How to get iMovie 6.0.5 update for Mojave after older download site changed?

I too felt iMovie 6 HD was the best iMovie version they every released. However, I've found a 3rd party app that is very much like iMovie 6 HD: Photostage slideshow Producer. It's much like iMovie 6 HD in that you can set the transition, transition time, slide time, multi music tracks that you can edit, fade in and out, etc.

It takes a little learning to find the various features but it's the closest to the iMovie 6 HD I've found.

WH wrote:

I never downloaded 604, I remember comments that 604 was buggy.

I dont know if this was correct.

Does someone know if there were a differences between 603 and 604 ?

Years ago I briefly tested 6.0.4 and did not notice any difference compared to 6.0 updated to 6.0.3. The official 6.0.4 installer Get Info below (yes, I am a pack rat):

I used iMovie 1.0.2-6.0.3HD to edit .dv and VHS-to-DV. I was appalled by later "iMovie" versions but finally was dragged kicking and screaming to Final Cut Pro. Anyways:

iLife 06 installer doesn't run on OS X 10.7 or later because it is a PowerPC application. iMovie HD 6.0 can be installed via Pacifist ($20): Open the iLife 06.mpkg installer with Pacifist, select the whole iMovie package and let Pacifist install all components to their correct places. iMovie HD 6.0.2 Combo Update and iMovie HD 6.0.3 Update can the be installed normally. OS X 10.9 is the last where iMovie HD 6.0.3 (and 6.0.4) normally runs, or in macOS 10.10-10.14: Right click to show package contents. Open contents. Open info.plist in Text Editor like BBEdit. Scroll down close to the bottom and locate line:

<key>CFBundleVersion</key>

<string>6.0.3<string>

Change the 6.0.3 to 6.0.5.

iMovie versions had some recurring annoying bugs -- let me know if you need any workarounds for them.

Old Toad wrote:

I too felt iMovie 6 HD was the best iMovie version they every released.

I liked also iMovie 1.0.2 because it allowed the user to trim the unreferenced parts of the source files. This allowed me to edit 50 hours of VHS-to-DV (more than 600 GB) and later "real" DV when booted from a tiny SCSI 20 GB IBM "Deathstar" (still running OK!) mounted inside PowerMac 8600/200 with an add-on Firewire card. Obviously trimming the source files sometimes did not work as intended so Apple removed that option in later versions (then the trimming and archiving had to be done by exporting as .dv which had several bugs that must be worked around to preserve a lossless copy). I used those old iMovie versions to export old DV (actually D8) tapes as .dv files with original quality (minus 0-6 dropped frames per hour) and I have used Final Cut Pro and ffmpeg to further post-process them to this day.

WH wrote:

I already have found a download option for QT 6.0.5 [sic].

I thought iMovie HD 6.0.4 was the latest official release although have not paid attention during the last ten years... AFAIR 6.0.4 was essentially the same as 6.0.3. Is that iMovie HD 6.0.5 is from Apple or is it some hack from a shady site?

Matti wrote

"I thought iMovie HD 6.0.4 was the latest official release ...."

Yes, 6.0.4 was the last official release of "iMovie 6 HD" and, if I remember this correctly, was only available for download to those who had acquired a new Mac with iMovie '08 ( iMovie ver 7 ) installed.

This was offered because the new iMovie '08 did not go down very well with these new users, so Apple offered this download of 6.0.4 as a means to calm things down a bit.After a few iterations of iMovie '08, where alterations/improvements were made, then iMovie 6.0.4 was no longer available to download.

As far as I am aware, 6.0.3 , 6.0.4 and the unofficial "6.0.5" are identical in use.

A few years ago, 3 or 4 ? , there was a link posted in this forum to a site for the unofficial 6.0.5 download for those that were wanting iMovie HD 6 even though this had been superseded by versions 7,8,9 and 10( AKA iMovie '08,'09,'11, and '13 as in 2008, 2009 etc).

WH wrote:

Is there a way to get the update?

Thank you!

Sorry, no.

You're welcome.