Put projects back onto the iPhone or iPad for editing If you subscribe to iCloud Photo Library and have it set to optimize storage on the device, however, those clips will be deleted and replaced with placeholders that allow you to re-download them later. Once you’ve copied the project to the Finder, select it in iTunes and press Delete.Ĭonfirm the validity of the project using iMovie on the Mac, and then remove the original project in iMovie.īut wait, doesn’t this operating still leave gigabytes of video files on the iPhone or iPad? How astute of you to notice! Yes, it does. iMovieMobile file still takes up extra space on the iPhone or iPad, separate from the original project itself. When you export the project for iTunes, iMovie stores the file in an “iOS limbo” area, a portion of memory used by iMovie for this purpose. There’s one more step before you’re done.

Drag that file from iTunes to the Finder to copy it onto the Mac.

You’ll see the project listed under iMovie Documents, marked by the project name and the extension. If you’re running an earlier version of iTunes, click the Apps item.

Choose your device from the toolbar and select the File Sharing item in the sidebar (iTunes 12.7 and later).

(If the device is set to sync with iTunes via Wi-Fi, make sure it’s nearby transferring the project will still work, but won’t be as speedy.)

Connect your iPhone or iPad to your Mac.

Tap the Share button, and then tap the iTunes icon.

Export projects to your Mac via iTunesĪ benefit to exporting the project to iTunes instead of iCloud is that it doesn’t require a long round trip through the internet. With that confirmed, you can then delete the project from iMovie.

If that’s the case, open the project on the iPhone or iPad, make a small edit (such as trimming a clip), and re-export the project. To verify, go to your Mac and, in the Finder, open the iMovie folder in your iCloud Drive.īefore you delete the project from your device, open it in iMovie on the Mac first! If it was created with an older version of iMovie for iOS, the latest version of iMovie on the Mac may not be able to open it. In the Share to iCloud dialog that appears, tap iMovie Project.Īfter a few minutes (depending on the size of the project and the speed of your internet connection), the project is shared to iCloud.In the Projects view, tap the project you want to export.

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