How to Import Videos from iPhone to iMovie

With your iPhone built in camera, you are capable of capturing high-quality video clips. Although the iMovie app is also available on iPhone and iPad, people prefer to edit the videos with iMovie on the Mac computer for it is much simpler to handle. How to import videos from your iPhone 4s/5/6/6s to iMovie? Keep reading to know the steps.

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How to Import Videos from iPhone to iMovie

Step 1. Launch iMovie, connect your iPhone to your Mac, and click the Camcorder icon that appears just above the Event Library.

Step 2. Select the clips you want and click the Import All or Import Checked button, which depends on selecting Automatic or Manual option.

Step 3. A dialogue will pop up and you can choose where to save the videos, name your event, or optimize video quality, and then click Import.

Bonus Tip: How to Transfer Videos Between iPhone and Mac Easily

The plain truth is we can transfer videos from PC or Mac to the iPhone with Apple iTunes, but it may erase the existing movies on device. How to import/export videos between iPhone and computer with ease? If you feel tried of iTunes sync or the iMovie app, an iTunes alternative makes it simpler to transfer recordings and movies between iPhone 4s/5/5s/6/6s and PC/Mac. AnyTrans is such a tool to achieve this goal.

1. Download and install AnyTrans on your Mac, run it, and then connect your iPhone to computer.

2. Transfer iPhone videos to Mac: Click on Videos > Choose Movies/Photo Videos > Select the Videos you need > Click the To Mac button.

3. Import videos from Mac to iPhone: Follow step 1and > Click the "+" button > Browse and select videos on your Mac > Click Open.

The Bottom Line

To manage your iPhone videos on Mac, AnyTrans would be the best helper. Besides the mentioned feature of transferring videos between iPhone and Mac, it also allows you to copy videos from one iPhone to another, from iPhone to iTunes and vice versa. When adding incompatible videos to your iPhone, AnyTrans automatically convert the videos to iPhone friendly format. Now download the free trial to have a try.