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iMovie '11 missing events and projects

I opened iMovie earlier this evening and noticed my projects and events were nowhere to be found. I tried to import movies, and it would not let me, let alone bring up the dialog box. I looked at my iPhoto events in the side panel, and noticed that my movies in iPhoto were not showing up. I thought it might be a problem with an update, so I updated the software, but nothing changed, even after restarting. I opened the iMovie folders and didn't notice anything out of the ordinary. Is anyone else having the same problem, or has anyone else fixed it?

Macbook, Mac OS X (10.6.6)

Posted on Jan 8, 2011 9:58 PM

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Esem

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Jan 9, 2011 6:51 PM in response to Macs4Maine

Great work. Fixed!

Jan 9, 2011 9:53 PM in response to nikiiszard

This happened to me aswell. something must have gone wrong because it seems like it happened to everyone on the 9th jan 2011.
thanks for the solution it worked. i had a bit of an issue with finding my user and account but got there in the end.

thanks again...

zhoukeke

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Jan 10, 2011 4:23 AM in response to Macs4Maine

Thank you very much! Your solution works very well.

Jan 10, 2011 12:04 PM in response to nikiiszard

Problem is now, each time I open I have to repeat the steps of removing that file.... anyone with a permanent fix?

Jan 10, 2011 12:17 PM in response to Jeff Bronstein

Really?

I have not had another encounter with this problem yet.

I'm still wondering what might be the content that is proving toxic to iMovie. I recently purchased a camera that stores movies in .AVI files. That's the only recent change to my workflow, and I'd say the iMovie problem didn't crop up until a week later.

Here's another thing to try though. Go to Movies > iMovie Projects. Move the project files therein to another folder, and then launch iMovie. Try moving the project files back in several at a time, re-launching iMovie between each trial. It could be choking on some aspect of its own project files.

Good luck!

Jan 10, 2011 1:09 PM in response to Macs4Maine

Hm, I have the same problem as Jeff. The fix does not seem to be permanent.

Jan 12, 2011 1:43 AM in response to zeliegirl

I installed the update the other day when it came out and didn't have any problems. Until about 10 minutes ago, that is (January 12, 2011). I'm going to try the fix that was mentioned here.

stradyfg

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Jan 12, 2011 10:26 AM in response to Macs4Maine

oooh great! it's working again! tnks!

caitlin8

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Jan 12, 2011 11:11 PM in response to stradyfg

I had this same issue on Jan 9th, called Apple Support and the removal of plist file corrected the problem... now my events and projects are missing once again. I went to remove the plist file again, however, there is not one (in User or Macintosh HD). Please help... has anyone had this problem?

kktoledo

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Jan 13, 2011 4:33 PM in response to Macs4Maine

I am very new to mac.where to find Users > your account > Library > Preferences?

spongyk

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Jan 13, 2011 8:57 PM in response to Macs4Maine

I can't find the com.apple.iMovieApp.plist but com.apple.iMovieApp8.plist, I removed it and launch iMovie, it doesn't work as you mentioned.

Any other tips for me to solve this problem would be much appreciated.

spongyk

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Jan 14, 2011 3:28 AM in response to spongyk

Finally, I found the file com.apple.iMovieApp.plist, when removed, the iMovie works again.

Many thanks for the solution.

Tjaart

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Jan 14, 2011 11:16 PM in response to Macs4Maine

Thank you to all for the advice. Very distressing when all your projects disappear.
Deleting the com.apple.iMovieApp.plist, solved the problem.
I was VERY grateful.
Tjaart

jjw14

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Jan 15, 2011 4:03 PM in response to Macs4Maine

Thank you - that worked! I'll name my second-born after you. Macs4Maine has a nice ring to it...

blundy

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Jan 15, 2011 5:37 PM in response to nikiiszard

I have the same problem - what is the answer?

iMovie '11 missing events and projects