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Jan 8, 2016 6:31 AM in response to jGilboby knightem,This happened to me after upgrading to El Capitan.
All of my photos were imported into the new Photos Library, but when I opened iMovie, it still showed my iPhotos Library with only the old pictures in the sidebar. Photos library was set as the system library, and if I tried to go through the menu to set a new library through iMovie, they were greyed out and I couldn't select the correct one.
What I ended up doing (simultaneously, so I'm not sure which one of these fixed it)
- Hold down command and option while opening Photos. Dialog appears to Repair the library, do that.
- Open the App store and download the update to iMovie
If you want to try just the second one go for it. Good luck; glad I got mine working.
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Jan 8, 2016 10:41 AM in response to jGilboby GeeD,As knightem has hinted, only the Photos System Library is visible from iMovie. To designate a different system library see:
Designate a System Photo Library in Photos - Apple Support
Geoff.
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Jan 8, 2016 10:52 AM in response to GeeDby knightem,That was the problem though; my new Photos Library was set as the system library, but iMovie was still displaying only the old iPhotos Library. When I went into the photos library preferences to confirm, the "Use as System Library" button was greyed out because it was already selected.
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Jan 8, 2016 10:57 AM in response to knightemby GeeD,If you are using iMovie 9 ('11) or earlier I'm not sure but I don't think it will interface with Photos since Photos did not exist when these versions of iMovie were current. I think you will have to locate the photos in the photos library manually and import from there or drag and drop into the project.
Geoff.
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May 26, 2016 11:53 AM in response to jGilboby Matthias Orgler,I checked everything:
- Photos app uses my system library
- iMovie is updated to the current versionStill: iMovie shows some other (old) library that I haven't used for ages. How can I tell iMovie to use the correct photos/media library?