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My iMovie crashed due to running out of disk space - now files missing

I movie ran out of space due to my HD becoming full from render files. Now when I open I movie I can't see any music library songs at all. I think it's opening the wrong library or a corrupt library or something. I've searched for the old backup libraries but can't open them. Please help, I want to start a new project and use music.

MacBook Air 13″, macOS 11.6

Posted on May 8, 2023 5:10 AM

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Posted on May 8, 2023 8:39 AM

Hi,


Perhaps the crash caused the iMovie preferences to go awry. Try deleting/resetting preferences. To delete/reset prefereces open iMove while holding down the Option and Command keys and select to delete preferences in the box that appears. iMovie usually will open in a new empty library. If so, reopen your old library to get back to your projects. Possibly you may need to reboot to set the changes.  Deleting preferences is a safe procedure that will not cause data loss or disruption to your project.


Also, make sure that you have cleared sufficient free disk space for iMovie to function properly. You can delete render files from the iMovie'Preferences box. Note that the preferences in the iMovie Preferences box are different than those referred to in the above deleting preferences procedure.


-- Rich



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May 8, 2023 8:39 AM in response to Mradamrothwell

Hi,


Perhaps the crash caused the iMovie preferences to go awry. Try deleting/resetting preferences. To delete/reset prefereces open iMove while holding down the Option and Command keys and select to delete preferences in the box that appears. iMovie usually will open in a new empty library. If so, reopen your old library to get back to your projects. Possibly you may need to reboot to set the changes.  Deleting preferences is a safe procedure that will not cause data loss or disruption to your project.


Also, make sure that you have cleared sufficient free disk space for iMovie to function properly. You can delete render files from the iMovie'Preferences box. Note that the preferences in the iMovie Preferences box are different than those referred to in the above deleting preferences procedure.


-- Rich



May 8, 2023 7:35 PM in response to Rich839

Thanks Rich. I tried this but it didn't work. I can view my video files but the music files won't appear. Is there a way to delete everything so that when I install a fresh copy of I movie it doesn't load into the existing libraries, because when I reinstalled it, it had the same problem. I think it's best I start from fresh as I've tried everything.

My iMovie crashed due to running out of disk space - now files missing

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