I have 2 imovie libraries. One with 82 G and one with 71 G. They seem to have the same items in them. I would like to clear up space. Can I delete one of them? I've backed both onto an external hard drive and I have a Passport back up as well.
MacBook Pro 13″, macOS 10.14
If you are sure that both libraries are working (able to open and edit projects, share out movies, contain all of your media), and they both contain the same items, then you can delete the smaller library. Since one library is 10 GB larger they can't have exactly the same content. So I am assuming that the larger library contains everything that the smaller library has, plus 10 GB of additional data.
Before deleting one of the libraries open iMovie in the other library (the one you want to keep) and select the library's name in the iMovie side bar. Then do a File/Consolidate Library Media to make sure that all media is copied and included in the library. Then go to your Projects browser and select all of the projects as a group, and do a File/Consolidate Project Media.
Personally, for safety you might consider just keeping them both since you have an external drive. That would be your call, of course.
-- Rich
If you are sure that both libraries are working (able to open and edit projects, share out movies, contain all of your media), and they both contain the same items, then you can delete the smaller library. Since one library is 10 GB larger they can't have exactly the same content. So I am assuming that the larger library contains everything that the smaller library has, plus 10 GB of additional data.
Before deleting one of the libraries open iMovie in the other library (the one you want to keep) and select the library's name in the iMovie side bar. Then do a File/Consolidate Library Media to make sure that all media is copied and included in the library. Then go to your Projects browser and select all of the projects as a group, and do a File/Consolidate Project Media.
Personally, for safety you might consider just keeping them both since you have an external drive. That would be your call, of course.
-- Rich
There are 4 ways to open a Library:
2.Open iMovie while holding down the Option key and in the box that appears navigate to the library that you want to open.
3.Double click on the iMovie icon in the Applications folder, doc, or Launchpad and iMovie will open in the library in which it last opened.
4. From within iMovie, do a File/Open Library.
Odd that a 71GB library would just appear without explanation.
-- Rich
Thanks. The 2nd one just showed up one day. I only have about 4G left on my hard drive, but I was running out of space before the 2nd one showed up -- like I'm pretty sure I didn't have 71G to spare. It seems odd. :(
Also, how do I choose a library to open in iMovie?
It probably isn’t entirely randomly. I was trying to delete things and I probably told it to keep something I shouldn’t have. :)
2 imovie libraries
