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How Can I move iMovie Projects and Events?

I'd like to move my iMovie Events and Projects folders from my Mac HDD to a FW800 External

which has a lot more space on it, and to free up some space on my Mac HDD.


If I copy the folders over from my Mac HDD to my external, how do I get iMovie to recognize where they are?

I"ve looked withing preferences, but don't find a place to designate where these folders are located.


Any help or suggestions would be appreciated.

iMac, Mac OS X (10.6.8), New iPad 64 4G LTE

Posted on Jul 29, 2012 9:40 AM

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Jul 29, 2012 9:04 PM in response to Jasdelta

Hi

Moving Event's and Project's

Connection - Either connect one Mac in Target mode to the other via FireWire. Or use an external hard disk !

(Target-Mode - Start one Mac e.g. laptop - BUT keep T-key down during full up-start - Now a FW-symbol is jumping around the screen and it will work as an external hard disk when connected to the other Mac)

A. The External Hard Disk - MUST BE - Mac OS Extended (hfs) formatted to work for Video. UNIX/DOS/FAT32/Mac OS Exchange works for most other things but not for Video whatever program is used (iMovie or FinalCut)

B. Should be a FireWire one as USB/USB2 performs badly to me and especially when filling up

C. Do never Move or Alter any folder named

• iMovie Event's - or -

• iMovie Project's

on DeskTop/Finder - as this will result in iMovie losing connections to them and repair can be anything from hard to impossibly

D. Moving and Copying must be done within iMovie application and Events to Events - and - Project's to Project's.

E. Moving Project's to Event's - Do not work for me - I have to export project as a QuickTime movie then Import this intoEvents.


Event's window can show two faces

Like this

User uploaded file

User uploaded fileor like this

User uploaded file

User uploaded filefrom one hard disk Event - You can move it to the other hard disk

You can not (at least not me) move Event to Project or other way around only

Event to Event and Project to Project

Yours Bengt W

Jul 30, 2012 8:08 AM in response to Bengt Wärleby

Hello Bengt,


I think I understand you partially. You are saying that projects must be moved to projects and events to events, all within iMovie not the finder.


I have a FW800 external which is formatted in Mac OS Extended that I now use for Photos, but would like to use for events/projects from iMovie as well.


When importing some footage/clips yesterday, in the import window, I could select my FW800 external, which I did, ,and a new iMovie Events and iMovie Projects folder was created there. So I now have them in place on my FW800.


Are you saying then, that I should now be able to start up iMovie and then be able to drag from within iMovie events/projects now on my Mac HDD to my external FW800?

Jul 30, 2012 10:24 AM in response to Jasdelta

Yes 100%


But whatever - do not alter or move anything in those folders on DeskTop/Finder - iMovie will be confused and it will be hard to repair.


See my Screen dumps in previous answer - I see my external hard disk Arkiv, Arkiv bild, Arkiv Video and Arkiv Audio. And in each window Event's resp Projects - I can move things as I like it to be.


Yours Bengt W

Jul 30, 2012 9:20 PM in response to Jasdelta

If You look at my Screen-Dumps I got a bit more on top.


I got the line Event's Library "Händelsebibliotek" and to the right of this a button looking like a small Hard Disk. Gray or Blue. Use this


To be able to see the external hard disk two things must be


• HD button must be Blue


• external Hard Disk MUST be - Mac OS Extended (hfs) formatted -

UNIX / DOS / FAT32 / Mac OS Exchange will not show -up here. You see them on DeskTop/Finder but iMovie can't see them.


Yours Bengt W

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