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Apple offers iMovie HD 6 for free to iLife ‘08 owners

Thursday, August 9, 2007 · 8:11 pm · 70 Comments

Apple has released iMovie HD 6, which was previously distributed with iLife ’06, as a free download for those who have purchased and installed iLife ’08.

The minimum requirements for iMovie HD 6 are:
• A Macintosh computer with a PowerPC G4, G5, or Intel Core processor
• 256 MB of RAM; 512 MB recommended
• High definition video requires a 1 GHz G4 processor or faster and 512 MB of RAM
• Mac OS X 10.3.9 or Mac OS X 10.4.3 or later; Mac OS X 10.4.4 recommended
• Mac OS X 10.4.4 (or later) required for themes, real-time video effects, and audio effects
• iLife ’08

More info and download link (154.6 MB) here.

[Thanks to MacDailyNews Readers "Michael" and "neo" for the heads up.]

MacDailyNews Note: Yesterday we reported that Apple’s new iMovie application lacks support for G4 Macs, so this helps G4 Mac owners who’d like the rest of iLife ’08 (iPhoto, iDVD, GarageBand, iWeb).

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Willie G

Thursday, August 9, 2007 - 8:17 pm · Reply

That’s awesome for 2 reasons…

1.) People with G4′s who didn’t get iLife ’06 (though I can’t imagine there are many) won’t get assed out of iMovie if they buy ’08.

2.) People on current computers who are more comfortable with a time-line editing approach don’t have to ditch it if they don’t want to.

Either way, stuff like this demonstrates that Apple really does listen to the needs of it’s users.
macboy2010

Thursday, August 9, 2007 - 8:18 pm · Reply

imovie 8 is awesome

imovie 6 has a large user base that is unhappy with the new program

I am not in that camp at all

I love the new program and find it to be one of the best video editors for speed and easy of use I have ever seen

Great job Apple
standardmess

Thursday, August 9, 2007 - 8:19 pm · Reply

It also indicates that apple *may* have dropped the ball with iLife ’08.

I like the new iPhoto, for instance, but editing photos in full-screen mode on my 1.8 GHz iMac G5 is a painful experience, at best.

MW: Military = also a painful experience…
Wake

Thursday, August 9, 2007 - 8:20 pm · Reply

Screw that, how about 20 bucks back for an app that won’t install.

If you paid Microsoft full price for Office 2007 for your 1.5 year old laptop, but it wouldn’t install Word until you bought a new (Microsoft) laptop, there’d be a 3 page thread here nailing them to the cross.

Apple SUCKS on this one.
yet another steve

Thursday, August 9, 2007 - 8:24 pm · Reply

Nice user friendly move.
ken1w

Thursday, August 9, 2007 - 8:29 pm · Reply

Great move by Apple. The only iMovie I used previously was the one that came with my 2.0 GHz Power Mac G5 (dual-core type), which was from iLife ’05. Thanks…
Me in LA

Thursday, August 9, 2007 - 8:50 pm · Reply

@wake: WAKE UP you moron.

Look at specs BEFORE YOU BUY, tard.

MDN: Press: as in press your ass against the mirror and smile WAKE
shaun

Thursday, August 9, 2007 - 8:50 pm · Reply

@wake:

The G4 chip is 6 years old now, it’s not like macs only bought 18 months ago won’t work with the new iMovie, because they will, and older ones than that

vista and office 2007 on the other hand…….
Mark

Thursday, August 9, 2007 - 8:53 pm · Reply

“MacDailyNews Note: Yesterday we reported that Apple’s new iMovie application lacks support for G4 Macs, so this helps G4 Mac owners who’d like the rest of iLife ’08 (iPhoto, iDVD, GarageBand, iWeb).”

I wonder what your MDN Note/Take would be if MS released software that didn’t run on Vista? Probably wouldn’t have used a term as sugar-coated and disarming as “lacks support” I bet.

I’m long AAPL stock (and up big overall, but have taken a beating since earnings) but the hypocrisy, arrogance, and attitude of this site nauseates me.
Gandalf

Thursday, August 9, 2007 - 9:05 pm · Reply

A G4 Mac mini I have is little over two years old, it runs iMovie 5 which is what it came with just fine. Do I expect the new iMovie to run on it, hell no. Would I want to wait while the processor struggled, hell no.

I also use a G4 Sawtooth 400MHz (2000) which runs Photoshop 3 (1995) in OS 9.1 just great and super fast.
DudeMac

Thursday, August 9, 2007 - 9:10 pm · Reply

That is totally uncool of Apple to not support G4 Macs with the new iMovie… this makes me less excited about buying the iLife/iWork ’08 suites this year since most of my machines are G4 equipped.
RHenriques

Thursday, August 9, 2007 - 9:13 pm · Reply

iMovie 08 it’s probably Apple’s biggest flop in the latest 7 years. It’s a feature cut period. iMovie 08 has a nice potential and skimming is great. Beyond that, and probably the new interface, everything fails. We cannot change transitions parameters, text is less flexible than in 06, ken burn effects is awkwardly linked to the crop tool and not easily accessible, it’s not possible to manage sound fade effects, it’s impossible to use video effects and so on and so on. I’m wondering what MDN would say if Micro$oft would pull out such a flop. The other apps seem to be ok and, concerning to iWork, the history it’s completely different. iWork 08 it’s an outstanding upgrade.
macromancer

Thursday, August 9, 2007 - 9:22 pm · Reply

Would you all like some cheese?
Realist

Thursday, August 9, 2007 - 9:24 pm · Reply

Scratch the “Macs have longer useful lives than PCs do” drivel. My 3 year old Dell work laptop runs Vista Aero and Office 2007 just fine. And even if it couldn’t, it wouldn’t refuse to install… I just wouldn’t get desktop effects.
Meanwhile, open your wallet wide cause your leader has determined for you that its time to buy a new computer by refusing to install software on it! But here’s a link to the old app you already had, how gratuitous!!! Carry on, sheep.
AK Mac

Thursday, August 9, 2007 - 9:33 pm · Reply

@Mark

Going from PPC to Intel was a Major hardware switchover, one the rest of the PC industry has not gone through in recent history especially windows machines. The G4 is old and very different hardware. The fact that it won’t run on a G4 is not as crazy or ridiculous as you are implying, with a little logic applied, it is fair enough to recognize why it is not supported.

Your Vista comparison it not valid in my book. Maybe your messed up logic is the true cause of your nausea?

MW: “Makes”. Your argument makes no sense!
AK Mac

Thursday, August 9, 2007 - 9:36 pm · Reply

@Realist

My last comment applies to you too, smart @ss.
Willie G

Thursday, August 9, 2007 - 9:39 pm · Reply

you know.. seriously people, it never fails to amaze me at what a childish lot you can all be. Apple does a better job than ANYONE in the tech industry at supporting legacy and obsolete hardware. They go to great lengths to ensure that you Mac will remain useful for years and years.

There comes a time, however, when the technology simply has to grow beyond the limits of older platforms. I imagine the software engineers at Apple probably pull their hair out constantly at the things they would like to implement in various softwares and the OS, but cannot due to the need to support said legacy gear.

Freakin’ grow up, suck it up, and try actually supporting your beloved Apple by occasionally buying a new machine.

Sheesh.. sometimes I just hate people…
Willie G

Thursday, August 9, 2007 - 9:43 pm · Reply

@ Realist,

I was posting above when you dropped your usual nonsense turd on us.

You do realize that you are comparing an OS to 1 peice of software that sells in a suite of other applications for $79? Right? I mean you aren’t really THAT stupid are you? You DO know that Apple’s curent OS has been successfully installed on machines as far back as the G3 iMac.. right?

Man, to the back of the short-bus with you, you irrelevant little troll
Selfish Complaining Whiner w/Head Up My A--

Thursday, August 9, 2007 - 9:48 pm · Reply

I want EVERYTHING! I want it ALL!!

I want it supported FOREVER!!! Apple’s turning into MICROSOFT!!!!!

This is the END!!!!!!! The sky is FALLING!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

Me! Me! Me! Me! Me! Me! MEEEEEEEEEEE!!!!!!
KenC

Thursday, August 9, 2007 - 9:52 pm · Reply

I would love to be able to use the new iMovie with my 1Ghz TiPB, but since it’s already choking on H.264, how in the heck is it going to work with AVCHD? If you use iMovie HD, you know that a G4 is not going to cut the mustard with newer higher pixel count, newer compression codecs. Complainers are those people who must not use iMovie, cause they’d know not to expect the old G4 to keep up with the new hardware requirements.
borg

Thursday, August 9, 2007 - 9:59 pm · Reply

What’s the matter Apple? Can’t use Xcode to create a universal application?
Mark

Thursday, August 9, 2007 - 10:11 pm · Reply

AK Mac,

I don’t care the reason behind why this product won’t run on a G4 Mac. Maybe there’s a fundamental and justifiable reason for it; maybe not. MDN an its apologists will go the extra mile and give Apple the benefit of the doubt to justify things like this even when it can’t be justified. MDN would N-E-V-E-R pass up a chance to point out and ridicule a news release stating that one MS product won’t work with another corporate cousin product… be it software to software or hardware to software.

My opinion, and I’ve seen it expressed by many others as well, is that the authors who post MDN Takes are hypocritcal closed-minded people to most things non-Apple and all things Microsoft.

As an investor, I come to this site for AAPL news and rumors. At one point, I found their Takes witty and interesting. That was a while ago. Now they’re just stale, predictable, and completely arrogant.

I respect peoples’ passion for Mac products. I just don’t think MDN authors have true passion for Mac products. Just a lot of hate for competitors and blind allegiance to the mother ship.
iMovie 08 has major issues

Thursday, August 9, 2007 - 10:15 pm · Reply

anyone here that does not think iMovie 08 has major issues is either clueless or has not used the app.

iMovie 08 is nice if you are starting a new project from scratch BUT if you are doing ANY work with projects created prior to 08 then you are screwed… period.

MW= “move” as in the “move” from iMovieHD to iMovie 08 is a very shitty ride indeed
Cubert

Thursday, August 9, 2007 - 10:15 pm · Reply

@ Shaun,

“it’s not like macs only bought 18 months ago won’t work with the new iMovie”

Yes, there are 18 month old Macs that can’t run the new iMovie – the last revision of the G4 Powerbooks, which Apple sold until the release of the Macbooks and other Macbook Pros in January 2006.
Jim - TIV

Thursday, August 9, 2007 - 10:28 pm · Reply

@Wilie G.

For those on current computers who like the timeline approach (like me) the iLife 08 install already puts iLife 06 into a folder in your applications folder and saves it. A nice thought by Apple.

Having a timeline, with two audio channels to mix on (iLife 08 only has one) allows you to do many projects that otherwise you would have to load into final cut pro. For instance, you can’t do a voiceover and then add music.

Also – when I tried to load mpg1 video files into iMovie 08 it doesn’t recognize them. I’ve got literally thousands of these clips for video editing, to use them I’ll have to convert them. There are a number of other lost enhancements that the earlier version had that the current one doesn’t.

Finally, the whole argument that you could mix down a movie in under a half hour is silly. iMovie 06 could do this just as well, as long as you don’t count the import time. iMovie 08 still has to import the video, so it’s not really that much faster.

Lost timeline editing, lost of dual audio tracks, lost transition and other editing features, this wasn’t an upgrade, it was a simplification of a piece of software. iMovie 08 is just the MagicMovie to Garageband’s new “magic garageband.”

As someone who uses FCP and iMovie daily, I think I’ll just stick to iMovie 06.