Can't iMove '11 project file and Events to another Mac

Sorry, perhaps I was not clear: I WAS doing the drag-an-drop (or copy/move) of the Project file WITHIN the iMovie application and although the Project file was moved to the external HDD it did not come up with the prompt asking if I want to move the project file with the Events as well - it simply moved the project file without the events which made the project unviewable in the new destination (since the event files cant be located). I tried a number of times but the prompt (asking of I want only the project file or the events to be copied as well) never appears!

Bengt - thanks for your replies so far.... unfortunately, after many hours of trying everything and web research, I have not had any luck yet:

First of all, I tried starting the Target Macbook in Target mode and iMovie found the SSD but it behaved exactly as I described before: after draging the project file from within iMovie to the target SSD, it did not prompt me if I wanted to copy the project files only or with events, it just started to copy the project file alone. So no change there.

Regarding your second suggestion:

• I cannot see the iMovie preference files in either my target Macbook or the old Mackbook. I go to SSD-->Library-->Preferences and there are no iMovie preferences files - only iLife preferences files (i tried to temporarily delete these files to see if the problem was sold but still no luck). I also go to the user folder (as you suggested) but cannot find any "Library" or "Preferences" folder there. So, in other words, when i go to: SSD-->Users-->[myhomefolder], I see no Library or Preferences folder.
• I found iMovie cache folders only on my new target Macbook, deleted them also. I could not find any iMovie cache directories or files on my old Macbook which the project/event I wish to move.
• I ran Repair Permissions. In fact, using Onyx, I deleted all cache files, ran repair disk, and executed all maintenance tasks, etc. Still no luck.

If it provides a hint, I should explain that on my source Macbook, the iMovie application contains the iMovie Project file I wish to move and no other project. Also, ALL the events for this project are actually automatically presented from within iPhoto (so I have actually not imported Events into iMovie - it has taken them automatically from iPhoto). Could this be a key to the problem???

Ok, thanks Russ New Boy - I found the iMovie preferences files as well as all the cache files but this didnt help me with my problem...... BUT....

I did a small test. I imported video into iMovie as an Event and created a project with this video. And when I tried then to movie the project as I had been with the project I was working on it worked! So, the problem is related to the fact that all the Events of the Project I wish to move have not actually been imported into iMovie but appear as a link from iPhoto (as I had hinted in my previous post).

SO..... how do I move/copy an iMovie project to a new Mac whilst copying all the related Events also which are actually Events from iPhoto???

Can anybody tell me how to move/copy an iMovie project and all the related Events from one Mac to another whilst copying when all the source files are Events from iPhoto (that appear as a type of link from within iMovie)???

That doesnt work - after dragging the project over, the consolidate function is greyed out.

So I am stuck on my question: how do I move/copy an iMovie project and all the related Events from one Mac to another whilst copying when all the source files are Events from iPhoto?

I certainly hope there is an answer to this because I have spent 2 full weeks on this project!!! 😕

But when you say:

"• in iMovie Copy Project's incl Event's over to an external hard disk (or Mac in Target-mode)"

....that's impossible - that's the problem - when I initate the copy/move it wont come up with the prompt aksing me if I want to copy the Events over as well, it just copies the the project file only.

But I will try some of the other things u suggest...

Ok, this helped, as follows:

• I copied the project file over to the new Mac (project only, not events, since that dialogue box wont give me that option).
• I copied the iPhoto Library to the new Mac, and started iPhoto with alt-key, selected that Library. This allowed me to start the Poject library and all seems well in that sence, now...............

... how do I merge the 2 iPhoto libraries on my new Mac, whilst maintaining Event structure and most of all whilst maintaining the iMovie project file (in terms of it to link to the appropriate sections with the desired Events)???