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New iMovie won't update previous project and events

When I upgraded iMovie, I delayed updating my projects. Now, when I click "Update Project and Events" I get a message saying iMovie can't find any projects, however, they are in my iMovie Events and iMovie Projects folder from the previous version. Help

iMovie (iOS), iOS 7.0.3

Posted on Oct 23, 2013 11:43 AM

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Oct 24, 2013 11:27 PM in response to ncwcmedia

I tried this method but it didn't help. The iMovie 11 (V9.0.9) projects are not being updated/imported. It found some old projects on one external drive but not on the external drive I normally use (I've since dismounted this drive). Under Movies in Finder I have an alias for iMovie Projects and another for iMovie Events both point to the same external hard drive. I've tried deleting the file updatedtoimovie10 which only exists in the events folder. So for now I've restored iMovie 11 (original) from time machine.


BTW the events did get updated.


If anyone can help I'd be really grateful.

Oct 24, 2013 11:40 PM in response to dennisgsy

Hi dennisgsy,


I got a bad experience in moving all my iMovie '11 (9.0.4) events and projects to the new iMovie 10. The conversion process went bad in keeping the 16:9 aspect ratio as well as keeping the titles in the projects.


I personaly choose to continue to work with the old iMovie for my old events and projects and eventually I'll use the new iMovie for the new stuff I shoot.


The old and new iMovies can work together on the same computer. See this post: https://discussions.apple.com/thread/5475867?tstart=0

Nov 20, 2013 2:32 PM in response to Lechaoshime

iMovie 10.0.1 has been released to address reliability issues when updating projects and events from previous versions of iMovie. Specifically, iMovie could appear to stop responding or quit unexpectedly during the update process.


If you encountered these issues, you should now be able to update your projects and events successfully. To do this, visit the link below and follow the instructions listed in the section "If updating is interrupted or takes an extended period of time."


http://support.apple.com/kb/HT6012

New iMovie won't update previous project and events

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