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Nothing shows up in Photos using Imovie

Trying to import movies from Photos to Imovie but nothing shows up when I choose Photos symbol in Imovie.

MacBook Pro 15″, macOS 10.13

Posted on Oct 22, 2023 10:37 PM

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Rich839
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Posted on Oct 23, 2023 9:19 AM

Hi,


Quite possibly the photos are stored in the cloud, which can happen if one uses iCloud photos and activates optimized storage. Download the photos and they should appear when clickiing on the Photos item in the iMovie sidebar.


Also, iMovie will only read photos that are in the System Photos library. Open your Photos app general preferences and confirm that it is the system photos library.


-- Rich

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Rich839
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Oct 23, 2023 9:19 AM in response to bofromuppsala

Hi,


Quite possibly the photos are stored in the cloud, which can happen if one uses iCloud photos and activates optimized storage. Download the photos and they should appear when clickiing on the Photos item in the iMovie sidebar.


Also, iMovie will only read photos that are in the System Photos library. Open your Photos app general preferences and confirm that it is the system photos library.


-- Rich

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Nothing shows up in Photos using Imovie

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