Use iMovie Theater with iOS 8 or OS X Yosemite

After upgrading to iOS 8 or OS X Yosemite, you might experience issues viewing iMovie Theater videos.

When you share a video to iMovie Theater, it’s uploaded to iCloud so that you can view it on your other devices. After updating to iOS 8 or OS X Yosemite, however, iMovie Theater might appear empty or only display some content on some of your devices. Also, new content that you share to iMovie Theater might not appear on all of your devices.

The steps below will help you use iMovie Theater with:

iPhone 4s and later, iPad, or iPod touch

  1. Update your device to iOS 8.
  2. Update to iMovie version 2.1 or later on your iOS device.
    Find updates for your apps by opening the App Store and tapping Updates in the bottom right.
  3. Upgrade to iCloud Drive.

Mac computers

  • Update your Mac to OS X Yosemite.
  • Update to iMovie version 10.0.6 or later on your Mac.
  • Upgrade to iCloud Drive.

Using iMovie Theater with iOS 8 and OS X Mavericks

You can use iMovie Theater with an iOS device running iOS 8 and a Mac running OS X Mavericks if you haven't upgraded to iCloud Drive.

If you’ve already upgraded to iCloud Drive, you must update your Mac to OS X Yosemite to keep iMovie Theater content current across your devices.

Apple TV

Apple TV will automatically display iMovie Theater content you share from devices that you've upgraded to iCloud Drive.

iPhone 4

You can use iMovie Theater on your iPhone 4 if you haven't upgraded to iCloud Drive on any device associated with your iCloud account.

If you've already upgraded to iCloud Drive, your iPhone 4 will no longer be able to upload or display iMovie Theater content you store in iCloud.

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