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NFSPRORACER Author

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4 points

iMovie showing External as a camera

I’m having an issue and it started at complete random too. When I try to import anything from my external drive to iMovie which used to show up as a device but now shows up as a camera, it won’t allow me to import anything. It’s worked fine for the past year. I have a MacBook Air 2023 M2. When I go into finder it operates completely fine. When I edit photos and export them with Lightroom there’s no issue whatsoever. The only issue is with iMovie.

MacBook Air 15″, macOS 15.0

Posted on Jul 28, 2024 4:31 PM

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Jul 29, 2024 9:05 AM in response to NFSPRORACER

What have you named your hard drive?

Certain names can confuse iMovie into thinking it is a camera or SD card.

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NFSPRORACER Author

Level 1

4 points

Jul 29, 2024 9:58 AM in response to Ian R. Brown

Simply external. This has worked flawlessly for almost a year with that name and it randomly just started out of the blue.

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Jul 29, 2024 10:19 AM in response to NFSPRORACER

Delete the preferences.

Launch iMovie whilst holding down the Option and Command keys until a window pops up asking whether you want to delete the preferences.

Click the Delete button.

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Jul 29, 2024 11:33 AM in response to NFSPRORACER

Does it have a "DCIM" folder in the top level?

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Design_rule_for_Camera_File_system

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iMovie showing External as a camera

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