"Someone from work sent me a video to edit. The file is sent as a wmv and I want to edit it in iMovie. How do I make it so a) I can open it on a Mac and b) drag it into iMovie? Right now I can't open to edit."
This is a very common problem when you want to edit WMV files in iMovie. The reason is that, iMovie natively can't deal with WMV files, it works perfectly with MOV or MP4 files. If you need to transfer WMV videos to iMovie for editing. You'd better convert WMV video files to iMovie compatible files.
WMV to iMovie Converter is definitely a good choice for you to free convert WMV to iMovie compatible files for free importing WMV files to iMovie for editing. Besides, it is also able to convert other videos to iMovie readable formats, such as AVI to iMovie, MPG to iMovie, FLV to iMovie, 3GP to iMovie, AVCHD to iMovie, MXF to iMovie etc.
Step by step to convert WMV to iMovie on Mac (Mountain Lion included)
Step 1: Load WMV files
You can either click "+" or drag and drop WMV files to WMV to iMovie Converter. As batch mode is supported, you can add a bunch of WMV videos at one time.
Step 2: Select iMovie as output format
Click the double up-arrow at the bottom of the program to choose iMovie under the "Editing" tab as output format from format list.
Step 3: Convert WMV to iMovie on Mac
Click "Convert" to launch .WMV to iMovie file conversion on Mac OS X (Mountain Lion included)