If you have previously had iMovie 10 on your Mac then ensure you are using the same Apple ID that was associated with it in order to view it on your Purchased page. The only way that anybody, who is in the situation described above, is going to get iMovie 10 is if Apple recognise this situation and makes specific access to iMovie 10 for El Capitan users who can't upgrade the OS further.Īpple don't generally give access to old Apps if newer ones are available but I believe this is a special case for those that have been lulled into upgrading to El Capitan and can't go any further. This is why you see on here, so many times, people trying to download iMovie 10.1.6 for El Capitan. IMovie 8 or 9 not fully compatible with El Capitan and you can't get iMovie 10. You are now between a rock and a hard place. According to the video editing community on Reddit, Olive is one of the best iMovie alternatives for Windows.

The tool is currently in development and available in the alpha version, but it performs well and looks promising. In order to continue with iMovie,you try to upgrade iMovie to version 10 only to receive the message from the App Store that you need OS 10.13.6 or later in order to download it. Olive is an open-source video editor that works on macOS, Windows, and Linux. Then you discover that your iMovie 8 or 9 is not fully compatible with El Capitan as evidenced on these forums. You discover that your Mac can be upgraded to El Capitan for Free so thats what you do. You may be in the same situation as many others who have been running iMovie ver 8 or 9 (aka iMovie '09 or '11) on an OS previous to El Capitan say Snow Leopard ,Lion or Mountain Lion.

I am assuming that you cannot upgrade your OS further than El Capitan. It will only show up in your Purchased page if it ( iMovie 10.x.x) came installed on your Mac when bought or you have downloaded since.

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