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Q: Albums in "Photos" not showing up in iMovie

So I'm running iMovie 10.0.8 and trying to import photos specific albums I have in Photos 1.0. When I click on "Photos Library" on the Libraries panel, I only get All Photos, Last Import, Panoramas, and Videos, not any of the libraries I've created.  Is there some way to bring them up, or do I have to wait for a new release where Photos and iMovie work better together?

 

Thanks,

Vince

MacBook Pro, OS X Mavericks (10.9.2)

Posted on Jun 3, 2015 9:53 PM

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Q: Albums in "Photos" not showing up in iMovie

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  • by GeeD,

    GeeD GeeD Jun 4, 2015 11:32 AM in response to vjdjr
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    Jun 4, 2015 11:32 AM in response to vjdjr

    iMovie only has access to the designated 'system library' in Photos.  See:

    Designate a System Photo Library in Photos - Apple Support

    for how to make an existing library the system library.

     

    Geoff.

  • by vjdjr,

    vjdjr vjdjr Jun 4, 2015 1:36 PM in response to GeeD
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    Jun 4, 2015 1:36 PM in response to GeeD

    Yes, my system library is correct.  The albums I created are within the system library.  I just don't want to weed through the hundreds of photos in that library when they're all nicely kept within a single album.  iMovie has no knowledge of the albums within the library? 

  • by GeeD,

    GeeD GeeD Jun 4, 2015 1:42 PM in response to vjdjr
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    Jun 4, 2015 1:42 PM in response to vjdjr

    Hmm.  I don't use Photos (or iPhoto) myself so I can't help you any further (in most cases the problem has been the photos not being in the system library).

     

    Anyone else?

     

    Geoff.

  • by ksimpson3,Helpful

    ksimpson3 ksimpson3 Jun 9, 2015 9:26 PM in response to vjdjr
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    Jun 9, 2015 9:26 PM in response to vjdjr

    I posted separately about this same issue...

     

    The albums you listed (All Photos, Last Import...) are under "Albums" in the drop-down list.  There is also an option for "My Albums" which I assume means the custom Albums I've created.  When I select that option, only one of my Albums appears in the 'browser' area of iMovie, and the rest of my 20+ albums are nowhere to be seen.

     

    I can confirm that I'm connected to the correct library.  The one Album that appears in iMovie is staying up-to-date with changes made in Photos.  This evening I added a couple photos to that Album and there they are in iMovie.  But only the one Album...

  • by Matt Ma,

    Matt Ma Matt Ma Jul 20, 2015 7:26 PM in response to ksimpson3
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    Jul 20, 2015 7:26 PM in response to ksimpson3

    Anyone figure this one out yet? I'm having the same problem.

  • by bobtheblob,

    bobtheblob bobtheblob Jul 21, 2015 2:17 AM in response to Matt Ma
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    Jul 21, 2015 2:17 AM in response to Matt Ma

    I can't access anything when I click on Photos Library. It worked a couple of weeks ago.

  • by Matt Ma,

    Matt Ma Matt Ma Jul 29, 2015 11:50 PM in response to bobtheblob
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    Jul 29, 2015 11:50 PM in response to bobtheblob

    Not sure which part of the following did the trick, but something made it work (seems kind of random):

     

    1. In iMovie, under "My Albums," I made a note of which albums did show up. Many of these were old albums that I didn't need.

    2. Quit iMovie.

    3. Open Photos.

    4. Find the albums that I had noted, and delete the ones that I didn't need.

    5. Quit Photos.

    6. Open iMovie.

    7. Navigate back to "My Albums" under Photos Library. All my albums have magically appeared.

  • by TheRealRusty,

    TheRealRusty TheRealRusty Feb 26, 2016 7:42 AM in response to Matt Ma
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    Feb 26, 2016 7:42 AM in response to Matt Ma

    Seems to be a problem with iMovie allowing album refreshes. I have the same problem in iMovie 10.1 - if iMovie is open and I add photos to Photos (did Apple not see the inherent confusion naming a product with such a common generic name like Photos?) I need to quit iMovie and then relaunch if I want to see the new photos in iMovie. There needs to be a refresh button or script that keeps your media updated in iMovie as you work with it in other Apple products.