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Q: Photos from Photos app not accessible in iMovie 10.0.8

When using iMovie 10.0.8, Photos in the new Photos app are not showing up in the Photos heading in the library. Photos under the iPhoto heading are accessible.

 

Using OS X 10.10.3

 

Thanks for any help.

iMac, Mac OS X (10.6.7), null

Posted on Apr 25, 2015 1:04 PM

by mtngoatjoe@mac.com,Solvedanswer
mtngoatjoe@mac.com mtngoatjoe@mac.com
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A:

I'm having the same problem.

 

OS X 10.10.3, Photos 1.0 (209.52.0). There is a "Photos Library" in the Library pane, but selecting it doesn't show anything. Where the content should be, it says "No Photos or Videos".

Posted on Apr 25, 2015 2:36 PM

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  • by camilochile,

    camilochile camilochile Feb 5, 2016 2:47 PM in response to lawrencefromedmonds
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    Feb 5, 2016 2:47 PM in response to lawrencefromedmonds

    thank you so much!

  • by tobi-h,

    tobi-h tobi-h Feb 21, 2016 3:44 AM in response to Schlinker
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    Feb 21, 2016 3:44 AM in response to Schlinker

    Finally it was the "years" tab, You mentioned.

    Thank You very much for the hint!!

     

    Lost one hour for investigation ...

  • by lgigli,

    lgigli lgigli Mar 31, 2016 8:52 PM in response to Phil Weyman
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    Mar 31, 2016 8:52 PM in response to Phil Weyman

    Thank you!  This worked when all the other suggestions didn't.  Just open Photos first, then iMovie.  Dumb solution, but it worked for me.

  • by LyndaHe,

    LyndaHe LyndaHe Apr 12, 2016 8:28 AM in response to lgigli
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    Apr 12, 2016 8:28 AM in response to lgigli

    Nope. I've done everything and still can't see the Iphoto folder. Even rebooted. I love Macs and have had them for years, but right now I'm ready to throw it out the window after a couple hours of researching something that should be seamless. I'm off to put my photos in a temp photo on the desktop. Should have done that to start with.

  • by PeterPack,

    PeterPack PeterPack Apr 15, 2016 8:30 AM in response to lawrencefromedmonds
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    Apr 15, 2016 8:30 AM in response to lawrencefromedmonds

    Thank you. Was searching for month. Stupid search "Photos in Photos does not show in iMovie" go me finally here.

  • by rabburns,

    rabburns rabburns Apr 23, 2016 8:34 AM in response to Schlinker
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    Apr 23, 2016 8:34 AM in response to Schlinker

    Thanks a million - that solved the problem for me.

  • by stedder,

    stedder stedder May 23, 2016 11:38 AM in response to KristenL777
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    May 23, 2016 11:38 AM in response to KristenL777

    I didn't have Photos Library listed under Libraries in iMovie. It turned out that going to Photos and enabling iCloud Photo Library in the Preferences, made it show up.

  • by Matthias Orgler,

    Matthias Orgler Matthias Orgler May 26, 2016 12:45 PM in response to lawrencefromedmonds
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    May 26, 2016 12:45 PM in response to lawrencefromedmonds

    Nothing worked for me . Photos app uses the system library and my iMovie is the latest version. However, I still see some random other library (with old photos) show up in iMovie! iMovie simply does NOT use my system photo library. How can I change the photos library that iMovie uses?

  • by IreneTree,

    IreneTree IreneTree Jun 16, 2016 5:02 PM in response to lawrencefromedmonds
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    Jun 16, 2016 5:02 PM in response to lawrencefromedmonds
    Lawrence, you are an absolute star!!  I've been faffing about here for a number of hours I am embarrassed to mention trying to sort this out . . . . what a palaver - but finally sorted.  Thank you.

  • by khang813,

    khang813 khang813 Aug 7, 2016 5:24 AM in response to Schlinker
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    Aug 7, 2016 5:24 AM in response to Schlinker

    this helping me out. thank.

  • by MacLoverandHater,

    MacLoverandHater MacLoverandHater Aug 15, 2016 1:15 AM in response to lawrencefromedmonds
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    Aug 15, 2016 1:15 AM in response to lawrencefromedmonds

    Amazingly helpful - thanks! Got very upset last night when my photos just weren't visible. Anyway followed your instructions, created new library, make it default. Then re-opened old ones and all photos appeared, rather frustrating this happened but delighted! I can now make my baby movie with less stress!! thanks SO much

  • by tragusa3,

    tragusa3 tragusa3 Aug 21, 2016 5:26 AM in response to Schlinker
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    Aug 21, 2016 5:26 AM in response to Schlinker

    Thank you so much!  This was the answer to my problem. 

  • by SubtleFlow,

    SubtleFlow SubtleFlow Sep 8, 2016 8:24 PM in response to lawrencefromedmonds
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    Sep 8, 2016 8:24 PM in response to lawrencefromedmonds

    I had this same problem and I just resolved it using the feedback provided in this thread. I had some difficulty following the thread though, so I am going to post clear instructions here.

     

    The Problem:

    • While trying to import files from Photos to iMovie, the option to import files from Photos is greyed out. Any attempt to drag and drop files out of Photos and into another file does not work.

     

    The Solution:

    1. In iMovie, select the "Project Media" tab at the top.
    2. In the left pane under "Libraries" select "Photos Libraries," which has a black and white version of the Photos icon.
    3. Now along the top of the "Project Media" area, you should see a drop down menu with various items in it (Shared, Places, Moments, Collections, Years, Albums, and My Albums). Select Years to see all files. Note: at first this drop down menu did not give me all of these options. It only gave me the option to select "shared." After I restarted iMovie, I was able to select the "Years" option to see all of my files in Photos.

    If this Solution does not work:

    1. In Photos, select Preferences.
    2. Within Preferences, click "Use as System Photo Library" button.
    3. Restart iMovie and try the above solution.

  • by mtabuchi,

    mtabuchi mtabuchi Sep 11, 2016 4:57 PM in response to Phil Weyman
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    Sep 11, 2016 4:57 PM in response to Phil Weyman

    This was the only thing that would work for me. Thank you thank you thank you!

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