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error code -49, When Exporting.

Hi


Just built a Moving For NG And Animal Planet Well i hope it will be, Fist I saved a few weeks ago a full HD All was OK.


I edited the film as it was a bit long, But went to save and export it Full HD again, twice I got (-49) The project could not be Prepaired for publishing


How to solve ?

MacBook Pro, iOS 5.1, Lion 8 gb ram Custom HD screen. 750

Posted on Oct 15, 2012 5:27 AM

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Posted on Oct 15, 2012 6:50 AM

Hi


Error -49opWrErr File already open with write permission


Trash the preference files while application is NOT Running.


from Karsten Schlüter

Some users notice on exporting larger projects from within iMovie that this operation is aborted with an 'error -49'

This issue occours only on MacOs machines using 10.7x

try switching-off the Local Mobile Backup

in Terminal copy/paste


sudo tmutil disablelocal


Re-launch Mac


Yours Bengt W

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Nov 29, 2012 8:50 AM in response to diveactive

A. This is not Apple - it is Users trying to help other Users - Non (or very very few paid or in contact with Apple)


To contact them - use


www.apple.com/feedback/imovie.html


B. About creating a new User Account


I created new account shut down opened it , opened I movie, closed down back into my account to export the Movie. Stillt he same message Error 49 .. will there be some fix up date on this?


Yes - the error will not go away when creating a new User - THEN Going back to the original one.

• When creating a new User - there is also created a new folder with a New Library with New and Error free Pref. files.


When You change back to the old User account - You also get back to the old Library with the eventually problematic files.


Why then ? - IT is a way to test if this might be the problem.

• New User

• iMovie working OK

• THEN one know that finding the Old Library and trashing the old iMovie Pref and Cache files might most probably help.


• If iMovie do not get any better in the New Account - then the problem most probably is something else.


Yours - running out of ideas - Hopefully others with more skill can fill in and help - Bengt W

error code -49, When Exporting.

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