Hello
I have imovie 10.1 and an old imac that's running on OS High Sierra. I made a small project and every time I try to export it by "share"ing, imovie crashes and shuts down.
Help! I made this for work.
Thanks!
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MacBook Air 13″, macOS 10.13
Hi, Apurcellian80,
The first thing I would try is to update your iMovie 10.1 to the highest version that OS HIgh Sierra will run. To update iMovie, drag your iMovie 10 app from the Applications folder into the trash, but do not empty the trash. ( 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. 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 and return it to the Applications folder. Now see if the crashing problem is cured.
If no luck, try these diagnostic procedures and see if that any of them solve 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. Deleting preferences is a safe
procedure that will not cause data loss or disruption to your project.
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.
You can use the Guest account on your Mac for this purpose.
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.
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
Hi, Apurcellian80,
The first thing I would try is to update your iMovie 10.1 to the highest version that OS HIgh Sierra will run. To update iMovie, drag your iMovie 10 app from the Applications folder into the trash, but do not empty the trash. ( 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. 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 and return it to the Applications folder. Now see if the crashing problem is cured.
If no luck, try these diagnostic procedures and see if that any of them solve 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. Deleting preferences is a safe
procedure that will not cause data loss or disruption to your project.
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.
You can use the Guest account on your Mac for this purpose.
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.
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
Hi! I have Imovie 10.1 and have created a small project that I want to share/export to post on social media. Everytime I try to "share", Imovie crashes. Help!
