give your video a boost with easy-to-use color controls
  • Stabilize shaky video for a smoother picture that’s easier to watch
  • Automatically zoom in on faces and glide across panorama photos with the Ken Burns Effect
  • Choose from 48 fun video and audio effects
  • Send your project to Final Cut Pro and take advantage of advanced editing tools, professional effects, third-party plug-ins, and more
Share with friends and family
  • Email videos with Mail Drop when signed in to iCloud
  • Share directly to YouTube and Vimeo at up to 4K resolution
  • Share any video frame as an image
Create App Previews for the App Store
  • Import iPhone and iPad screen recording videos captured with QuickTime Player
  • Highlight features with 11 animated titles designed to showcase apps in action
  • Export finished videos using the App Preview share option

What’s new in version 10.4.3

  • Includes stability and performance improvements.

iMovie for Mac

Free
In English
Version 10.4.3
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iMovie qualities

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4.0
Ease of use
5.0
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5.0
Reliability
3.0
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5.0

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3.6

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Derekcurrie
Derekcurrie
Sep 20 2023
10.3.6
4.0
Sep 20 2023
4.0
Version: 10.3.6
v10.3.9 is out. It's 3.1 GB! "• Take advantage of the flexibility and dynamic range of log-encoded video shot on iPhone 15 Pro. • Includes stability and performance improvements."
Derekcurrie
Derekcurrie
May 24 2023
10.3.5
4.0
May 24 2023
4.0
Version: 10.3.5
v10.3.6 hit the net today. "Includes stability and performance improvements."
awitco
awitco
Sep 13 2021
10.2.5
0.0
Sep 13 2021
0.0
Version: 10.2.5
I haven't used iMovie for five years it is interesting to come back to iMovie and see how clunky, difficult and how bad the UI has become. I pay all of this money for a fancy phone but don't even try to download movies from the phone to MacBook Air for editing in iMovie! I wasted hours figuring out how to do this as all of the 'simple instructions' such as go to your import menu and select your file don't actually work. Don't even get me started on those fecking black bars and getting rid of those. For Fecks sake apple this is a mess clearly so that customers don't use your ****ty product and pay for external apps right? How sad for your company that your apps are now so crap they are no longer easily used with the updated technology you produce.
Derekcurrie
Derekcurrie
Jul 10 2021
10.2.3
4.0
Jul 10 2021
4.0
Version: 10.2.3
v10.2.5 is out! "Improves stability when exporting with certain macOS Language & Region preferences."
gooikes
gooikes
Jul 4 2021
10.2.3
0.0
Jul 4 2021
0.0
Version: 10.2.3
I'm using version 10.1.6 on a 2010 iMac running Hig Sierra. I think this is the point where iMovie has started to suck beyond belief. It used to be good and smooth, but now it is full of inexplicable glitches, slow non-performance and random behaviour. Clips randomly move from one library to the other, projects get mix up or dissappear altogether, only to show back up in months later without any provocation. It seems to have moodswings, where it will import clips of a certain type without hesitation, only to totally refuse to import the exact same type of file the next moment. HD exports sometimes look perfect and sometimes they resemble old VHS-tape. Exporting a 10 minute finished film will sometimes go in 5 minutes and sometimes in 5 hours or even days. iMovie now behaves like a zoo-monkey on meth: Totally unreliable, erratic and pathetic.
yomtovkamhi
yomtovkamhi
Jan 19 2024
10.3.9
5.0
Jan 19 2024
5.0
Version: 10.3.9
ciofiriccardo19
ciofiriccardo19
May 24 2023
10.3.5
5.0
May 24 2023
5.0
Version: 10.3.5
dankoabel
dankoabel
Apr 1 2023
10.3.5
5.0
Apr 1 2023
5.0
Version: 10.3.5
jackwojno03
jackwojno03
Jun 1 2022
10.3.3
5.0
Jun 1 2022
5.0
Version: 10.3.3
underdarkness77
underdarkness77
Jan 31 2022
10.3.1
5.0
Jan 31 2022
5.0
Version: 10.3.1
blakeaanaya
blakeaanaya
Aug 31 2021
10.2.5
5.0
Aug 31 2021
5.0
Version: 10.2.5
lucassauer145
lucassauer145
Aug 12 2021
10.2.5
5.0
Aug 12 2021
5.0
Version: 10.2.5
vivaantiwari1109
vivaantiwari1109
Aug 3 2021
10.2.5
5.0
Aug 3 2021
5.0
Version: 10.2.5
Derekcurrie
Derekcurrie
Jul 10 2021
10.2.3
4.0
Jul 10 2021
4.0
Version: 10.2.3
Sid_Sid
Sid_Sid
May 17 2021
10.2.3
4.0
May 17 2021
4.0
Version: 10.2.3
njparkour15997
njparkour15997
Oct 16 2020
2.0
Oct 16 2020
2.0
Version: null
mglcandelas
mglcandelas
Sep 24 2020
1.0
Sep 24 2020
1.0
Version: null
mohiblal66442
mohiblal66442
Jun 20 2020
5.0
Jun 20 2020
5.0
Version: null
tgillmobile
tgillmobile
Jun 3 2020
1.0
Jun 3 2020
1.0
Version: null
geografo-moita
geografo-moita
Apr 29 2020
5.0
Apr 29 2020
5.0
Version: null
noahlif
noahlif
Feb 21 2020
1.0
Feb 21 2020
1.0
Version: null
melaniethomsonlegendre
Jan 26 2020
1.0
Version: null
riccavolpez99
riccavolpez99
Jul 23 2019
1.0
Jul 23 2019
1.0
Version: null
Palex
Palex
Jun 13 2019
3.5
Jun 13 2019
3.5
Version: null
SteveGosselin
SteveGosselin
Mar 21 2019
4.0
Mar 21 2019
4.0
Version: null
viniskate
viniskate
Jan 31 2019
5.0
Jan 31 2019
5.0
Version: null
Bipou
Bipou
Aug 14 2018
2.0
Aug 14 2018
2.0
Version: null
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shaniduckworth
Feb 23 2018
5.0
Feb 23 2018
5.0
Version: null
Marko85
Marko85
Apr 21 2017
5.0
Apr 21 2017
5.0
Version: null
RavenNevermore
RavenNevermore
Apr 15 2017
4.5
Apr 15 2017
4.5
Version: null
gbdoc
gbdoc
Jun 11 2016
2.0
Jun 11 2016
2.0
Version: null
Freenergy
Freenergy
Mar 8 2016
4.5
Mar 8 2016
4.5
Version: null
steve-booker43
steve-booker43
Feb 9 2016
3.0
Feb 9 2016
3.0
Version: null
Evaluator
Evaluator
Jan 25 2016
3.0
Jan 25 2016
3.0
Version: null
Serbian
Serbian
Jan 23 2016
5.0
Jan 23 2016
5.0
Version: null
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bvnvmmfk123
Sep 30 2015
5.0
Sep 30 2015
5.0
Version: null
Bill-Johnson
Bill-Johnson
May 4 2015
4.0
May 4 2015
4.0
Version: null
Surfspirit
Surfspirit
Mar 11 2015
2.0
Mar 11 2015
2.0
Version: null
cbucalo
cbucalo
Aug 27 2014
0.5
Aug 27 2014
0.5
Version: null
Mike-Ryan
Mike-Ryan
Aug 22 2014
5.0
Aug 22 2014
5.0
Version: null
turso3
turso3
May 30 2014
4.0
May 30 2014
4.0
Version: null
Eat-A-Peach
Eat-A-Peach
Apr 19 2014
4.0
Apr 19 2014
4.0
Version: null
Liselotte
Liselotte
Apr 12 2014
5.0
Apr 12 2014
5.0
Version: null
Pedro-Fardilha
Pedro-Fardilha
Jan 24 2014
2.0
Jan 24 2014
2.0
Version: null
StrictlyBagel
StrictlyBagel
Jan 24 2014
0.5
Jan 24 2014
0.5
Version: null