What's new in iMovie 10.4
Dec 2, 2023
- Export HEVC and H.264 files faster by simultaneously processing video segments across available media engines (requires macOS Sonoma or later and a Mac with Apple M1 Max, M1 Ultra, M2 Max, M2 Ultra, or M3 Max).
New in iMovie 10.3.10 (Oct 6, 2023)
- Fixes an issue that caused some titles and transitions to have incorrect animations.
New in iMovie 10.3.9 (Sep 19, 2023)
- Take advantage of the flexibility and dynamic range of log-encoded video shot on iPhone 15 Pro.
- Includes stability and performance improvements.
New in iMovie 10.3.8 (Aug 2, 2023)
- Fixes an issue where video could freeze in the viewer
New in iMovie 10.3.7 (Jul 19, 2023)
- Includes stability and performance improvements
New in iMovie 10.3.6 (May 23, 2023)
- Includes stability and performance improvements
New in iMovie 10.3.5 (Oct 25, 2022)
- Import Magic Movie and Storyboard projects from iMovie for iOS and iPadOS
- Includes stability and performance improvements
New in iMovie 10.3.4 (Aug 10, 2022)
- Fixes an issue where video frames may be out of order during playback or export
New in iMovie 10.3.3 (May 20, 2022)
- Improves reliability when using drag and drop to replace a transition
New in iMovie 10.3.2 (Apr 13, 2022)
- Import Magic Movie and Storyboard projects created with iMovie for iOS version 3.0 into the timeline
- Includes stability improvements and bug fixes
New in iMovie 10.3.1 (Nov 16, 2021)
- Fixes an issue where the Command-Z keyboard shortcut would not perform an Undo if Language was set to Spanish in System Preferences
New in iMovie 10.3 (Oct 19, 2021)
- Cinematic Mode:
- Edit videos recorded on iPhone 13 in Cinematic mode (requires macOS Monterey)
- Use the Cinematic control in the inspector to modify the intensity of the depth effect
- Choose to focus on faces or other objects by selecting them in the viewer
- View and delete focus points in the video timeline
- Optimized for Apple Silicon:
- Improved performance and efficiency with optimizations for M1 Pro and M1 Max on the new MacBook Pro
New in iMovie 10.2.5 (Jul 9, 2021)
- Improves stability when exporting with certain macOS Language & Region preferences
New in iMovie 10.2.4 (Jun 17, 2021)
- Import projects created with iMovie for iOS version 2.3
- Use sixteen new solid and textured backgrounds with adjustable colors
- Includes stability improvements
New in iMovie 10.2.3 (Mar 5, 2021)
- Fixes the following issues that could occur when importing projects from iMovie for iOS:
- Fonts may change when using the Slide and Chromatic title styles
- Longer titles may shift from one line to two lines
- Filters may be removed from clips
- Some projects may fail to import
- Fixes an issue in which changing an event name in the All Events view may cause that same name to be incorrectly displayed for a different event
- Includes stability and reliability improvements
New in iMovie 10.2.2 (Dec 14, 2020)
- Adds share option for YouTube & Facebook to create a file for uploading to those sites
- Includes stability improvements
New in iMovie 10.2.1 (Nov 13, 2020)
- Improved performance and efficiency on Mac computers with Apple silicon
New in iMovie 10.2 (Nov 13, 2020)
- Improved performance and efficiency on Mac computers with Apple silicon
New in iMovie 10.1.16 (Sep 25, 2020)
- Addresses an issue that prevented the sharing of some projects in HD or 4K resolutions
- Improves stability when importing media
New in iMovie 10.1.15 (Aug 26, 2020)
- Add a hand drawn look to your movies with 5 new filters: Comic, Comic Mono, Comic Vintage, Comic Sepia and Ink
- Import iMovie for iOS projects with support for Comic, Comic Mono and Ink filters
- Improves overall stability
New in iMovie 10.1.14 (Dec 11, 2019)
- Fixes an issue that prevented media from appearing in the Photos library browser when using iMovie on macOS Catalina
- Prevents an issue that could lead to visual artifacts appearing onscreen for systems with Nvidia graphic cards that have the Reduce Transparency accessibility preference enabled
- Resolves an issue in which thumbnails would not update when skimming titles, backgrounds, and transitions in the Browser
- Improves overall stability
New in iMovie 10.1.13 (Oct 8, 2019)
- Fixes a display issue when adding titles to an App Preview movie for iPhone XS Max in landscape orientation
- Provides compatibility and stability improvements
New in iMovie 10.1.12 (Jun 12, 2019)
- Sharing to iMovie Theater is no longer supported; save your movies and trailers to iCloud Photos to watch them them on other devices including Apple TV
- For users with videos in iMovie Theater, the Theater window is now accessible by choosing Window > Go to Theater
- Improves quality of conversion for incompatible media files with very low resolution
- Improves compatibility when importing iMovie for iOS projects
- Improves overall stability
New in iMovie 10.1.11 (Mar 22, 2019)
- Detects media files that may be incompatible with future versions of macOS after Mojave and converts them to a compatible format
- Improves reliability when sharing video to YouTube
New in iMovie 10.1.10 (Nov 8, 2018)
- Removes the option to share video files directly to Facebook
- Adds a new Prepare for Facebook option which exports a Facebook-compatible video file to your system that you can manually upload to the Facebook website
- Improves overall stability
New in iMovie 10.1.9 (Apr 10, 2018)
- App Preview creation now supports iPhone X and additional iPad resolutions
- Resolves an issue which could prevent logging into Facebook
- Resolves an issue in which HEVC video clips and HEIF photos could appear black in the viewer
- Resolves an issue in which the import date was used as the capture date when importing from certain SD cards or AVCHD cameras
- Resolves a playback issue with Sound Designer 2 files
- Resolves an issue in which iMovie could hang when quitting the app
- Resolves an issue in which opacity controls may disappear when using iMovie in German or Polish
- Fixes an issue that could prevent sending certain iMovie projects to Final Cut Pro
- Addresses an issue that could lead to slower media import from SD cards on iMac Pro
- Improves stability when working with Camtwist Studio
New in iMovie 10.1.8 (Nov 2, 2017)
- Improves overall stability.
New in iMovie 10.1.7 (Sep 26, 2017)
- Adds support for importing video in the High Efficiency Video Coding (HEVC) format with macOS High Sierra
- Improves compatibility when sharing to YouTube
New in iMovie 10.1.6 (May 26, 2017)
- Improves stability when updating libraries created with earlier versions of iMovie
- Addresses an issue which could lower the volume of clips after transitions
New in iMovie 10.1.5 (Apr 14, 2017)
- Fixes an issue which could add a red tint to video imported from some camcorders
- Addresses an issue which prevented some videos shot on iPhone from appearing in the import window
- Improves performance and stability
New in iMovie 10.1.4 (Nov 30, 2016)
- Resolves a stability issue for some users who upgraded from a previous version in which they had shared movies or trailers
New in iMovie 10.1.3 (Oct 27, 2016)
- Support for Touch Bar on MacBook Pro lets you quickly add video clips to your movie, or use them to create picture in picture, green screen, and split screen effects
- Tap the Touch Bar to play your movie, split a clip, or easily adjust the volume of any clip
- Ability to delete render files to recover drive space
New in iMovie 10.1.2 (Apr 28, 2016)
- Easy to find New Project button in the Projects browser
- Larger project thumbnails that match the look of iMovie for iOS
- Fast project creation lets you begin editing with a single click
- Clicking a video clip selects the entire clip, instead of a range
- Keyboard shortcut to select range within a clip in the browser and timeline (hold down R key while dragging)
- Support for App Preview resolutions for iPad Pro (1600 x 1200) and Apple TV (1920 x 1080)
- Improves stability
New in iMovie 10.1.1 (Jan 19, 2016)
- Resolves an issue with YouTube sharing that could prevent sign in for users with multiple accounts
- Fixes a problem that could prevent White Balance adjustments from being applied to clips
- Sony XAVC S clips captured at 100 fps or 120 fps now play correctly
- Resolves an issue that could lead to incorrect display of still images
- Clips are now copied when dragged from the Project Media container to events in the Library list
- Stability improvements
New in iMovie 10.1 (Oct 13, 2015)
- Create and share movies at stunning 4K resolution (3840 x 2160) on compatible Mac computers (4K export requires a Mac from 2011 or later with at least 4 GB RAM. Full-resolution 4K playback is supported on iMac with Retina display and Mac Pro (2013 or later) when connected to a 4K display.)
- Create and share movies with 1080p HD video at 60 frames per second for smoother, more true-to-life action
- Import movies and trailers from iMovie for iOS (version 2.2 and later), so you can start editing on an iOS device and finish on your Mac
- Redesigned Media view lets you see more of your library while browsing videos and photos
- Projects view makes it easy to find and open your movies and trailers
- Tabs in the Browser give you faster access to titles, backgrounds, transitions, and music while editing a movie
- Option to hide Browser while editing a movie
- 10 additional video filters from iMovie for iOS
- View pixel-for-pixel 4K video while editing a movie on iMac with Retina 5K display
New in iMovie 10.0.9 (Jun 26, 2015)
- Addresses compatibility with video clips exported from GoPro Studio using the CineForm codec
- Fixes an issue that could cause iMovie to quit unexpectedly when sharing to YouTube
New in iMovie 10.0.8 (Apr 24, 2015)
- Resolves an issue that could cause iMovie to quit on launch
- Updates compatibility with sharing to YouTube
New in iMovie 10.0.7 (Mar 10, 2015)
- Browse Moments, Collections, Favorites and Albums from the Photos app to add content to your projects
- Play/Pause, Prev/Next and Full Screen buttons are always displayed below the Viewer for easier navigation
- Record Voiceover button available below the Viewer for easier access to controls when adding narration
- Adds support for the Sony XAVC-S format
- Addresses stability and compatibility issues
New in iMovie 10.0.5 (Aug 22, 2014)
- This update includes iCloud compatibility improvements for iMovie Theater.
New in iMovie 10.0.4 (Jul 2, 2014)
- Improves stability and resolves issues that could cause iMovie to quit unexpectedly.
New in iMovie 10.0.3 (Apr 11, 2014)
- Option to sort events in the sidebar by date
- Change the font, size, and color of new titles introduced in iMovie version 10
- Double-click a transition in the timeline to adjust its duration
- Crop and rotate clips in events
- Add speed effects using the Adjustments Bar
- Option to smoothly transition in and out of speed effects
- Fixes issues that could cause iMovie to quit unexpectedly
- Resolves issues that could cause sharing to fail
- Improves reliability of search when using partial or multiple search terms
- General usability improvements on computers using certain languages
New in iMovie 10.0.2 (Jan 24, 2014)
- Fixes issues that could cause iMovie to quit unexpectedly
- Resolves issues that could cause sharing to fail
- Addresses a situation where the Share button would not respond
- Resolves situations where project thumbnails appeared blank
- Fixes an issue where high resolution photos appeared green on some computers
- Resolves cases where Crop, Ken Burns, and Map features were not accessible on computers using certain languages
- Includes general stability improvements
New in iMovie 10.0.1 (Nov 21, 2013)
- Allows iMovie to be installed on computers with some older video cards
- Addresses reliability issues when updating projects and events from previous versions of iMovie
New in iMovie 10.0 (Oct 23, 2013)
- All-new, streamlined design
- Share clips, movies, and trailers to iMovie Theater and watch them anywhere
- Video browsing mode with quick clip sharing
- Adjustments Bar for easy access to video and audio controls
- 16 new title styles
- 14 new trailer templates from iMovie for iOS
- Eight new movie themes from iMovie for iOS
- Use photos in trailers
- Plus button for quickly adding clips to your movie
- Trim video and audio clips directly in the timeline
- Simplified drag and drop for picture-in-picture, side-by-side, green screen, and audio-only effects
- One-click Enhance for video and audio
- Adjust shadows, highlights, and color temperature
- Match the color of two clips
- Ken Burns Effect for panorama photos
- Improved video stabilization
- Enhanced green screen and blue screen effect
- Volume-aware audio ducking
- Speed change controls in the timeline
- Add just a portion of a song from iTunes to your movie
- Email video clips and projects
- Sharing support for Youku and Tudou
- Import, analyze, and share clips in the background
- Native support for AVCHD video
- 64-bit support
New in iMovie 9.0.9 (May 14, 2013)
- Addresses issues where iMovie does not recognize video cameras connected to your Mac
- Improves compatibility with projects imported from iMovie for iOS
- Includes stability improvements
New in iMovie 9.0.8 (Sep 6, 2012)
- Addresses an issue related to third-party QuickTime components that could prevent iMovie from opening
New in iMovie 9.0.7 (Jul 25, 2012)
- Fixes an issue related to third-party QuickTime components that could cause iMovie to quit unexpectedly
- Resolves stability issues when previewing MPEG-2 video clips in the Camera Import window
- Fixes an issue where audio was not included when importing MPEG-2 video clips from a camera
New in iMovie 9.0.6 (Jun 12, 2012)
- This update provides general stability and compatibility improvements, including:
- Enhancements for the MacBook Pro with Retina display
- Language support for Catalan, Croatian, Czech, Greek, Hungarian, Romanian, Slovak, Thai, Turkish and Ukrainian
New in iMovie 9.0.4 (Jul 11, 2011)
- This update improves overall stability and addresses a number of minor issues, including the following:
- Support for opening projects imported from iMovie for iOS.
- Fixes an issue where some audio adjustments were not preserved.
- Addresses a performance issue when using large quantities of video clips with keywords.
- Resolves issue with slow application launch when working with large iPhoto libraries.
New in iMovie 9.0.2 (Jan 20, 2011)
- Improves overall stability and fixes an issue that could cause audio playback to be out of sync.
- This update is recommended for all users of iMovie '11.
New in iMovie 9.0.1 (Jan 5, 2011)
- This update improves stability and fixes other minor issues, including:
- Fixes an issue where stabilization would not be applied correctly to some video clips from iPhone and iPod touch.
- Fixes an issue that prevented use of some valid Facebook passwords that contained non-alphanumeric characters.
- Improves compatibility with some cameras that create content in multiple formats.
- Improves performance when scrolling the Project Library.
- This update is recommended for all users of iMovie 9.0.
New in iMovie 8.0.3 (Jun 4, 2009)
- Support for 720p AVCHD Lite cameras and camcorders
- Deleting a beat marker no longer modifies the project duration
- Video Effects palette now uses the correct thumbnail for still images
New in iMovie 8.0.2 (Apr 15, 2009)
- Fixes an issue with projects having a size of 0 KB.
- Attempting to open these projects would cause iMovie to quit unexpectedly at launch.
- This Software Update also addresses a problem where full-screen mode could not be accessed on some systems.
New in iMovie 8.0.1 (Mar 27, 2009)
- Improves overall application stability as well as addressing minor issues related to usability.
New in iMovie 7.1.4 (Jul 23, 2008)
- This update addresses general compatibility issues, improves overall stability, and addresses a number of other minor issues.