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Apple's iMovie is part of the iLife suite of software products?that
comes free with every Mac. The iLife apps are designed to enhance
users digital lives by making playing and working with digital media
easy for all users. As its name suggests, iMovie is about about video
editing.

Most of 3rd generation mobile phone can record, deliver and play video
in 3gp file extension. If you happen to record several video clips
with your mobile phone, and when you tried to import 3gp into iMovie,
only to find out that you failed, the iMovie won't take it at all. So
before you can begin working in iMovie, you need to bring in some
video from a video recording device and store the video on your
computer (or an external hard disk).

Mac Video Converter is designed to bridge the gap between 3gp and
iMovie by converting 3gp to DV, MOV, and MP4 workable for iMovie.
iMovie will also allow you to import the following file formats: DV
(standard definition) and HDV(high definition), MPEG-2 and AVCHD from
Camcorders, MPEG-4, DV, and .MOV files stored in Mac.

How to import .3gp movie to Apple iMovie for make home movie on Mac OS
X with 3GP to iMovie Converter?

http://www.4yousoft.com/imovie/3gp-to-imovie.htm

Step 1: Load .3gp movie
Free dowload 3GP to iMovie Converter, install and run it, then click
"Add File" button to load .3gp files that you would like to.

Step 2: Select output format
Choose a format like "MPEG-4 Movie (*mp4)" which is compatible with
iMovie from the profile drop-down menu.

Step 3: Convert 3GP file
Click "Convert Checked Item(s)" button on the toolbar to convert your
3GP files to iMovie MP4 format.

Step 4: Importing convertion mp4 files to imovie
Launch iMovie, go to "file import movies". Select the converted MP4
video then click "import" to import the created .MP4 file to your
iMovie project. Specify a new Event name if desired. The imported
video will now be available for you to edit.

http://www.4yousoft.com/imovie/3gp-to-imovie.htm