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While all my other applications like photos/calendar/mail/etc all sync between my iMac, MacBook Pro, iPhone iMovie does not. Movies made on each device only appear in the Projects windows of the app. What am I missing about syncing these videos between devices?
MacBook Pro with Touch Bar
Hi, James,
iMovie projects and the supporting media are stored in the iMovie library, not in the app itself. iMovie libraries cannot be stored in the Cloud and so they cannot be synced. You would need to put your iMovie library on an external drive that is formatted Mac OS Extended (Journaled) and then transfer the drive back and forth between your iMac and MacBookPro. Both computers should be running the same exact version of iMovie that was used to create the projects. NOTE: Reformatting a drive erases all data on it, so first back up any data that you want to keep.
-- Rich
Hi, James,
iMovie projects and the supporting media are stored in the iMovie library, not in the app itself. iMovie libraries cannot be stored in the Cloud and so they cannot be synced. You would need to put your iMovie library on an external drive that is formatted Mac OS Extended (Journaled) and then transfer the drive back and forth between your iMac and MacBookPro. Both computers should be running the same exact version of iMovie that was used to create the projects. NOTE: Reformatting a drive erases all data on it, so first back up any data that you want to keep.
-- Rich
You can share out the project as a standalone movie, and that will sync. It’s just that the library with the projects won’t sync. It is part of the architecture of iMovie. Being a consumer like youself, I don’t know what capabilities that future iterations of iMovie may hold. Nor do I know of other movie editing apps that might have syncing capability. There may well be some out there.
— Rich
Thanks Rich. Any hope for the future syncing between devices? Or is there another app I can use that already has this capability?
iMovie does not sync between iMac and MacBook Pro
