using albums in Imovie

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Gordon1947 Author

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using albums in Imovie

When I select either my albums or albums, the albums display as stacked pictures/videos in the normal albums; favorites, videos, selfies, etc. When I cursor over the stacks they flip through the various pictures videos in the stack but i cannot get the stack to open in the media window so I can select a video. I have seen on YouTube videos people do what I want. I try to click on the stack and it gets a yellow frame but will not expand to show the photos/videos in the album. I am on an iMac with Mac OS Monterey 12.0.1, iMovie version 10.3.1. I have tried most of the advice on the internet close to this issue but nothing so far.

When I use my iPad to do the same thing it works.

Any thoughts or suggestions? Mouse settings? Imovie settings?

Posted on Dec 14, 2021 7:15 AM

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Gordon1947 Author

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Dec 14, 2021 2:47 PM in response to Rich839

Thanks Rich. While this did not solve my problem, it set me on the right direction (investigating the mouse) and I have it resolved now. I did see occasionally that I would get them to open but only if I clicked the mouse very fast, it seemed. When the latest Monterey update installed this past week the mouse double click speed was set to the highest setting. We had recently adjusted that setting to the mid point so we are confident that this did in fact change. It is back there now and all is well in iMovie land.

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Rich839

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Dec 14, 2021 1:09 PM in response to Gordon1947

The stacked photos, when clicked on, should expand to reveal all of the photos and videos in the album.

Possibly a corrupt preference is causing iMovie to behave unexpectedly. Try deleting preferences. To delete 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. Open a project and see if the stacked photos in the Photos/My Albums display can be expanded. Deleting preferences is a safe procedure that will not cause data loss or disruption to your project.

-- Rich

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Rich839

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Dec 14, 2021 3:07 PM in response to Gordon1947

Great! Glad you got it working. 😊

— Rich

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