Keeping 2 versions of IMovie

Is it possible to keep 2 versions of IMovie (04 & 08) and switch between them. My daughter is used to using version 04 for her school projects and I like version 08 for mine. can leopard handle both at the same time? My daughter has a macbook 13 inch with snowleopard. when her computer crash, all her programs were updated to the latest version. now she wants IMovie04 back.

Hi
leopard
No - as I get it neither does iMovie HD - only iMovie HD6 (but this is really good)
To get both You need to
• get iLife 6 (only aval. as second handed - try e-bay)
• Un-install all iLife'08
• Install iLife 6
• Then re-install iLife'08
Now iMovie HD 6 - will be in Applications/iMovie previous versions - folder
iMovie'09 are much better than iMovie'08 btw.
iMovie HD6 and iDVD09 are a great combination - most of us love it.
Yours Bengt W

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klaus 1,
thanx for the reply. i'm on a 10.6.8 snow leopard.
yes, it did arrive via migration, but had been working well for over 2 years, and two years before that on a 10.5, where it had migrated from a mac book g4 where i used it regularly. through all that time and migration, not a single problem
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AND THEN, AFTER IWROTE ABOVE 'I - ME' MADE THINGS, MUCH, MUCH WORSE.
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Hi
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Did You may be direct iPhoto to a different Photo Library
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