imovie stuck "Preparing media for share..."

I sat down at my computer today and noticed that my iMovie was stuck on "preparing media for share..." I hadn't been attempting to export anything at the time. I waited a while, then Force Quit. A few minutes later I brought it back up and was still stuck on the same thing. I tried it a few more times, the same result. I let it sit for several hours, same problem. I've even restarted the Mac and it is still having the issue every time I bring it up. Any ideas or suggestions?

Posted on Aug 22, 2019 6:50 PM

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Rich839

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Posted on Aug 23, 2019 12:26 AM

Try opening iMovie while holding down the Option and Command keys and selecting to delete preferences in the box that appears. iMovie will open in a new library. Reopen your old library to get back to your projects. Now see if the problem is solved.

-- Rich

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