Where are my iMovie Projects? Why did they disappear? (Feb 2019)

I have been using iMovie for a couple years and I had over 20 projects that are now GONE. Where did they go? Why did they disappear? That's SO MANY HOURS of work... I really hope my projects can be found. Please help!

I've tried the suggestion to "delete preferences" which did not work.

I can't find any folder with "containers," "caches," or iMovie backups of any sort...

What can I do?

Thank you.

Jay

Posted on Feb 23, 2019 12:10 PM

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Posted on Feb 23, 2019 3:49 PM

Assuming that you are using iMovie 10, it looks like your iMovie library may have been corrupted. This is the correct file path to the iMovie Backups folder:


Go/Home/Library/Containers/com.apple.iMovieApp/Data/Library/Caches/iMovieBackups


You can also recover your library from your Time Machine backup if you have one.


One more thing. Be sure that you are looking in the correct library.


Other than the above I can't think of anything else at the moment.


-- Rich



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Feb 23, 2019 3:49 PM in response to abzj123

Assuming that you are using iMovie 10, it looks like your iMovie library may have been corrupted. This is the correct file path to the iMovie Backups folder:


Go/Home/Library/Containers/com.apple.iMovieApp/Data/Library/Caches/iMovieBackups


You can also recover your library from your Time Machine backup if you have one.


One more thing. Be sure that you are looking in the correct library.


Other than the above I can't think of anything else at the moment.


-- Rich



Mar 1, 2019 8:11 AM in response to abzj123

It looks like your iMovie library has been corrupted. Since the backups library showed only question marks for your projects, the media for the projects may be gone or the link to the media may be broken. I think that we have gone as far as we can with this on an internet forum. I suggest that you make an appointment with the Genius bar at an Apple store near you, where they have testing equipment and can do a hands-on examination of your computer.


Best of luck with this.


-- Rich

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