How do I control storage location for iPhoto, iDVD and iMovie

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How do I control storage location for iPhoto, iDVD and iMovie

My primary drive is getting full and I note that my User file has all of the iPhoto images, iDVD projects and iMovie projects. I want to take these collections off the main drive and place them on one of my external hard drives to open up space on my primary drive (the one with the Applications, etc.) How do I control where my images and movies are filed when I use the above applications? I do not recall designating any save function to this folder or drive. How can I save these files in a location on my external drives in tthe future? If I move these images and movies from my User file, will that cause a problem for iPhoto or iMovie or iDVD in finding the files in the future as I use these applications?

Pages-OTHER, Mac OS X (10.6.7)

Posted on Jul 31, 2012 12:12 PM

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Answer 1

Jul 31, 2012 12:23 PM in response to brantleyestates

Hi

They are using three different concepts - VERY UNLIKE APPLE to do like this !

• iPhoto saves in a iPhoto library and there can be more than one - using the alt-key during up-start let's You to select which one You want to use and on Main Hard Disk at Root level in Photo folder.

• iDVD - Save an iDVD Project file (sort of folder) where You want to find it.

• iMovie - saves Event's and Project's in iMovie Event's resp Project's folders AND ONE MUST NOT alter or move anything in them or location of them - Moving Event's and Project's MUST BE DONE inside the iMovie Application !

So while one can move iMovie Event's and Project's to another Mac - the needed Photos (and audio from iTunes) will be missing and very hard to get iMovie on second Mac to find and recognice.

Yours (also confused - and moving step by step into the OLD FinalCut realm - Where everything makes SENSE !) 😉

Bengt W

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Answer 2

Jul 31, 2012 3:32 PM in response to brantleyestates

On the iMovie Import screen, you can specify a target drive. Once you set it, that will be the default until you change it.

To move existing events, see this.

http://help.apple.com/imovie/#mov3ac6d42c

To move existing projects see this.

http://help.apple.com/imovie/#move7d66613

Do all moves from within iMovie.

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