imovie 10.1.15 wont import images

Hi, anaiarasantos,

If it is a glitch caused by the update to iMovie 10.1.15 then Apple may be the only one that can cure it.

The recommended way to import photos into iMovie is to first place them in the Photos app, and then access them in iMovie form the Photos item in the media sidebar. Have you tried that?

If still no luck, try working through the following diagnostice procedures to see if one of them will cure it:

Deleting Preferences

Open iMovie while holding down the Option and Command keys and select 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.

Opening iMovie in a new library

Try opening iMovie in a new library.  To do

that, open iMovie while holding down the Option key and then selecting to

create a new library in the box that appears.

Opening iMovie in a new user account

Create a new user account from System Preferences/Users and Groups and try to open and

use iMovie in the new account.

New Project

Another thing you can try is to copy your media into a newly created project and see if

that cures the problem. To do that, do an Edit/Select All, Edit/Copy, of the

media in your project and then Edit/Paste it into the newly created project.

Safe Mode

You could also try booting up in Safe Mode (see Finder menu for instructions) and,

after everything loads, immediately shut down and reboot in normal mode. Then

see if iMovie works properly.

Updating iMovie

To update/redownload iMovie 10, drag your iMovie 10 app from the Applications

folder into the trash, but do not empty the trash. (You can skip that step if

you had iMovie 10 on your computer before, but deleted it.) Sign in to the app

store and open your purchases folder by clicking on your name at the bottom of

the app store side bar. (NOTE: For El Capitan and older, click on the Purchases

tab at the top of the app store screen and then sign in. Click on Purchases

again to reveal your purchases.)  You

will see your purchases displayed, including iMovie 10. Redownload/update

iMovie from there. If not successful, drag your present iMovie app out of the

trash (if you moved it there) and return it to the Applications folder.

Resetting the System Management

Controller

Try resetting the System Management Controller:

https://support.apple.com/en-us/HT201295

Resetting the NVRAM

or PRAM

Try resetting the NVRAM or PRAM, although this issue would be fairly rare:

https://support.apple.com/en-us/HT204063

-- Rich

You are welcome. 😊

— Rich