My daughter and I are new to Mac computers. She was using iMovie for a few days now and now she tells me she can't find the app on her computer. I am assuming she means on the dock. She did not do anything differently that would have made it disappear. She said the only way to find it is to do a search, and then find it that way. However, when she does this, she is unable to open up the videos that she made. Can anyone help with this? Thanks!!
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If you drag the icon off the dock, it will disappear in a puff of smoke. This just removes it from the dock.
If it is still installed on your computer, you could find it using the Finder. Navigate to the Applications folder. Click on it to launch.
Another way to find it is to click on the magnifying glass at the top right of your screen. This is called a Spotlight Search. Type in iMovie, and if it is still on your computer, you can start it from there. Once it is running, there should be a temporary icon in the dock, that will stay as long as iMovie is running. You can right-click on this icon and select Keep In Dock, and it will stay there permanently.
If for some reason, the App is no longer in the Applications folder, you can still get it back if you are running Time Machine. There are other ways to get it back as well, but let's stop there for now.
If you drag the icon off the dock, it will disappear in a puff of smoke. This just removes it from the dock.
If it is still installed on your computer, you could find it using the Finder. Navigate to the Applications folder. Click on it to launch.
Another way to find it is to click on the magnifying glass at the top right of your screen. This is called a Spotlight Search. Type in iMovie, and if it is still on your computer, you can start it from there. Once it is running, there should be a temporary icon in the dock, that will stay as long as iMovie is running. You can right-click on this icon and select Keep In Dock, and it will stay there permanently.
If for some reason, the App is no longer in the Applications folder, you can still get it back if you are running Time Machine. There are other ways to get it back as well, but let's stop there for now.
Ok when I logged on today, the iMovie icon was on the dock but it kind of hovers ove rthe dock, it is not actually in line with all the other icons. I tried right clicking on the icon to save it in the dock but nothing happens. Do you know how to get it to be right next to the other icons? By the way, thanks for your help! =)
If the icon appears to be in the dock, but is not, it may actually be on the Desktop.
The desktop is a folder just like everything else, so you can go to the Finder and see if the iMovie app is in the Desktop folder. If it is, you want to move it to the Applications Folder. Then you can either drag it to the dock from there, or you can launch it and it should appear over at the right side of the dock. You can right click on it and select Keep in Dock.
Thank you, I will try that tonight and let you know if it resolves it. Again, thanks for all your help!
That did not work for me. When I right click on the icon it gets me nothing, all it does is open the app. I see it on my desktop in finder, but it won't let me drag it to my applications, however it is also in my applications. It is now on my dock but now it is under the documents icon, I can't seem to bring it to it's own spot and to the front. This is very frustrating. Any other ideas?
You may not have your right mouse button enabled. (You can do this in Preferences). You can use Command-click to accomplish the same thing. Use Command-Click on the icon under Documents. Select to Keep in Dock. Then you can move it over where you want.
Ok, I got the right button on the mouse activated...thank you for that! I also figured out that my iMovie icon on the dock was "stacked" into my documents icon on the Dock. I managed to remove all these, however, I am still unable to keep the iMovie icon on my dock. When I right click, I don't get that as an option. I have also tried moving the file from my applications to the dock and this does not work as well.
almost smae probelm here I have the icon of imovie but can't see it unless if I click on( expose ) it show up sorounded by blue color and can't click on it ( the Imovie when it show up ) however clciking on the icon shows the imovie bar with all comands but not the imovie itself can you pls help
thanks
Not sure I understand. Could you post a screenshot please? ( command shift 3), then maybe someone can help you.
iMovie disappeared off my dock
