iMovie Project missing

I created a project in imovie a few years ago. The images of the project are showing up but when I play, nothing. There's yellow ! marks also. Any ideas? I'm currently looking for a backup but I have not been able to find. Weird cause I usually back everything up.

iMac 21.5", macOS 10.12

Posted on Feb 26, 2019 12:18 PM

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Rich839

Level 8

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Feb 27, 2019 7:23 AM in response to joshfromnewport

Hi, Josh,

It would help if you could provide a few more details. What version of iMovie was the project created in? What version of iMovie, and what operating system version are you now using to play the project? What happens when you try to play the project?

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