imovie 11 crashes when selecting Tirles or Transitions

I have this problem as well, so you are not alone. 😝 Unfortunately, I don't have a solution, which is why I'm here... The computer I have the problem with is a Mac Mini running 10.6.8.

Hi

May be help or at least ideas from this

Not knowing the origin to Your problem - General approach when in trouble is as follows.

• Free space on internal (start-up) hard disk if it is less than 10Gb should rather have 25Gb

• Delete iMovie pref. file

iMovie pref. file resides.

Mac Hard Disk (start-up HD)/Users/"Your account"/Library/Preferences

and is named. (one or more of these)

com.apple.iMovie.plist

com.apple.iMovie3.plist

com.apple.iMovie7.plist

com.apple.iMovie8.plist

com.apple.iMovie9.plist

com.apple.iMovieApp.plist

and find

com.apple.iApps.plist

While iMovie is NOT RUNNING - move this/these file/s out on to desk-top.

Now restart iMovie.

If You run Mac OS X.7 or more - then the Library in the User-account folder is invisibly and need to be set to be viewable. IT IS NOT in the Library on Root level (when opening MacintoshHD - first window = root level)

( It can be done like this: Open Terminal, then enter: chflags nohidden ~/Library

Press return, then restart, and it will always be visible until the next major update, when you do the same thing again. )

• Hard disk is untidy. Repair Permissions, Repair Hard disk (Apple’s Disk Utilities application)

• Disconnect all external hard disks and try - FireWire, USB/2, AirPort or Net-work connected.

To work OK I prefer FireWire AND it must be Mac OS Extended formatted - UNIX/DOS/FAT32/Mac OS Exchange - WILL NOT DO for video - neither for iMovie or FinalCut or iDVD any version ! This also includes any USB-memory sticks.

• Garageband-fix. Start it, Play a note and Close it. Re-try (Corrects an audio problem that hinders iMovie)

• Screen must be set to Million-colors

• Turn off Mac and disconnect Mains/Power for 20-30 minutes - will at least re-set FW-port

• Third party plug-ins that doesn't work OK (not relevant for iMovie’08 or 09 or 11)

• Problems in iPhoto Library can affect iMovie to crash on start-up. Re-build this first then try to re-start iMovie.

This You do by

_ close iPhoto

_ on start up of iPhoto - Keep {cmd and alt-keys down}

_ now select all five options presented

_ WAIT a long long time

• iMovie updated ?

• QuickTime updated ?

• Mac OS version ?

• Program miss-match. iMovie 4 - will not work under Leopard

• Program miss-match. iMovie 5.0.2, up to Mac OS X.4.11 AND QuickTime 7.4.1 - is OK

• Program miss-match. iMovie 6.0.3 or 6.0.4, Mac OS X.4.11 AND QuickTime 7.4.1 - is OK (will work under Leopard and Snow-Leopard)

• Program miss-match. iMovie’08 v. 7.1.4, Mac OS X.4.11 AND QuickTime 7.5.5 - is OK (will work under Leopard and Snow-Leopard)

• Program miss-match. iMovie’09 v. 8.0.6, Mac OS X.5.8 AND QuickTime 7.6.4 - is OK (will work under Leopard and Snow-Leopard)

From LKN 1935. (in this case = iMovie HD (5), I tried it all, but nothing worked.

Your answer (above) has been helpful insofar as all the different trials led to the conclusion that

there was something wrong with my iMovie software. I therefore threw everything away and reinstalled

iMovie from the HD. After that the exportation of DV videos (there has not been any problem with HDV videos)

to my Sony camcorders worked properly as it did before.

Lennart Thelander

I run "Cache Out X", clear out all caches and restarts the Mac.

Yours Bengt W

Hi I've had this problem too...

This worked for me:

Go to File>Project Theme

Unclick "Automatically add transitions and titles"

THEN try inserting the titles/transitions you want.