opening project on different mac

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opening project on different mac

if you have no file to save how can you open a project on another mac. I have a project where all the sound files are getting mixed up. i've tried everything but it always exports with the sound messed up. the only thing i can think to try is opening it up on a different mac and trying it. How do i do that?

Macbook, Mac OS X (10.5)

Posted on Jul 12, 2009 8:44 PM

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Answer 1

nick101

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Jul 13, 2009 12:36 AM in response to Zman76

You need an external hard drive, formatted Mac OSX Journaled - use Disk Utility t format if need be.

Connect the drive, open iMovie and within iMovie move the project *and all the Events* to the external drive.

Connect the drive to the other Mac, open iMovie, and edit (or copy across to that Mac's hard disk, but you can edit from the hard drive. If you want to edit on the portable, it is smoother if it's a Firewire drive

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Answer 2

Jul 13, 2009 4:11 AM in response to nick101

I would add, when moving the Projects and Events to the external drive within iMovie, be sure to hold down the Command key as you drag, or you will get a copy, not a move. The copy will not preserve the links to the events.

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