Move all video from iMovies to Photos app

Hi,

No real convenient way to remove a massive amount of videos

from an iMovie Library, particularly when the videos are spread

out over many projects or events.

One way of doing it is like you described. Go into the Package Contents

of the iMovie Library, open each project and event, and copy-drag

(copy, not move) the media out of each Original Media folder for each

project or event. That actually works fine. However, I always like to avoid messing with the Show

Package Contents if at all possible.   Making a mistake there can risk corrupting your

library, losing access to it altogether, and that could impair or even

preclude your ability to retrieve your Original Media files. 

Another way to retrieve Original Media files is to select the “Library” item in

the iMovie media screen sidebar.  That will reveal in the Media Browser

all the clips used in the projects and events, listed under each project or

event name.  When you click to select one clip in the project or event

display, and do File/Reveal in Finder, an Original Media folder will pop up

listing all clips in that project or event that are on your finder (iMovie

Library).  The clips can be copied (Option-Dragged) into a folder on your desk

top.  They are in their original format just as if you had imported them

with Image Capture into your Mac.  

-- Rich

I may have misled you. I meant for you to click on the library's name in the sidebar, not the library item heading. When you click on the library's name you should get a display in the media browser of all the clips in the library organized by the name of the event. You can scroll the browser screen. Then, if you select one clip in the clips displayed for that event, and do File/Reveal in Finder, you should get an Original Media folder pop up showing the titles of all of the clips in the event, with the title highlighted of the clip that you selected. From the Original Media folder, select all the displayed titles as a batch and then hold down the Option key while dragging the batch to your desktop folder. Then scroll down and do the same thing with the next event.

-- Rich

Are these videos in iMovie events as opposed to projects?

-- Rich