iMovie update 10.4.1 freezes at crop selection

MacBook Pro, 16", M3. Using iMovie with trail camera imports. Worked fine until iMovie update 10.4.1. Now when editing, with crop tools, as soon as the point is selected for dragging the frame the program hangs. The double-headed arrow remains on the screen and is movable. The only escape seems to be a forced quit of the program. I used the Time Machine to roll back to the previous version and it worked fine - apart from the fact that the libraries would not load having been created by the 10.4.1 version. However the cropping tool worked. Updating to iMovie 10.4.1 gave the same problem when attempting to crop. This is very frustrating as the crop tool is an intrinsic part of my workflow in iMovie.

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MacBook Pro (M3 Max, 2023)

Posted on Jun 22, 2024 12:53 PM

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Rich839

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Posted on Jun 28, 2024 9:06 AM

HI,

Sometimes with updates iMovie preferences can get corrupted. Try deleting/resetting preferences and see if that resolves it.

To delete/reset 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 empty library. Reopen your old library to get back to your projects. Now see if the freezing problem with the crop tool is resolved. 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.

-- Rich

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