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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 it's name suggests, iMovie is about about video
editing.

Mac Video Converter is the best avi to imovie converter software. Just
several clicks with the iMovie Mac video file converter, import avi
into imovie, you will enjoy your high-quality favorite clips in
iMovie.

How to import your avi video files into apple imovie on mac os x with
iMovie Mac Video Converter?

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

Step 1: Add avi video files
Download, install and run avi to imovie converter, then click "Add File
(s)" button on the toolbar, select you want to convert avi files in
the dialog box that open.

Step 2: Select output format: "MPEG-4 Movie (*mp4)"

Step 3: Convert avi file
Click "Convert Checked Item(s)" button on the toolbar to start
converting the files.

Step 4: Importing convertion mp4 files to imovie
Launch iMovie, go to "file import movies". Select the converted MP4
video then click "import".

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