Level 1 (8 points)

429 Too Many Requests

Hi,

I just wanted to use my old 21.5 inch mid 2011 imac and i factory reset it. When i did that i upgraded it to highest possible mac os which is high sierra. But when i tried to install most apps from appstore like imovie i couldn't download it as it always gives an error which says i need to have at least mac os mojave. And as my machine is not capable of downloading that. I downloaded imovie 9.0 from apple's website but i wasn't able to update it through appstore to version that can be used in high siearra which. Can someone help me with that problem if there is a solution of downloading previous versions of apps. I don't want to dowload anything from unoffical websites even if the software is free but if there's a trusted one why not?

Posted on Jan 2, 2020 5:20 AM

3 replies

dialabrain

Level 10 (138,595 points)

Jan 2, 2020 5:33 AM in response to KNGArda

Unfortunately, the only copy of iMovie on the App Store does require 10.14 or later. So you can't download or upgrade. Another reason to make sure you have a current backup before erasing/upgrading.

KNGArda Author

Level 1 (8 points)

Jan 2, 2020 6:38 AM in response to dialabrain

Hey thank you for your advice but i tried it 5 minutes ago and it magically asked me that imovie's latest version is not avaible but i could download the highest possible version even if i did literally nothing. I don't know, I tried 3 hours long yesterday but it never asked me even if i did the same steps.

dialabrain

Level 10 (138,595 points)

Jan 2, 2020 6:41 AM in response to KNGArda

You're welcome. Interesting. That used to be true for other apps as well. That wasn't normally happening with Pages, Numbers and Keynote. Maybe Apple changed something since you tried.

Originally posted at discussions.apple.com/thread/251001378