How to import photos from iCloud to iMovie

You can use iCloud Photos to make your photos and video clips available on all your devices. For example, if you take a picture on your iPhone, the photo automatically appears on all your other devices that have iCloud Photos turned on.

Important: iCloud Photos requires that you have iCloud set up and are using iOS 8.3 or later or iPadOS 13 or later. When iCloud Photos is turned on, you can’t transfer photos or video clips from your Mac using iTunes or the Finder.

1. On each device, go to Settings > [account name] > iCloud, and make sure you’re signed in with the same Apple ID.

2. In iCloud Settings on each device, tap Photos, then turn on iCloud Photos.

3. Open iMovie on your iPhone or iPad, then open a project for editing.

Some media may be stored in iCloud but not on your device. If a Download button

appears when you tap a photo or video clip in the media browser, you can tap the button to download the media to the photo library on your device.

For more information, see Add video clips and photos in iMovie on iPhone.

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Last Updated : June 13, 2022

If you have stored videos on iCloud Drive and want to import videos into iMovie on your Mac, then follow the steps below.

Here are the steps to Import Videos from iCloud Drive to iMovie on Mac:

1. Open "Finder" on your Mac.
2. Select "Go" option.
3. Select "iCloud Drive".
4. Browse to folder where your videos are stored.
5. Open "iMovie" on your Mac.
6. Navigate to the event into which you would like to import the videos.
7. Return to "Finder".
8. Select the videos that you want to import and drag them into the event in iMovie.

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