Q: iMovie hung reading iMovie Library.imovielibrary

This is probably the first time I've tried to open iMovie at least since upgrading to Yosemite - maybe longer. iMovie has been hung for hours now saying "Reading "iMovie Library.imovielibrary" library. I can't do anything with iMovie. I can't even quit it though I suppose I could do a force quit but I haven't tried that yet, hoping that at some point it would finally finish whatever it is doing. After 5-6 hours, I have given up on that hope. Does anyone have any suggestions?

Thanks.

OS X Yosemite (10.10.1)

Posted on Dec 21, 2014 5:47 PM

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brenden dv Dec 23, 2014 7:27 AM in response to brucerpeterson
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Dec 23, 2014 7:27 AM in response to brucerpeterson

Hi brucerpeterson,

If you have upgraded iMove as well as Yosemite, it may be trying to read/update an old iMovie library. If that is the case and the update appears to be hanging, and/or the library in question is not one you need to keep, you may find the following articles helpful:

iMovie (2013): Updating projects and events from previous versions of iMovie - Apple Support
iMovie (2013): Removing old libraries after updating - Apple Support

Regards,
- Brenden
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